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Prison for Belarusian human rights defender – A heavy blow was dealt to the Belarusian civil society on 24 November 2011 when Ales Bialiatski, chairman of the human rights organisation Viasna, was sentenced to four and a half years in prison for tax evasion and had his property confiscated.
In this issue: Successful networking during Pride – During Stockholm Pride in August we were visited by a group of LGBT activists from Eastern Europe, Southeast Asia and Central Asia.
Homosexuals harassed and blackmailed – More than half of Moldova’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals do not tell their family about their sexual orientation, according to a study conducted by our partner GenderDoc-M.
In this issue: Violence and oppression after Belarusian election, One hundred cases against Russia settled in court, Chiranuch Premchaiporn faces 50 years in prison, and much more.
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Our responsibility to tackle Roma exclusion – In a debate article published in a Swedish newspaper, Svenska Dagbladet, on September 27th we demand that Sweden stops deporting Roma to Kosovo and that the Swedish government tries to make other countries in the EU follow this as well.
Blogs break through information blockade in Vietnam – Free discussions on Vietnam take place in blogs and in other social media. With 22 million internet users (out of the country’s total 86 million inhabitants) and an extensive dialogue with the surrounding world, in particular with fellow-countrymen, the Vietnamese have found a way to bypass the information blockade at home.
Challenges for Moldovan media in 2010 – In the end of 2009 the negative trend on the Moldovan media market was halted and a slow democratization process was initiated. Important reforms were adopted and a healthy competition is now developing. Doina Costin from the Independent Journalism Centre is cautiously positive to the development.
Ryssland måste agera i Norra Kaukasus Våren 2009 deklarerade Ryssland att den 10 år långa ”anti-terroroperationen” mot separatister i Tjetjenien var avslutad och att situationen i den nordkaukasiska delrepubliken var stabil. Men de senaste månadernas utveckling vittnar om att situationen i Norra Kaukasus är allt annat än normal. Sedan juli har ett antal framstående människorättsförsvarare [...]
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