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Past events

• 2010-05-26: Human rights in Vietnam

  Our guest speaker in this spring’s last seminar in the series “One hour of human rights,” talks about the human rights situation in Vietnam. What issues are most important? How is the civil society organized in the country and how much do ordinary people know about human rights? Giang Nguyen was born in Vietnam and [...]

• 2010-05-12: The future role and survival of the Press Ombudsman

  The Swedish Press Ombudsman, Yrsa Stenius, has been criticized and questioned during the last couple of months, among other for recommending the Swedish Press Council to criticize the daily Expressen for an article about Jan Guillou being in contact with KGB in the -60:s and -70:s. Expressen responded by boycotting the Press Ombudsman, and several [...]

• 2010-04-25: Unique opportunity for education in human rights

  In April 23-25 Civil Rights Defenders will arrange the fourth moot court competition in Rijeka, Croatia. The involvement of Law schools from five countries, professors, highly experienced judges from the region, makes the Moot Court competition a unique opportunity for education. Ten clubs from Macedonia, Bosnia, Montenegro, Serbia and Croatia will participate. Two judges from [...]

• 2010-03-30: Harder times for human rights defenders in Kyrgyzstan

  Kyrgyzstan has for long been considered the least repressive country in Central Asia. A civil society has developed and been able to work relatively freely. But lately the situation has changed to the worse. Peaceful demonstrations are stopped by the military and journalists critical of the regime are persecuted, threatened and killed. Gennady Pavlyuk is [...]

• 2010-02-24: Belarus under the microscope in the UN

  In May 2010 Belarus will be inquired by the UN Human Rights Council under the Universal Periodic Review, UPR. Belarus has for a long time been criticized by both the UN and other international bodies for violations of fundamental human rights. The Belarusian authorities’ reaction to the criticism has been weak. Meanwhile, the country wants [...]

• 2010-01-27: Impunity leads to new violence

  Internationally-supported transitional justice projects have come to play a central role in broader efforts to build peace, democracy and the rule of law in troubled states, based on the belief that impunity for war crimes tends to lead to new cycles of violence. But the record shows that their most prominent mechanisms – truth commissions [...]

• 2009-12-03: Ten Conditions of Love – the story about Rebiya Kadeer

  Rebiya Kadeer, Uighur human rights defender, visits Civil Rights Defenders on Thursday December 3rd. We will show the documentary “Ten Conditions of Love” and talk about the Uighur’s struggle for human rights in China. See a film clip here. Date: Thursday December 3rd Time: 18.00-20.00 Place: Stora Nygatan 26, 1st floor Ten Conditions of Love [...]

• 2009-11-25: Human Rights Defenders – Iran

  Thirty years ago the Iranian Revolution brought Ayatolla Khomeini to power in Iran. Since then human rights defenders have been fighting for equality and respect for human rights, often with their own lives at stake. Parvin Ardalan, journalist and human rights defender from Iran, visits Civil Rights Defenders to talk about human rights in Iran. [...]

• 2009-11-18: Civil Society Wants a Truth Commission in the Western Balkans

  The civil society in the Western Balkans has initiated a process to establish a Regional Commission for Truth-seeking and Truth-telling About War Crimes. A very large number of NGOs in all the countries involved support and promote the initiative. The focus ahead will be to get the duty holders committed to the process. Will that [...]

• 2009-11-17: Human Rights Forum

  Civil Rights Defenders is one of the organisers of the Human Rights Forum, Scandinavia’s largest forum for human rights. During this years event we will participate with the exhibition Our Rights and arrange several seminars on differnet topics. Civil Rights Defenders program for Human Rights Forum: Monday November 16 11.00-11.30: Film “Missing Lives: Disappearance and [...]

• 2009-11-13: Discussion about Sweden’s and the EU’s politics regarding Russia

  Oksana Tjelysjeva är verksam inom Rysk-tjetjenska vänskapsförbundet och kolumnist för den oberoende tidningen Novaja Gazeta. Usam Bajsajev arbetar för den ryska människorättsorganisationen Memorial, som i år tilldelats det prestigefulla Sacharovpriset. Ingmar Oldberg är Rysslandsexpert och associerad forskare vid Utrikespolitiska institutet. Robert Hårdh är chef för Civil Rights Defenders. Martin Uggla är ordförande i Östgruppen för [...]

• 2009-11-12: “Getting Justice: Kenya’s Deadly Game of Wait and See”

  In the beginning of 2008 a wave of violence was spread across Kenya. The election results from December 2007 were questioned and lead to massive riots. More than 1 000 people lost their lives and close to 600 000 were displaced. “Getting Justice: Kenya’s deadly game of wait and see” is a documentary about the [...]

• 2009-11-11: EU can improve human rights situation in Belarus

  One year ago the European Union temporarily lifted the travelban on Belarusian politicians and civil servants, hoping that this would lead to an improved human rights situation in the country. In November the future of the sanctions will be decided. Fifty international and Belarusian organisations recommend, in a new report, that EU keeps the travelban [...]

