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The Norwegian Tibet Committee (NTC) invites to an open meeting with Wang Lixiong, the husband of Tsering Woeser, right, last year´s winner of the Norwegian Authors´ Association´s (NFF) Freedom of Expression award. Chinese authorities has effectively prevented Woeser, who is invited to NFF´s annual meeting 8 March, from travelling by not issuing her with a passport. ((03-MAR-08)
 

Despite protests from the International Olympic Committee that it has little responsibility for promoting certain political or social developments in host countries for mega-events, The Olympic Games in Beijing 2008 is one of the clearest examples that many people consider sport, politics and the media to be intimately linked. Right, Sverre Wilhelmsen, co-hosting the seminar. (03-MAR-08)
 

Of the seven nominations for the Free Press of Eastern Europe Gerd Bucerius (ZEIT) Award Human Rights House Foundation was involved in, four were officially named winners today. In addition to the two Belarusian winners, HRH F was involved in the successful nominations of one Azeri and one Russian journalist. (03-MAR-08)
 

Military defence, oil and freedom of expression. How do these interests go together? This is the question for a seminar that the Norwegian Helsinki Committee will host on Wednesday 5 March at the Human Rights House in Oslo. The backdrop is that while Norway and the Russian Federation have developed close relations over their joint commercial interests in developing the Barents region, reports have been ticking in about violations of a broad spectre of human rights, but particularly of journalists´ rights. (25-FEB-08)
 

The Norwegian Helsinki Committee (NHC) is concerned about ongoing and grave human rights challenges in Kosovo. Particular concern should be paid to the justice sector and to the security, freedom of movement, discrimination and access to public services, such as education for internally displaced persons and minority community members (19-FEB-08)

The Norwegian Helsinki Committee, who has been monitoring the Albin Kurti trial with the Danish Helsinki Committee since it began in autumn 2007, published a statement today criticizing the way in which the internationalized courts in Kosovo have handled the case so far. They suggest that the concerns are so serious that a retrial may be required. (31-JAN-08) 
 

This coming Friday, HRH F co-hosts a seminar with the Norwegian Council for Africa on the current crisis in the Republic of Kenya. Four speakers who have witnessed the country-wide violence, will answer the questions ‘What is the political, humanitarian and human rights situation in the Republic of Kenya now? What are the underlying reasons for the election turmoil? Are there viable and permanent solutions to the crisis and what are the chances of reaching those?’ (23-JAN-08)
 

On Friday 11 January activists from Amnesty International in Oslo lit candles opposite the American Embassy. With posters stating that “6 years are enough – close Guantanamo!” they marked the 6th anniversary of the opening of the camp. (14-JAN-08)
 

The Tibetan documentary ´What Remains of Us´ will be screened at Tromsø International Film Festival (TIFF). The film is also nominated to what arguably has become the festival´s most prestigeopus award, the Peace Film Award. TIFF will open next week and run from the 15th to the 20th of January. (09-JAN-08)