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The 30th September shooting incident on the border between Tibet and Nepal, when Chinese border guards killed at least two Tibetan pilgrims / refugees and brought many others back to the People´s Republic of China, has now also inspired a song, by the American singer-songwriter Chris Pumphrey. You can listen to this song, and also look up numerous related articles here. www.humanrightshouse.org´s own coverage of the incident can also be looked up below. (19-JAN-07)
 

Parliamentary elections take place in Serbia on January 21st. It is expected that the UN Security Council will bring a decision on the final status of Kosovo shortly thereafter. The implications for human rights will be discussed at a seminar hosted by the Norwegian Helsinki Committee on February 1st at the Norwegian Human Rights House. (18-JAN-07)
 

JUSTICE? Those who wield the most power choose to torture their opponents to the point where the oppressed are driven to voice their dissent and strike back. Gotcha! – «The Terrorist.» Right, released Tibetan nun Phuntsog Nyidron, who visited the Human Rights House in Oslo in December. (16-JAN-07)
 

The Norwegian Burma Committee (NBC) welcomes the news that Charm Tong, right, (25) of Burma has been awarded the Students´ Peace Prize for 2007, for her work for peace and democracy in her own country. Despite her young age, Tang is already a seasoned human rights activist, whose work has brought her to meet some of the most influential people in the world, among them US President George W. Bush. (15-JAN-07)
 

HRH F joined an Amnesty International-initiated appeal yesterday for the Norwegian contractor Aker Kvaerner to be investigated for accessory to torture at Guantánamo. HRH´s own appeal states that the detention camp has become an icon of injustice committed in the ´war on terror,´ undermining security and respect for the rule of law. HRH F further calls for the Guantánamo detention camp to be closed and for detainees to be charged and tried in full and fair proceedings, says Executive Director Maria Dahle, right. (12-JAN-07)
 

The Norwegian Burma Committee welcomes the release of the former student leaders Min Ko Naing, right, Ko Ko Gyi, Htay Kway, Min Zeya and Myint Aye, who have been detained without charge and at an unknown location since September last year. The five well-known prisoners of conscience are released shortly before the UN Security Council will decide on a proposed resolution on Burma (Republic of the Union of Myanmar). (11-JAN-07)
 

On January 23 the Supreme Court in the Russian Federation will decide on the fate of human rights organisation Russian-Chechen Friendhip Society. It will be the last domestic remedy that the organization has at its disposal to ensure that the court ruling on liquidation will be returned to the new consideration at the court of the first instance. The International Helsinki Federation and the Human Rights House Foundation supports the NGO´s call for help. (09-JAN-07)
  

Turkmenistan’s president Saparmurat Niyazov died this morning. He has been responsible for one of the most repressive regimes in the world. The Norwegian Helsinki Committee (NHC) expresses in their press release today that they hope that the tyrant’s death will at last create a window of opportunity for the Turkmen people to freely elect a new leader and create a society where the respect for fundamental human rights is reinstated. (21-DEC-06)
  

Throughout 2006, ICT has received tens of thousands of signatures of support from people who have spoken out for Tibetan prisoners of conscious. The active support that these signatures represent has helped in securing the release of the Buddhist nun Phuntsog Nyidron and the humanitarian, Nyima Choedron. (18-DEC-06)