Campaign in support of Human Rights House – Voronezh

More than 100 signatures collected to support the House.

We are thankful to everyone who have already supported us, and those, who are going to do it soon  ))

Each 200 signatures will be collected and sent to the Chairman of Voronezh city district Sergey Koliukh.

We hope that with your support we can send the first signatures this week.

Thank you!

READ ABOUT THE CAMPAIGN IN ENGLISH HERE!

UPDATE: we got to keep the house!!!! 2009-09-01

 

Council of Europe Founding Day

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

 

International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, declared by the UN in 1967. On this day in 1960, police opened fire and killed 69 people at a peaceful demonstration in Sharpeville, South Africa, against the apartheid ”pass laws”.

from: YHRM Human Rights Calendar

 

International Day against Police Brutality

International Day against Police Brutality. First organized in 1997 as an initiative of an anarchist federation from Switzerland and supported by a citizens’ organization from Canada, it was a response to police abuse in Switzerland of two children, aged 11 and 12.

from: YHRM Human Rights Calendar

 

Civil Disobedience Day

Civil Disobedience Day. On this day in 1930, Mahatma Gandhi along with several dozens of his followers set out on foot for ”the Salt March” (Salt Satyagraha) to the seashore in an act of protest against the British salt tax in colonial India. This action is considered a great example of successful non-violent action organized in defense of public interests.

From: YHRM’s Human Rights Calendar

 

International Women’s Day

In 1975 this date was designated by United Nations as an international holiday. On this day in 1857, the demonstration of women garment workers on the streets of New York against poor working conditions and low wages was dispersed by the police.

from: YHRM’s Human Rights Calender

SvD: Pictures from International Women’s Day celebrations around the world

 

Invitation to Join New Free Professional and Academic Networking Site

Pressmeddelande från YHRM (direktlänk)

Main (No Region)

This is an invitation to join Peace and Collaborative Development Network (http://internationalpeaceandconflict.org), a new online initiative to bring together professionals, academics and students involved in Conflict Resolution, Human Rights, International Development, Democratization, Social Entrepreneurship and related fields.

 

In Tbilisi was opened the office ”SOS. Armenia”

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(Georgia)

Under support of the Unity of Georgian Armenians “Nor Serund” in Tbilisi was opened the office «SOS. ARMENIA» (address: 13 Tsutskiridze Str.; phone/fax: +995 32 77 03 21; e-mail: sosarmenia@yahoo.com). Aim of the office activity is to inform the Georgian society about the processes ongoing in Armenia. Except this, proceeding form the existing information vacuum faced by the Armenian population after inculcation of the state of emergency, the office will be periodically disseminating information through the Internet about the events taking place both in Armenia and outside its borders.

 

Coalition Against Hate

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Main (No Region)

In the beginning of 2007, the creation of the Coalition Against Hate – a wide association of human rights and civil organizations of the former Soviet Union started under the guidance of the Union of Councils for Jews in the Former Soviet Union (UCSJ), the Moscow Helsinki Group (MHG) and the international Youth Human Rights Movement (YHRM). At the moment of its creation the Coalition comprised about 30 different organizations.

 

The International Holocaust Remeberance Day

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(Russian Federation)

In the evening of the 27th of January the Great Hall of the Central House of Literary Men in Moscow was overcrowded. War veterans and pupils, teachers and students, politicians and cultural workers gathered in a token of memory about the six million killed people during the Holocaust.