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Both EU and US are pressed to change attitude towards the issue of occupied Western Sahara. Neither the long-time American friendship with Morocco, nor EU’s fishing interests can be an excuse for human rights violations, claim HR activists – a standpoint supported by an Australian firm’s announcement about a phasing out of phosphate imports from the occupied country.

The Institute for Reporters’ Freedom and Safety and Media Rights Institute have condemned the government’s announcement that the ban on broadcasts by foreign radio stations via local FM frequencies in the Republic of Azerbaijan will remain in effect.

The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) strongly condemns the decision to sentence six Uyghur men to death without fair trial. Ca. 500 more are waiting for their final sentences, more than three monthes after massacre in Urumqi where hundreds of protesters were killed.

On 8 October, seven Sahrawi advocates from Western Sahara were arrested by Moroccan police at the Mohamed V Airport in Casablanca, Morocco and remain in an undisclosed location. President of ASVDH Brahim Dahane, right, was among the arrested.

This fall’s campaign of Amnesty International Region Vest (Bergen, Norway) focuses on Shell’s human rights violations in the Niger Delta.

Screening of the documentary film Yodok by Andrzej Fidyk about current atrocities occuring in North Korean concentration camps.

A conference on FIFA 2010 World Cup in South Africa as a tool for development and reconciliation. The Conference forms part of the research project “Sports and Reconciliation”.

Doctor Karine Nordstrand is prepared to face a challenge of working in the disaster area. “I’m glad I have the opportunity to go down and help people affected by the earthquake”, says Karine from Oslo.

Lawyer Eren Keskin, theatre actor Murat Batgi and writer Edip Polat were sentenced to one year in Turkish prison for using the terms “Kurdistan” and “Kurds.” Furthermore, they were deprived of many of their civil rights.