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The Polisario Front’s Negotiator at the United Nations and Coordinator with The United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO), M’hamed Kheddad, said on 6 April 2010 in Brussels that the Sahrawi government had called the United Nations to supervise Human rights in the liberated territories and refugee camps.

Amnesty International Norway calls on those exercising authority in Kyrgyz Republic to respect and protect human rights while restoring public order after three days of violent unrest reportedly left scores dead and hundreds injured.

According to Amnesty International’s annual death penalty overview, never have so few countries applied the death penalty than in 2009. For the first time since organization started keeping records, not a single execution was carried out in all of Europe including former Soviet Union.

The Burmese community in Bergen is extremely worried about attacks by the Burmese military junta on the Karen people in Eastern Burma (Republic of the Union of Myanmar). In a letter to Jonas Gahr Støre, Norway’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, they request help from the Norwegian government.

Amnesty International presented the document, “No end in sight: The ongoing suffering of Somalia’s civilians”, in which organisation reviews violations of international human rights and humanitarian law committed over the past six months in the Republic of Somalia.

Amnesty International Norway calls the Chinese government to remove restrictions on the internet following Google’s decision to stop censoring internet search results in the People´s Republic of China and direct users to the Hong Kong version of the website.

The UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Vitit Muntarbhorn, accuses the military regime in North Korea of horrific human rights abuses. The Rafto Prize (1993) laureate, José Ramos-Horta, calls international community to pay more attention to human rights situation in North Korea, not only to its nuclear programme.

In connection with the annual Rafto Prize award ceremony, the Rafto Foundation hosts a symposium bringing together experts in the field to discuss human rights issues from different perspectives and disciplines.

The Burmese community of Bergen and the Rafto Foundation have a tradition to arrange an event in connection with Aung San Suu Kyi’s birthday on 19 June.