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International human rights organisations issue open letter re: new restrictions on civil society groups in Belarusposted on: 2011/10/20

International human rights organisations urge the Council of the Republic, the upper chamber of the Belarusian Parliament, to quash recent legislative amendments that impose limitations on freedom of assembly and association and severely restrict the work of Belarusian civil society groups, especially those working on human rights or related issues.

Front Line concerned following reports of increased restrictions on assemblies and demonstrations in the West Bankposted on: 2010/07/29

A new Position Paper published by Israeli human rights organisation B'Tselem, “The Right to Demonstrate in the Occupied Territories”, has criticised recent measures adopted by the Israeli authorities which have a severe impact upon the rights of residents in the Palestinian territories of the West Bank to carry out peaceful demonstrations.

Tunisia: Restrictions on the right to defence of human rights defender Mr Taoufik Ben Brikposted on: 2009/12/10

In the aftermath of the sentencing of journalist and human rights defender Mr Taoufik Ben Brik to six months in prison on 26 November 2009, the Tunisian authorities continue to restrict his right to defence by limiting his access to his lawyers.

Uzbekistan: Denial of adequate medical treatment to human rights defender Mutabar Tadjibaevaposted on: 2008/07/09

Front Line is deeply concerned for the physical and psychological integrity of human rights defender Mutabar Tadjibaeva following reports that she is being denied access to adequate medical treatment. Mutabar Tadjibaeva is the Chairperson of the human rights organisation “Plammenoe Serdtse” (Fiery Hearts Club) in the city of Ferghana. On 2 June 2008, she was released from Tashkent Women's Prison, where she was serving an 8-year sentence following a trial in which she was accused of slandering government bodies, holding unauthorized rallies, setting up illegal organisations, fraud, extortion, embezzlement, tax evasion and distributing material that poses a threat to public security and order. She is now serving a 3-year suspended sentence.