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CALENDARThe 6 of July — Day in Memoriam of Jan Hus (b. 1371), the Czech philosopher and religious thinker, revolutionary and martyr. On this day in 1415, he was burnt at the stake for not abandoning his beliefs. The movement inspired by his ideas became one of the brightest examples of social protest in the Middle Ages. The 1 of August — OSCE Day. On this day in 1975, the CSCE (Conference for Security and Co-operation in Europe), was created. In 1995 it became the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe. all calendar |
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Network Newspublished 04.04.2008 Action Week “Stop Racism!”: there are no answers givenFrom 14th to 21st of March the annual international week of enlightenment action “Stop Racism!” took place in Russia and Newly Independent States (NIS). This year 17 groups from Russia, Ukraine and Kyrgyzstan carried out various events against racism and for tolerance in 20 regions. in detail »» Our Site |
published 02.04.2008 Volunteers of Human Rights in Russia, Ukraine and GermanyOn April 2 the International Youth Human Rights Movement (YHRM) started a new international project "Volunteers of Human Rights", which is intended for young Human Rights defenders and civil activists from Russia, Ukraine and Germany. in detail »» |
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News from Network Members | 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 »» |
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| 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 »»
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| published 28.06.2008 Russian Anti-nuclear Action Camp 2008
 Anti-nuclear Action Camp 2008 will be held from 11 to 21 of August. It will take place near the city of Nizhniy Novgorod (400 km east from Moscow). in detail »»
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| | | | published 22.05.2008 10 years on guard of Human Rights
On May 22, 1998 the first ombudsman of the Russian Federation was designated. In 10 years this institute became one of the most important institutes in the sphere of providing guarantees of state protection of Human Rights in this country. in detail »» |
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| 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 »» |
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| 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 »» |
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| 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 »» |
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| 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 »» |
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| published 17.05.2008 “Multinational Georgia” presents the results of the pre-election monitoring
On May 16 the results of the survey carried out by the civil movement “Multinational Georgia” to reveal the state of pre-election awareness of the population of the two regions densely populated by ethnic Armenians and Azerbaijanis were published. in detail »» |
| | | | published 09.05.2008 New Initiative of “Multinational Georgia” on monitoring voting
The NGO “Multinational Georgia” is going to submit a letter to the Central Election Commission to support the registration of election observers for Georgian accredited embassies abroad. in detail »» |
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| 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 »» |
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