On June 29 international human rights organization "Freedom House" released the annual study, "Nations in Transit". The report provides an assessment of the state of democratic governance in 29 countries of former Soviet Union, Central and Eastern Europe within the period of January 1 till December 31, 2009.
The FIDH et RSF have launched an international campaign calling upon the Iranian authorities to liberate immediately and unconditionally all prisoners of opinion detained in Iran.
We, the undersigned organizations, taking into account that the time left till the adoption of the draft in the second hearing and till July 20, the day the broadcasting licensing competitions are to be announced, is not sufficient for developing a complete and comprehensive draft law, as well as proceeding from the wish not to exert time pressure on the organizers and possible bidders of licensing competitions, have proposed the following
Civil Society Institute NGO (CSI), which is a member organization of International Federation of Human rights (FIDH) in Armenia, is concerned about the recent actions of the police which were accompanied with human rights violations.
An internal investigation in Charentsavan over a death in police custody has led to the dismissal of the town's police chief and three officers.