Fourth IHF Periodic Report (Aug-Sep 99)

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Fourth IHF Periodic Report (Aug-Sep 99)


Please find attached IHFs fourth Periodic Report, covering the period
from August-September 1999
 
Sincerely
 
Joachim Frank
(Office Manager)
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INTERNATIONAL HELSINKI FEDERATION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
(IHF)
PERIODIC REPORTS FROM THE OSCE REGION

AUGUST - SEPTEMBER 1999

E-mail: office@ihf-hr. org
Tel. +43-1-408 88 22
Fax +43-1-408 88 22-50

This is the fourth of the "IHF Periodic Reports from the OSCE Region"
published by the IHF on a regular basis. It contains information on
recent human rights issues in some participating states of the
Organization on Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) provided by
the IHF Secretariat and its member committees and partner NGOs. The
IHF intends no political statement in the selection of countries and
issues described in this report. For more information on human rights
violations in the OSCE region, please visit our web page at
http://www.ihf-hr.org


TABLE OF CONTENTS:

AZERBAIJAN: Pre-election violations, new crackdown on independent
media, conditions in prisons and detention facilities.

BELGIUM: Barristers' freedom of expression restricted, the
Anthroposophic Society challenges the law creating an observatory on
sects. 

BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA: Izetbegovic in favor of anomie, humanitarian
assistance to children hindered in RP, freedom of expression curbed in
RS, intolerance wide-spread, return slow and with many hindrances in
RS.

BULGARIA: Ethnic Macedonian Organization registered for elections,
police brutality.

CZECH REPUBLIC: Right to interpreter denied in judicial proceedings. 

GREECE: Intervention on statelessness at the OSCE Review Conference.

YUGOSLAVIA/SERBIA: Democratization - a statement by the IHF and the
Serbian Helsinki Committee at the OSCE Review Conference.

IHF interventions at the OSCE Review Conference on free and fair
elections and the role of NGOs in the OSCE process. 

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(From the moderator: Full text of the report is available online at
the IHF website at: 

http://www.ihf-hr.org/reports/periodic/1999-4.htm#AZERBAIJAN
http://www.ihf-hr.org/reports/periodic/1999-4.htm#BELGIUM
http://www.ihf-hr.org/reports/periodic/1999-4.htm#BOSNIA AND
HERZEGOVINA
http://www.ihf-hr.org/reports/periodic/1999-4.htm#BULGARIA
http://www.ihf-hr.org/reports/periodic/1999-4.htm#CZECH REPUBLIC
http://www.ihf-hr.org/reports/periodic/1999-4.htm#GREECE
http://www.ihf-hr.org/reports/periodic/1999-4.htm#YUGOSLAVIA/SERBIA
http://www.ihf-hr.org/reports/periodic/1999-4.htm#IHF interventions

Boris)
 
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International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights
Rummelhardtgasse 2/18
1090 VIENNA, AUSTRIA
Tel. +43-1-408 88 22
Fax  +43-1-408 88 22-50
E-mail: [email protected]
Internet: http://www.ihf-hr.org

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