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HRH Zagreb revives the case of Vesna Balenovic
Human Rights House Zagreb sent open letters to the president of the Republic of Croatia, Ivo Josipovic and the Prime Minister, Jadranka Kosor, regarding the almost forgotten case of Vesna Balenovic (on right), who was removed from her position after pointing out criminal actions in the company she was working.
Human Rights House Zagreb collects donations for endangered Haitians
Green Action and the members of the Human Rights House Zagreb (B.a.B.e., CMS, Documenta, and GOLJP) organized a fundraising night on Saturday, January 30th 2010, in the premises of the Human Rights House Zagreb, in order provide a donor assistance for the victims in Haiti.
Riot police arrests 23 peaceful activists in Zagreb, Croatia
At 03.30 AM last Thursday in Zagreb, Republic of Croatia, around 100 riot police officers arrested 23 activists from “Green Action” and “Right to the City”. The raid took place just hours after 4000 people turned out in snowy conditions to protest against turning part of the pedestrian zone into a ramp for an underground garage planned as part of the Floral Square (Cvjetni trg) and as part of luxury flat complexes that are developing in the old part of Zagreb.
Croatia preparing for the UPR
A public hearing on the recommendations of the UN Committee for Republic of Croatia in 2009 and a workshop on the new UN mechanism for the protection of human rights, were held last Thursday, in the Center for Human Rights in Zagreb, together in cooperation with the Human Rights House Network.
“Do not touch Roma, they are infected”
“Do not touch Roma, they are infected” is a label that has recently appeared on the counter of a bus station in Zagreb. Some of the shocked travelers took photos of it and forwarded them to the media in Zagreb in order to draw attention to the racist breakdown in the Croatian capital.