Press

 AFGHANISTAN

http://www.americasradionewsnetwork.com/human-rights-improvements-in-afghanistan-since-fall-of-taliban

http://www.nato.int/cps/en/SID-41827958-9CDFB209/natolive/news_85607.htm

Radio interview: Consolidating women's rights advancements in Afghanistan

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.325363357523021.74724.241185455940812&type=3

http://www.nykom.com/2012/03/29/nato-eu-reaffirm-long-term-commitment-to-afghanistan

http://www.friendsofeurope.org/Functionalnavigation/Mediaroom/Inthenews/tabid/1185/Default.aspx

http://www.publicserviceeurope.com/article/1628/western-deal-with-taliban-risks-future-of-women-in-afghanistan

http://www.youtube.com/user/HRWFinternational 

 

 AZERBAIJAN  

IDPs in Azerbaijan call upon the European Union to speed up their return

http://www.neurope.eu/blog/idps-azerbaijan-call-upon-european-union-speed-their-return

Khojaly Tragedy at the European Parliament (AZ TV)

http://www.aztv.az/readnews.php?lang=en&id=195

 

  BAHRAIN

Expatriate Christians from Bahrain address European Parliament (Kuwait News Agency, 27 January 2012)

 

http://www.kuna.net.kw/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2217664&language=en

 

Bahrain needs anti-sectarian social compact

 

http://www.demdigest.net/blog/2011/11/bahrain-needs-anti-sectarian-social-compact/

 

Reform and progress will continue unabated, HRH the Premier pledges

 

http://www.bahrainonlinenews.com/2011/10/reform-and-progress-will-continue-unabated-hrh-the-premier-pledges/

 

Labor Minister receives HRWF Director

 

http://www.bahrainonlinenews.com/2011/10/labour-minister-receives-hrwf-director/

 

Interior Minister receives Willy Fautre

 

http://twentyfoursevennews.com/gcc/bahrain-news/interior-minister-receives-willy-foutre/

 

Human rights a prime concern

 

http://www.dt.bh/archivesection.php?date=2011-10-27&key=301110213450

 

http://www.dt.bh/searchdetails.php?key=301110213450&newsid=261011235425

 

Bahrain’s unblemished human rights record help to earn praise

 

http://twentyfoursevennews.com/gcc/bahrain-news/bahrain%E2%80%99s-unblemished-human-rights-record-help-to-earn-praise/

 

Human rights vow by Bahrain

 

http://gulf-daily-news.com/NewsDetails.aspx?storyid=316584 

 

http://www.dt.bh/searchdetails.php?key=301110213450&newsid=241011235251

 

Bahrain’s rights record praised

 

http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/NewsDetails.aspx?storyid=316435

 

Human Rights Minister receives HRWF Director

 

http://bna.bh/portal/en/news/478668

 

An international organization calls for Bahrain to abide by the standards of human rights

 

http://islamtimes.org/vdchmxnzv23nz6d.01t2.txt

 

How culpable is the government of Bahrain?

 

http://www.publicserviceeurope.com/article/1148/how-culpable-is-the-government-in-bahrain

 

Mosaic News

 

http://news.linktv.org/videos/mosaic-news-111611

 BELGIUM 

Political (mis)management of linguistic diversity in the Ukrainian daily newspaper DEN (22 March)

http://www.day.kiev.ua/207404

 

 CHINA

      

China named as violator of freedom of religion in the European Parliament (NTDTV, 23 April 2013)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egCliuD8SDc

EU-China Relations

http://www.theparliament.com/latest-news/article/newsarticle/eu-china-relations-willy-fautre/#.UYTYxbVBvmQ

EU has ‘moral responsibility’ to challenge China on human rights

http://www.theparliament.com/latest-news/article/newsarticle/eu-has-moral-responsibility-to-challenge-chinese-on-human-rights/#.UYTaGYZ26vg

Parliament Magazine, 14 May 2012, page 81

http://www.theparliament.com/digimag/issue348

Parliament Magazine, 24 October 2011, page 49 

"Time to Stop: European policymakers and human rights NGOs must engage with China in the fight against torture"

Concern over possible lifting of China arms embargo

http://www.theparliament.com/latest-news/article/newsarticle/concern-over-possible-lifting-of-china-arms-embargo-1/

