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One hundred organisations call to end assault on freedom of speech, and to free all detained human rights defenders and netizens

May 21 2012 - 6:09pm

The following is a letter calling on the Bahrain Royal Family to release jailed human rights defenders and netizens, including the founder and president of IFEX member Bahrain Centre for Human Rights. The signing organisations further call on the UN Human Rights Council, the European Parliament, US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and all concerned governments to exert their influence on the ruling family to stop violating human rights in Bahrain:

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Human Rights Defense

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Middle East and North Africa

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Leading Belarusian Rights Defender Recognized

May 21 2012 - 5:09pm

Freedom House congratulates Ales Bialiatski, chairman of the Belarusian human rights organization “Viasna,” for receiving the State Department’s prestigious Human Rights Defenders Award in recognition of his “exceptional valor and leadership” in promoting human rights and democracy. Bialiatski shared the 2011 award with Uganda’s Civil Society Coalition on Human Rights and Constitutional Law.

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Human Rights Defense

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Central and Eastern Europe/Eurasia

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One hundred organisations call to end assault on freedom of speech, and to free all detained human rights defenders and netizens

Leading Belarusian Rights Defender Recognized