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Annual Network Meeting for the Human Rights Network
When: Friday, 10. October 2008 09:00 To: Sunday, 12. October 2008 Where: Sarajevo, Ante Fijamenga 14b Host: Human Rights House Sarajevo Contact: Srdjan Dizdarevic (
Media representatives receive death threats
The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), a network of editors, media executives and leading journalists from South East Europe and an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), is concerned about death threats against several media representatives in Bosnia following coverage of Queer festival.
HRHF expresses its concern re. recent harassment of homosexuals in BiH
The Human Rights House Foundation sent a letter today to the Prime Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mr. Nikola Spiric, expressing its concern with the recent manifestations of intolerance against homosexuals in his country. The hate speech and incitements to violently attack the participants of the forthcoming first ever queer festival in BiH has so far been met by the authorities with silence. Read HRHF´s full letter below. (19-SEP-08)
Concern about harassment of homosexuals in B&H
The Human Rights House Foundation sent a letter today to the Prime Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mr. Nikola Spiric, expressing its concern with the recent manifestations of intolerance against homosexuals in his country. The hate speech and incitements to violently attack the participants of the forthcoming first ever queer festival in BiH has so far been met by the authorities with silence. Read HRHF´s full letter below.
Hate-speech as a response to the first Queer Festival
The non-governmental organizations gathered around the Sarajevo Human Rights House express deep concern with surfacing of hate-speech as a response to the announced first Queer Festival in Bosnia and Herzegovina (24 – 28 September, 2008). (08-SEP-08)
Hate-speech – response to the first Queer Festival
The non-governmental organizations gathered around the Sarajevo Human Rights House express deep concern with surfacing of hate-speech as a response to the announced first Queer Festival in Bosnia and Herzegovina (24-28 September, 2008).
The year 2007 was in fact lost
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina presented their Report on state of human rights in 2007. In the Report they underlined that the delays in implementation of reforms and repeated complication of political relations on ethnic grounds have been the main features of the previous year. (12-FEB-08)
The year 2007 was in fact lost
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina presented their Report on state of human rights in 2007. In the Report they underlined that the delays in implementation of reforms and repeated complication of political relations on ethnic grounds have been the main features of the previous year
Six years after deportation of the Algerian Group
Exactly six years’ ago, the Bosnian authorities at the time, extradited illegally the so-called “Algerian Group” to the US authorities. Since then, members of this group have been detained in the Guantanamo base prison. (18-JAN-08)