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– It is with great shock, deep sorrow and almost with a feeling that “this cannot be possible”, that we are witnessing the Tsunami tragedy, said Secretary General Nora Sveaass of the International Society of Health and Human Rights (ISHHR) about the horrific tragedy in South Asia. (30-DEC-04) 
 

– EU Guidelines on human rights defenders are an important tool for a stronger protection of and support to activists, says the Human Rights House Foundation (HRH). HRH participated at an EU conference last week about implementation of the Guidelines. (15-DEC-04)
 

The Norwegian newspaper VG has as its front page story today that Carl Hugo Lund, the judge who conducted the proceedings against the police officer accused of involuntary manslaughter of former Norwegian Helsinki Committee employee Tomasz Wazcko, has been reprimanded for his arrogance and sarcasms in court, especially against the prosecutor. Lund’s behaviour may have affected the jurisdiction in some of his cases. (13-DEC-04)
  

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights , Louise Arbour, recommends universal membership to the Commission on Human Rights. – This will give ownership to the human rights agenda to all states, said Arbour, who visited the Norwegian Human Rights House on Friday. (06-DEC-04)
 
 

– Amnesty International Norway and the Norwegian Helsinki Committee want to express to you some concerns related to recent developments in Norwegian prison regulations, in particular in relation to a recent plan of measures for implementing pre-trial detention and prison punishment by The Norwegian Criminal Ward Authorities, reads a letter from the organisations to the Council of Europe. Read the letter (02-DEC-04) 
 

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Louise Arbour, will visit the Norwegian Human Rights House in Oslo on Friday. The High Commissioner will meet the NGO Forum and talk about transitional justice and protection of human rights. (30-NOV-04)
 

Norwegian PEN plans fact-finding mission to Republic of Belarus and roundtable on freedom of expression in Tunisia in 2005.(30-NOV-04)
 

The statement with recommendations to governments on how to support and protect human rights defenders is now available in Norwegian language. The statement was adopted at the Human Rights House Network conference in Oslo 13-14 October, titled “Activists under attack. Defending the right to be a human rights defender.” Read more about the conference and the speeches
 

While several hundred thousands of Ukrainian democrats made their demands clear for the fifth consecutive day in Kiev, some fifty Ukrainians joined by representatives from approximately ten different organisations did the same outside the Ukrainian Embassy in Oslo today. The Norwegian Helsinki Committee and the Human Rights House Foundation were among those who gave weight to the demand for Victor Justshenko to be declared winner of the elections and thus the next President of Ukraina. (26-NOV-04)