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HRH Network Annual Report 2002
The Annual Report of the HRH Network is now available. (9 April, 2003)
ISHHR Statement Against War in Iraq
The Secretary General of the International Society for Health and Human Rights (ISHHR), Ms. Nora Sveaass – statement against the ongoing war in Iraq. (9 April, 2003)
Abducted Chechen Human Rights activist released
Imran Ezhiev, who was abducted by armed men in Shali Raion on 15 March, was found near the village of Berkat-Yurt early on 19 March. Ezhiev heads a local branch of the Russian-Chechen Friendship Society and is also a coordinator in the Chechen Republic for the Moscow Helsinki Group. Read the letter from The Norwegian Helsinki Committee , 17 March, to the Russian President, Vladimir Putin. (24-MAR-03)
Background: Human Rights House in Sarajevo 2002
In 2002, no real progress was made in the area of protection of human rights and freedoms in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). Read a summary of the human rights situation in BiH and activities in the Human Rights House in Sarajevo. File: Background 2002 (26-FEB-03)
Background: The Human Rights House in Bergen 2002
Read about the main activities and human rights focus of the organizations in the Human Rights House in Bergen. This document also presents two new organizations – the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Committee and Fredskorpset.File: Background 2002 (26-FEB-02)
Background: The Russian Research Center for Human Rights 2002
The human rights violations in the Chechen Republic were the most urgent problems facing human rights movement in the Russian Federation in 2002. This document presents these and other human rights challenges in the Russian Federation, as well as a summary of activities in the Russian Research Center for Human Rights. (26-FEB-03)
Background: The Human Rights House in Warsaw 2002
Republic of Poland faces many human rights challenges. Read about them, and the main activities of the organizations in the Human Rights House in Warsaw in 2002.
File: Background 2002 (26-FEB-03)
Background: The Norwegian Human Rights House 2002
The organizations in the Norwegian Human Rights House had a number of joint projects and activities in 2002. Read about the human rights situation in Norway, a joint conference on terrorism and human rights, support to human rights defenders in the Republic of Belarus and more…
File: Background 2002. (26 February, 2003)
Report from elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2002
The report from the general elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina, which were held on October 5 2002, is available on the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina’s website . (20-FEB-03)
Human Rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2002
The Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina has published a report on the State of Human Rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2002. Read the report (20-FEB-02)
Recommendations to the Norwegian Government on Human Rights in 2003
15 organizations from the “Norwegian NGO Forum” has made recommendations on human rights issues which the Norwegian Government should focus on in this year´s meeting in the UN Human Rights Commission. One of the issues is the situation for civilians in Iraq in case of a war. (20 February, 2003)
European Court of Human Rights to look at Chechnya
The Human Rights House Network meeting in Moscow in January praised the European Court of Human Rights’ decision to hear six cases where Russian forces are accused of human rights violations in the Chechen Republic. (20 February, 2003)