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Gay parade in Vilnius went eventually as planned. That does not mean that life as a transgender in the Baltic States is a colorful celebration of the love and identity. There are still legal difficulties for the transsexual in the Baltic States to get new gender identities or to change their names.

Spring campaign is all about security and human rights, with particular emphasis on the illegal arrests and disappearances.

Hear the story of Fatima Tekaeva about her son – torture victim – Rasul Kudaev.

Burmese democracy leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi turned 65 on 19 June. She spent her birthday in detention for the 15th time since 1989. However, her supporters all over the world made sure that the day was not passed in silence. In Bergen, the Burmese community, Amnesty International Region West and the Rafto Foundation worked together to mark the event.

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi will be spending her 65th birthday on 19 June in detention, and has now been detained for almost 15 years. There will be demonstrations and campaigns around the world for Daw Aung San Suu Kyi on 19 June. In Bergen, the community of people from Burma in Bergen, the Rafto Foundation and Amnesty International Region Vest invite to Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s 65th birthday ceremony.

In the world rankings State of Eritrea is classified as a country performing weakest in protection of individual’s freedom and press freedom. There is no independent civil society, no independent media and no human rights organizations in State of Eritrea today.

The application for the 2011 session of the annual Human Rights Advocates Program (HRAP) at Columbia University is now available.

The new Head of the Friends of the Rafto Foundation is Else Kathrine Nesmoen (41). Ms Nesmoen is an Advisor at the Centre for International Cooperation in Higher Education in Bergen and holds a Masters degree in Political Science from the American University of Cairo. Ms Nesmoen says her main goal is to increase the number of Rafto Foundation’s supporting members significantly.

Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, the International Commission of Jurists and the International Federation for Human Rights delivered a nine-point list for a debate on illegal detention which was held on 2-3 June 2010 in the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. List contains measures that states must implement promptly to put an end to illegal detention and to ensure accountability by those responsible. Not all countries are positive to the recommendations of human rights organisations.