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Oslo - The Norwegian Human Rights House

The Human Rights House in Oslo was opened in 1989 and was the first house in the Network. It currently hosts seven member organizations all working with various forms of human rights monitoring, reporting, advocacy and capacity building both nationally and internationally.

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Image: Kyaw Zaw Lwin at Bangkok airport on 19 March 2010 Copyright: Reuters, dvb.no

Burma releases US citizen

A Burmese-born 41-year-old US citizen, political activist, who was sentenced in February 2010 to three years in prison with hard labour, has been released on 18 March 2010 by a Rangoon court. The reason for his early release remains unclear. 20 Mar 2010 »

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Norwegian PEN calls to sign the petition to free journalists and writers in Iran

Norwegian PEN has joined the Our Society Will Be a Free Society campaign. Its aim is to petition the Iran leader to free the journalists and writers held in Iran. Norwegian PEN calls to sign the petition and join the campaign before 20 March 2010. 14 Mar 2010 »

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Karen Communities Worldwide call for action to stop attacks on civilians

Karen communities in 10 countries joined forces for a global day of action on 9 March 2010, calling on the international community to take action to stop new attacks by the Burmese Army against Karen civilians. According to them, more than 2,000 civilians have been forced to flee new attacks since mid January. Karen Communities Worldwide believes dictatorship is trying to crush all resistance forces to their rule before elections due later this year. 11 Mar 2010 »

Image: Elmar Huseynov Copyright: ria.az

Azerbaijan: On 5. anniversary of editor's murder, Article 19 calls to bring perpetrators to justice

2 March 2010 marks the fifth anniversary of the unsolved murder of Monitor editor-in-chief Elmar Huseynov, who was fatally gunned down in his apartment building in a well-organised attack. ARTICLE 19 calls on the Azerbaijani government to redouble its efforts to bring the perpetrators to justice, and to take immediate action to improve freedom of expression in Azerbaijan. 08 Mar 2010 »

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International Women's Day: Focus on Tunisia

On occasion of 8 March 2010, International Women's Day, Norwegian PEN has joined a letter addressed to United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navanethem Pillay, written by members of the Tunisia Monitoring Group (TMG), a coalition of 20 members of the International Freedom of Expression Exchange (IFEX) and members of the IFEX Gender Working Group to draw her attention to the slander and abuse faced by women journalists and activists in Tunisia. 07 Mar 2010 »

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