• 2009-11-09: November 9: The Day that Changed Europe

  Crystal Night and the fall of the Berlin Wall. November 9 has been a turning point in European history. Civil Rights Defenders participate in an event on the twentieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, organised by Stockholms Stadsteater, in collaboration with the Swedish EU Presidency and the Foundation Natur & Kultur.

• 2009-11-07: Terrorist fear and Rule of law – the Guantanamo system after Bush

  Public meeting with a panel discussion on terrorism legislation and human rights. Participants: Thomas Olsson, Lawyer, has represented members of al-Barakaat among other Laue Traberg Smidt, Danish Lawyer, has represented members of al-Aqsa among other Anna Wigenmark, Lawyer, Civil Rights Defenders Madelaine Seidlitz, Lawyer, Amnesty Abdirisak Aden, Gösta Hultén, Journalist, Charta 2008 Date: Saturday November [...]

• 2009-11-04: Future challenges for Swedish development aid

  The need for urgent aid in connection with natural disasters or armed conflicts will most probably increase in times of climate change and financial crises. At the same, the Swedish government has expressed a wish to prioritize long-term support for democratization and human rights. How will these two needs be combined and what are the [...]

• 2009-10-28: Human Rights Defenders are Silenced in North Caucasus

  This month’s seminar is temporarily moved to the afternoon and The Royal Coin Cabinett (Myntkabinettet)! Since this summer the human rights situation in North Caucasus has deteriorated dramatically. After the murder of the prominent human rights defender Natalja Estemirova in July, harrasments of human rights defenders have increased and several people have been murdered. Who [...]

• 2009-09-30: Has Serbia capitulated to the perpetrators and hooligans?

  The Pride Parade that would have been held in Belgrade, September 20, was stopped in the last minute. The Interior Ministry and the police suddenly announced that if the parade would be held in central Belgrade the  participants’ safety could not be guaranteed. This means in fact that the parade was banned, and shows that [...]

• 2009-09-27: Book and Library Fair

  Civil Rights Defenders participate, for the third time, at the International Square of the Book and Library Fair in Gothenburg. We will show the photo exhibition Our Rights, which was produced in cooperation with Elisabeth Ohlson Wallin, and arrange a breakfast seminar on Friday morning. With Life at stake All over the world people are [...]

• 2009-09-13: Photo exhibition: “Our Rights”

  Together with the Swedish photographer Elisabeth Ohlson Wallin we have made a photo exhibition to show our work for human rights in a contemporary context. The exhibition opens September 11 at 13.00 on the Central Station in Stockholm and will be shown September 11-13. Place: Entrance Hall at Stockholm Central Station

• 2009-05-27: Right wing extremists in Swedish politics

  Daniel Poohl, editor in chief at the magazine Expo, talks about the growth of right wing extremist party Sverigedemokraterna. During the last couple of years the right wing groups have worked on transforming on the surface, adapting their message in order to become more accepted among the general public. Step by step they have become [...]

• 2009-05-19: “Shadow of the Holy Book” – bizarre story about odd country

  Turkmenistan has one of the most authoritarian regimes in the world. The country is also rich in fossil gas, and multinational companies will do almost anything in the competition for a contract. With a lot of humor and skilled story telling the director Arto Halonen questions the morale of some of the world’s largest companies [...]

• 2009-05-06: Women invisible as political refugees

  Minoo Jalali, a lawyer born in Iran and living in Great Britain, claims that female and male political refugees are not treated the same in Great Britain. Maria Bexelius teaches in the right of asylum on Teologiska högskolan in Stockholm and has written the books “Right of Asylum, gender and politics” (2008) and “Women on [...]

• 2009-04-29: UN criticism against situation in Swedish custody

  Sofia Lindow, Master of Laws, talks about the conditions in Swedish custody, which has been criticized by the UN Committee against torture and the Committee against Torture of the European Council, among other. Lindow presents the criticizm of the committees and discusses what effect a deprivation of liberty can have on the mental health of [...]

• 2009-03-25: Belarus – squeezed between Russia and EU

  Jekaterina Glod, analyst at the Belarusian Institute for Strategic Studies (BISS), talks about the latest developments in Belarus and the country’s relationships with Russia and the EU. On March 17 EU decided to give the Belarusian regime a new opportunity to come closer to the European Union. EU temporarily revoked a travel ban for a [...]

• 2009-02-25: New tests for Macedonian democracy

  Zarko Hadzi-Zafirov, Macedonian Young Lawyers Association, talks about the road towards EU for Macedonia. The presidential and local elections in March 2009 will affect the start of the negotiation talks about EU membership to a large extent. Last year the Macedonian government was heavily criticized for the riots and violence that followed the parliamentary elections, [...]