EU arms embargo against China and human rights (EU Observer, 17 June 2009)

http://euobserver.com/opinion/28313

Moving missiles would improve China-EU relations, says NGO

http://www.theparliament.com/policy-focus/foreign-affairs/foreign-affairs-article/newsarticle/china-should-move-missiles-for-better-eu-relations-says-ngo/

Winning gold medals for hypocrisy

http://www.europeanvoice.com/article/imported/winning-gold-medals-for-hypocrisy/59554.aspx

Unnatural selection in China

http://www.europeanvoice.com/article/2008/07/0612/unnatural-selection-in-china/61610.aspx

NGOs must focus on defending Chinese citizens

http://www.europeanvoice.com/article/imported/ngos-must-focus-on-defending-chinese-citizens/63290.aspx

Trying hard to be better partners

http://www.europeanvoice.com/article/imported/trying-hard-to-be-better-partners/65060.aspx

Unrest in Xinjiang and Tibet sends a message to the Chinese authorities

http://www.europeanvoice.com/article/imported/unrest-in-xinjiang-and-tibet-sends-a-message-to-the-chinese-authorities/65648.aspx

Human Rights in China, Conference at the European Parliament (Turkish News, 7 December 2008)

http://www.turkishnews.com/en/content/2008/12/07/human-rights-in-china-%E2%80%93-conference-at-the-eu-parliament/

Press conference with Chinese dissidents at the European Parliament (26 November 2007)

http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meetdocs/2004_2009/documents/fd/droi20071126_china_009/DROI20071126_china_009EN.pdf

European Parliament VP says Chinese regime violates Olympic Charter (Epoch Time, 13 Dec. 2007)

http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/7-12-13/62915.html

 NORTH KOREA

       

Human Rights in North Korea (Brussels Diplomatic)

http://brusselsdiplomatic.com/2013/01/15/human-rights-in-north-korea/

Interview TV ZDF & 3Sat  : Pyongyang Restaurant in Amsterdam     

http://www.3sat.de/mediathek/?display=1&mode=play&obj=30347

   

http://www.zdf.de/ZDFmediathek/hauptnavigation/sendung-verpasst/#/beitrag/video/1616600/ZDF-heute-journal-vom-11-April-2012

Interview about North Korean refugees with the Romanian Television TVR

http://www.tvr.ro/articol.php?id=125670&c=8097    

 

North Korean refugees issues – Responses from the EU (EIAS, 2012) 

http://www.eias.org/civicrm/event/info?id=15&reset=1

NGOs demand official inquiry into North Korea’s crimes against humanity

http://www.theparliament.com/policy-focus/foreign-affairs/foreign-affairs-article/newsarticle/ngos-demand-official-inquiry-into-north-koreas-crimes-against-humanity

EU urged to help bring North Korea ‘back into fold’

http://www.theparliament.com/latest-news/article/newsarticle/eu-urged-to-help-bring-north-korea-back-into-fold/

EU urged to continue restrictive sanctions against North Korea

http://www.theparliament.com/latest-news/article/newsarticle/eu-urged-to-continue-restrictive-sanctions-against-north-korea/ 

http://blog.chosun.com/blog.log.view.screen?blogId=73049&logId=5822056

MEP calls for renewed talks to resolve Korean conflict

http://www.theparliament.com/latest-news/article/newsarticle/mep-calls-for-renewed-talks-to-resolve-korean-conflict/

2008 North Korean human rights campaign (Daily NK, 3 September 2008)

 

http://www.dailynk.com/english/read.php?cataId=nk00100&num=4029

North Korean in Czech jobs: Slave Labor? (New York Times, 8 November 2006)

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/08/world/asia/08iht-czech.3455560.html

Christians jailed for aiding North Korean refugees in China (Worthy Christian News, 18 Aug. 2003)

http://www.worthynews.com/288-christians-jailed-for-aiding-north-korean-refugees-in-china

US Congressional Record Vol. 148, Pt. 7, May 23, 2002 to June 12, 2002

http://books.google.be/books?id=eCO7Q10SGBUC&pg=PA10017&lpg=PA10017&dq=Willy+Fautre+North+Korea&source=bl&ots=F8MVy4QF6s&sig=BhjYWFkz4Kum01LZ1YonLBFH7Gc&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Xd2EUfS7AYvI0AXwioHQBg&sqi=2&ved=0CGAQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=Willy%20Fautre%20North%20Korea&f=false

