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Last week, on February 11th, the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in B&H – HCHR, organized its 15th General Assembly, where the implemented activities in 2009, the plans for 2010 and the election of the new president and members of Steering Board of the HCHR were among the key topics for discussion.

for Youth of B&H

Public Webcast Event at Mediacenter Sarajevo

Wahhabis living in the village of Gornja Maoca near Brcko District, after the police action “Svjetlost” set the checkpoint at the entrance to their village and started legitimating everyone who is unknown to them.

Around 600 police officers and security personnel of B&H private security companies have started conducting the police action “Svjetlost” (“Light”). The goal of the action is to identify persons who pose a threat to the state security. So far six persons have been arrested, and recently group of journalists attacked.

The current president of the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in B&H – HCHR, Srdjan Dizdarevic, right, has announced his imminent departure from the NGO sector, and his move to active political life in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in B&H strongly condemns the use of hate speech against journalist, Duska Jurisic, right, who was recently dismissed from the position of editor-in-chief of News Program of Television of Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FTV).

HCHR Gathering

“Civil Society and Local Communities”