News from Network Members

published 29.04.2009

Meeting in Vilnius on improving human rights education for young people

On 27th of April, 2009, government and civil society experts from Belarus, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, Russia and Ukraine began a three-day meeting in Vilnius to discuss improving human rights education for young people. in detail »»

published 27.04.2009

OSCE helps regional experts discuss ways to improve human rights education at Vilnius meeting

Government and civil society experts from Belarus, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, Russia and Ukraine began a three-day meeting in Vilnius today to discuss improving human rights education for young people. in detail »»

published 20.04.2009

Voronezh House of Human Rights is to be put up for sale

One of the biggest regional Human Rights centres in Russia may become “homeless” in some months to come.

Voronezh House of Human Rights – a union of regional and inter-regional human rights and civil organizations – was founded at the beginning of 2009 to strengthen the positions of the human rights organizations in the region, building dialogue with the authorities, joining the efforts in defending and promoting Human Rights. in detail »»

published 14.04.2009

Human rights defenders - on liberalization of NGO legislation

The initiatives to change the NGO legislation concern establishment and registration, reporting and inspections of the Russian non-governmental organizations. in detail »»

published 05.02.2009

AI press release: Moldova: Police fail to protect demonstrators yet again

Police in the capital, Chisinau, took no action yesterday as the Chair of Amnesty International's branch in Moldova, Igor Grosu, and several other participants of a peaceful demonstration were injured. in detail »»

published 11.09.2008

Iraq today: struggling for a better future?

Interview with Mohammed Thamir -Assistant Director of programmes (ATHAR Center For Development) AND Ali Nais -Board member (ATHAR Center For Development) in detail »»

published 07.06.2008

Cuban youth build democracy

Rolando Rodriguez Lobaina is the director of the Alternative Studies Center of the Cuban Youth for Democracy Movement. The Democratic Youth Movement was founded in 1994 in the city of Guantanamo, and works to denounce the violation of human rights. The movement is commited to defend freedom and justice in a peaceful and non-violent way. in detail »»

published 07.09.2008

Declaration on establishment of Russian-Georgian Civil Dialog

As a result of political crisis between Russian Federation and Georgia which has developed into military confrontation, the relationships between the two nations have sustained serious losses. The military confrontation and increase of political tension between Russian and Georgia  can be a cause for destabilization in the Caucasus region as a whole.

Today we talk not only about rupture of diplomatic relations between our two states, but about possible breaking off of any communication between people divided by unconscientious propaganda and anguish caused by losses in the conflict.  

published 07.09.2008

International Monitoring Group REPORT on mission in Georgia.

The final report on current situation with displaced persons in Gerogia and recomendation with following actions to resolve the current conflict situation in the region as a whole. in detail »»

published 04.07.2008

Civil actions against racism and xenophobia in Kharkov

On the 27th of June 2008 the regional conference «Civil actions against racism and xenophobia» took place in Kharkov. in detail »»

published 09.04.2008

World Youth Movement for Democracy meets in Kyiv

On April 8, the functional workshop of the World Youth Movement for Democracy (WYMD) was organized in Kyiv in the framework of the Fifth Assembly of the WMD, of which it is a youth wing. in detail »»

published 30.06.2008

Another Young Armenian Human Rights Activist Assaulted

Narek Hovakimyan, a member of Armenia’s pro-democracy youth movement Hima, was attacked and beaten yesterday, June 25, 2008, in downtown Yerevan. in detail »»

published 20.06.2008

In Yerevan passes rally in support of political prisoners

Notwithstanding the hot sun thousands of people are going up to the Matenadaran square, shouting “Freedom”, “Free, independent Armenia”, etc. in detail »»

published 18.06.2008

Ill-treatment/ Risk of impunity

The International Secretariat of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) requests your URGENT intervention in the following situation in Azerbaijan. in detail »»

published 15.06.2008

IRFS Chairman hospitalized after being Struck over Head with Gun by Police

June 14, in the "Alaturka" Cafe, an event organized by the "Che Guvera Fan Club" to mark the 80 birthday of Che Guvera and attended by a representative of the Cuban embassy was raided by police. Out of the approximately 25 people present, 20 were detained by police and taken to Nasimi District Police Department #22. Among those detained were IRFS Chairman Emin Huseynov and IRFS researchers Rasim Aliyev and Mirrehim Hasanov. The three had gone to conduct monitoring of the event. in detail »»

published 16.06.2008

International journalism competetion 2008

Within the framework of the funding programme International Journalism Compe-tition, the Foundation “Remembrance, Responsibility and Future” is announcing for the second time a Journalism Prize in 2008. To mark the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in December 2008, the competition this year is focusing on press articles that take an in-depth look at Article 1 of the Declaration. The competition is open to journalists from Belarus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Germany, Israel, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, the Russian Federation, Ukraine and the USA. in detail »»

published 29.05.2008

Youth Human Rights Movement: May activities in Berlin

Supported by a group of members of the Berlin branch of YHRM, a Russian team of the Youth Human Rights Movement managed to organise a number of public actions and meetings with partners concerning the common project “Volunteers of Human Rights” while visiting the German capital from the 20th to the 25th of May. The given stay did not only offer the opportunity to carry on discussions and talks with present and future partners and volunteers of the project, but also to make an attempt to understand to which extent the west European youth is interested in human rights and East Europe. in detail »»

published 06.06.2008

In Belarus start to be created surprising things!

The executive committee of Soligorsk has accepted an illegal decision on exception from Soligorsk’s school one of leaders of "Young Front" Ivan Shila for "active public work". And, the administration of school opposed such decision. in detail »»

published 23.11.2007

The “Book of good deeds”will be publiched in Trans-Istria

Trans-Istria youth groups will be able to put their information in this publication. It is also planned by NGO “Stels-Tera” to review activities of 7 Trans-Istria youth organizations who have won Gazprombank grants in 2006. The purposes of this Book is to influence youth informational isolation and to overcome young people’ passiveness and produce the interest for social work. in detail »»