Youth Human Rights Movement – Sweden

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Supported by a group of members of the Berlin branch of YHRM, a Russian team of the Youth Human Rights Movement managed to organise a number of public actions and meetings with partners concerning the common project “Volunteers of Human Rights” while visiting the German capital from the 20th to the 25th of May. The given stay did not only offer the opportunity to carry on discussions and talks with present and future partners and volunteers of the project, but also to make an attempt to understand to which extent the west European youth is interested in human rights and East Europe. (Läs mer…)

28 of may. Day of Amnesty International. On this day in 1961, British lawyer Peter Benenson called for an international campaign against “prisoners of conscience” after he read about two Portuguese students sentenced to seven years in prison for the crime of raising their glasses in a toast to freedom. From this efforts Amnesty International, the largest Human Rights organization in the world, was born.

From: YHRM Human Rights

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21 may about 3:00 an unknown person fired a shot at the chairman of the Helsinki Association-Armenia Mikael Danielian on Terian Street, Yerevan. According to Danielian’s friend they had hardly stopped under a traffic light when Danielian noticed a friend walking along the pavement. He stretched out to salute him.

Just at that moment a BMW began honking continuously from behind. In reply to Danielian’s inquiries a fellow got off the BMW and started railing at the human rights activist and calling him a CIA agent who defends the interests of gays. Afterwards, he took out a gun and shot at Danielian’s chest. Fortunately, the wound wasn’t serious as according to the preliminary investigation the criminal had shot from a pneumatic gun. (Läs mer…)

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The meeting of the regional coordinators of the All-Russian Program ”Informational and awareness-raising campaign ”Youth and the Army” will take place in the middle of May in Moscow. The program is implemented in 10 regions of Russia.

The main topics of the meeting will be: discussing the current situation in the Russian army; youth attitudes to it and the strategy of public actions; developing basic campaign’s tools (questionnaire, awareness-raising materials, ideas for slogans and symbols of the campaign), detailed planning of the campaign’s stages, including regional activities. (Läs mer…)

12 of may Helsinki Movement Day. On this day in 1976, Yuri Orlov and his comrades established a group to monitor compliance with the human rights provisions of the Helsinki Final Act in the USSR. The Moscow Helsinki Group (MHG) was the first Helsinki Watch organization in the world.

From: YHRM Human Rights Calendar

Council of Europe Founding Day. On this day in 1949, the Treaty of London that later became the Statute of the Council of Europe was signed.

from: YHMR’s Human Rights Calendar