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The Sarajevo Human Rights House-based Helsinki Committee on Human Rights (HCHR BH) has finished a research project on the position of women in society. The sad conclusion is that women in Bosnia and Herzegovina are still very far from being represented on equal terms, both in politics and work related contexts. Domestic violence and trafficking, other human rights related issues, are also on the rise, says HCHR BH. (26-JAN-04)
 

Late February, Human Rights Network (HURINET) Republic of Uganda, partner in the effort to establish a Human Rights House in Kampala, will be co-hosting a pioneer workshop to discuss how a co-ordinated approach to international labour rights standards can be developed for Republic of Kenya, Republic of Uganda and Tanzania. HRH will be represented to meet the delegates and promote the Human Rights House concept. (21-JAN-04)
   

The results of the October 5th 2003 presidential elections in Chechnya  – with an 87% turn-out and an 81% majority voting for the acting President Akhmad Kadyrov – were only made possible through major fraud and falsification of results, says a recent Moscow Helsinki Group (MHG) report. According to the MHG election observers, the elections were a farce, made worse by the full endorsement of the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation. (18-JAN-2004)
 

Moscow Helsinki Group (MHG), a member of the Moscow Human Rights House, has completed its report on the presidential elections in the Chechen Republic. ´Presidential Election in the Chechen Republic – October 2003. Human Rights Context,´ is available in both Russian and English, and will be launched at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe this month. (18-JAN-2004)
 

The results of the October 5th 2003 presidential elections in the Chechen Republic – with an 87% turn-out and an 81% majority voting for the acting President Akhmad Kadyrov – were only made possible through major fraud and falsification of results, says a recent Moscow Helsinki Group (MHG) report. According to the MHG election observers, the elections were a farce, made worse by the full endorsement of the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation. (18-JAN-2004)
 

Moscow Helsinki Group (MHG), a member of the Moscow Human Rights House, has completed its report on the presidential elections in the Chechen Republic. ´Presidential Election in the Chechen Republic – October 2003. Human Rights Context,´ is available in both Russian and English, and will be launched at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe this month. (18-JAN-2005)
 

Preparations for the 5th International conference on North Korean human Rights and Refugees, to be co-hosted by The Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights and the South Korean organization Citizens´ Alliance for North Korean Human Rights are well underway. The conference will be held in Warsaw on February 29 – March 2. (16-JAN-04)
 

Preparations for the 5th International conference on North Korean human Rights and Refugees, to be co-hosted by The Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights and the South Korean organization Citizens´ Alliance for North Korean Human Rights are well underway. The conference will be held in Warsaw on February 29 – March 2. (16-JAN-04)
 

Minority rights continue to be violated in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The general level of observation of such rights is still low, says the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights (HCHR BH) in a recent statement. In legal, political and public discourse, minorities only exist under the term “others”. Special attention ought to be paid to the Roma, the biggest and most discriminated against minority in the country. (15-JAN-04)
 

Minority rights continue to be violated in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The general level of observation of such rights is still low, says the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights (HCHR BH) in a recent statement. In legal, political and public discourse, minorities only exist under the term “others”. Special attention ought to be paid to the Roma, the biggest and most discriminated against minority in the country. (15-JAN-04)
 

Mehdi Zana, for 40 years among the most prominent writers, politicians and spokespersons for the Kurds, has recently visited the Rafto Foundation at the Human Rights House in Bergen. Zana, the husband of the Kurdish MP and Rafto Prize Laureate of 1994 Leyla Zana, is widely respected for his advocacy for a non-violent path to Kurdish cultural rights. (13-JAN-04)
 

 Mehdi Zana, for 40 years among the most prominent writers, politicians and spokespersons
 for the Kurds, recently visited the Human Rights House in Bergen. Zana, the husband of the
 Kurdish MP and Rafto Prize Laureate of 1994 Leyla Zana, is widely respected for his
 advocacy for a non-violent path to Kurdish independence and respect for his people´s cultural
 rights. (13-JAN-04)