North Koreans talk of baby killings

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/10/world/n-koreans-talk-of-baby-killings.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm

Defectors from North Korea tell of prison baby killing

http://horizon.ml.free.fr/_civ/02%200610%20Defectors%20From%20North%20Korea%20Tell%20of%20Prison%20Baby%20Killings%20%28New%20York%20Times%29.txt

Don’t deport North Korean women

http://www.asiafinest.com/forum/lofiversion/index.php/t107869.html

North Korean refugees face forced abortion and infanticide

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_6899/is_7_29/ai_n28129955/

N. Korea killing prison babies, defectors say (Chicago Tribune News, 12 June 2002)

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2002-06-12/news/0206120259_1_women-prisoners-defectors-north-korea

North Korean babies (BBC, 13 August 2002)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/womanshour/2002_33_tue_05.shtml

North Korea engages in forced abortion, infanticide

http://www.catholicculture.org/news/features/index.cfm?recnum=18323

In prisons, swift death for babies (Partito Radicale, 6 December 2002)

http://www.radicalparty.org/it/node/5063047

Forum focuses on N. Korea’s rights abuses

http://articles.latimes.com/2002/feb/10/news/mn-27313

Le cauchemar des prisons nord-coréennes

http://www.radicalparty.org/fr/content/le-cauchemar-des-prisons-cor%C3%A9ennes

"Non, La Corée du Nord n'est pas un Paradis!" (Télépro 2003)

RUSSIA 

East-West Relations

http://www.theparliament.com/policy-focus/foreign-affairs/foreign-affairs-article/newsarticle/east-west-relations/

Human rights in Russia under fire on eve of elections

http://www.theparliament.com/latest-news/article/newsarticle/human-rights-in-russia-under-fire-on-eve-of-elections/#.UYTbwYZ26vg

 

TAIWAN

Taiwan’s death penalty branded ‘unworthy’ of ‘highly developed’ country

http://www.theparliament.com/latest-news/article/newsarticle/taiwan-dealth-penalty-branded-unworthy-of-highly-developed-country/#.UYTUR4Z26vg

Senior MEP welcomes Taiwan efforts to defuse tensions in South China Sea

http://www.theparliament.com/latest-news/article/newsarticle/senior-mep-welcomes-taiwan-efforts-to-defuse-tension-in-south-china-sea/#.UYTUsIZ26vg

Human rights group urges UN to recognize Taiwan’s journalists

http://www.theparliament.com/no_cache/latestnews/news-article/newsarticle/human-rights-group-urges-un-to-recognise-taiwanese-journalists/

 

UKRAINE

Ukraine isn’t ready yet for Euro 2012

http://www.neurope.eu/blog/ukraine-isn-t-ready-yet-euro-2012 

 

FREEDOM OF RELIGION OR BELIEF

Duizenden mensen zitten gevangenen wegens hun geloof

http://www.deredactie.be/cm/vrtnieuws/buitenland/1.1611831 (VRT Televisie)

http://www.standaard.be/cnt/DMF20130423_00552121 (De Standaard)

China named as violator of freedom of religion in the European Parliament (NTDTV, 23 April 2013)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egCliuD8SDc

     Paris criticized over move to burqa ban

http://www.theparliament.com/latest-news/article/newsarticle/paris-criticised-over-move-to-ban-burqa/

     New Europe Special Issue “Religious Freedom”

http://www.neurope.eu/blog/religious-freedom-new-europe-special-edition

     Why did the Vatican Veto the OSCE?

       http://www.neurope.eu/blog/why-did-vatican-veto-osce-s-guidelines-teaching-religion

     Full veil, burqa, niqab, hijab... a challenge to 'European' values?

http://www.neurope.eu/blog/full-veil-burqa-niqab-hijab-challenge-european-values

 

OTHER ISSUES

Alalam interview with HRWF International(À PROPOS DES PRISONNIERS POLITIQUES PALESTINIENS EN ISRAËL)

Alalam interview with HRWF International(DÉGRADATION DE LA LIBERTÉ D'EXPRESSION ET DE LA LIBERTÉ DE LA PRESSE EN EGYPTE) 

http://www.tvrinfo.ro/o-tragedie-muta-povestea-femeilor-din-est-care-ingrijesc-copii-si-batrani-in-occident_16542_video.html#view  (Romanian Public Television TVR)