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Successfully concluded:
As a Norwegian partner, the Norwegian Helsinki Committee is pleased with the implementation of the Oslo Freedom Forum 2012, which took place 7 - 9 May. The 2012 Forum has been the best so far, and the NHC is proud to be associated with both the conference and with its participants.
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Armenia:
Parliamentary elections on Sunday 6 May was the country’s first elections since the disputed 2008 Presidential elections that led to strong protests and eight persons being killed by security forces. – There were a few improvements from previous elections, but abuse of administrative resources and pressure on voters remained a serious problem, says Lene Wetteland, Advisor who observed Sunday’s election. – Authorities had promised that elections would be conducted according to international standards. But if you are told that your job depends on supporting the President’s party, you stop believing in such promises, she continues.
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The 2012 Eurovision Song Contest is held in Baku in May. Based on many years' of experience NHC has provided extensive information about the human rights situation in Azerbaijan to journalists and other interested parties. This information can be accessed, in a mix of English and Norwegian languages on our Azerbaijan page.
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Belarus - updated 16 April 2012:
We encourage you strongly to write letters to the prisoners! We have met with released prisoners and the families of those in prison, and they all say the same: Letters are both a great comfort and a protection as they make the authorities aware that the prisoners are not forgotten. Please write to the addresses indicated in the description of each of the prisoners. We also encourage you to contact us if you want to engage with support actions for one particular prisoner.
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The Norwegian Helsinki Committee (NHC) has filed a complaint against NRK (Norwegian Public Broadcaster) to the Norwegian Press Complaints Committee for lodging a documentary on Srebrenica (“Byen som kunne ofres”), broadcasted by NRK on 26 April 2011. In the view of the NHC the programme contributes to the falsification of history and does not live up to the standard of journalism that could be expected of the public broadcaster NRK in discussing a very serious subject: The genocide in Srebrenica in July 1995. This represents a breach of a number of requirements in the Vær Varsom manifesto (Code of Ethics of the Norwegian Press). NHC also lodged a complaint to the Norwegian Brodcasting Council.
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Yesterday, August 4, Ales Bialiatski, the head of Human Rights Centre (HRC) Viasna and the Vice- President of International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) was arbitrary detained in Minsk. The Norwegian Helsinki Committee is deeply concerned with Ales Bialiatski's detention, and Secretary General Bjørn Engesland says "We will demand the immediate release of our colleague and good partner Ales Bialiatski by using all appropriate means we have."
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Aserbajdsjan:
I et brev til H.K.H Kronprins Haakon ber Den norske Helsingforskomité om at H.K.H. Kronprinsen velger ikke å delta som planlagt ved åpningen av den årlige olje- og gassmessen International Caspian Oil & Gas Exhibition & Conference 6.-7.juni 2011 i Baku, Aserbajdsjan, da deltakelsen vil kunne gi signaler som kan misbrukes av ett av Europas siste og mest autoritære regimer. Raftostiftelsen og Human Rights House Foundation slutter seg til anmodningen til Kronprinsen.
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Kazakhstan:
The NHC is pleased to announce a contest for project proposals aiming at improving the situation regarding human rights, democratization or civil society in Kazakhstan. Additionally, the NHC also announces vacancy as assistant to Program Manager of the NHC Representative Office in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
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