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2003 news

GREECE - Wiesenthal Center Urges Greek State TV To Proceed With Holocaust Documentary
Wiesenthal Center
30/12/2003

BULGARIA - Macedonian Human Rights Activist Harassed Entering Bulgaria
Macedonian Human Rights Movement of Canada
30/12/2003

ROMANIA - Journalist attacked and seriously injured
IPI/IFEX
30/12/2003

GREECE - Interior Deputy Minister Nikos Bistis Intervenes on Behalf of Olympic Stadium Roma and Reaffirms Commitments on Aspropyrgos and Spata Roma [in greek]
GHM
29/12/2003

GREECE - Greek State Television Withdraws Funding of Documentary on Nazi War Criminal and Holocaust Perpetrator Max Merten
GHM
29/12/2003

SERBIA - Serbian elections well organized but changes to election law long overdue
OSCE
29/12/2003

ROMANIA - New violent attack upon journalist
FreeEx
28/12/2003

SERBIA/MONTENEGRO - ANEM protests statement by deputy leader of political party
ANEM/IFEX
25/12/2003

SERBIA - Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Serbia: "Djindjic trial a farce"
B92
25/12/2003

SERBIA/MONTENEGRO - ANEM media update, 13-20 Dec 2003
ANEM/IFEX
24/12/2003

TURKEY - "Change Regulations on Women's Surname"
Bianet
24/12/2003

MACEDONIA - Macedonia's Helsinki Committee chair: "Power did not show concern for interests of citizens"
MILS
23/12/2003

MACEDONIA - Macedonians muslims do not accept results of census
MILS
23/12/2003

TURKEY - Journalist who criticised the army arrested at Istanbul airport
RSF/IFEX
23/12/2003

TURKEY - Kurdish Woman Threatened with Death and Rape
Bianet
22/12/2003

SERBIA - Compensation sought for physical abuse by police
HLC
22/12/2003

ALBANIA - MJAFT! action for better education in Albania
Albanians-Today
22/12/2003

SERBIA - Eviction of Romani mother and four children stayed
HLC
22/12/2003

TURKEY - Concern over excessive fines recommended in latest draft of press law
WiPC/IFEX
22/12/2003

CROATIA - Croatian Serbs win minority rights
BBC
20/12/2003

CROATIA - Attack against one of private television station's owners
IPI/IFEX
19/12/2003

MACEDONIA - Macedonia's Helsinki Committee on new municipal borders and on ministry of interior's propaganda
MILS
19/12/2003

ROMANIA - Will Israeli company manage election campaign for anti-Semitic Romanian party?
RFE/RL
18/12/2003

MACEDONIA/SERBIA/MONTENEGRO - Latest news from the Council of Europe Secretariat of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities
CoE
18/12/2003

SERBIA - Ethnic Hungarians in Vojvodina again demand dual citizenship
RFE/RL
18/12/2003

ROMANIA - Romanian premier issues blunt warning to ethnic Hungarian group as Romanian prosecutors launch investigation into another ethnic Hungarian group
RFE/RL
18/12/2003

ROMANIA - Hungarian opposition party backs Transylvanian autonomy
RFE/RL
18/12/2003

INTERNATIONAL - Joint declaration from UN, OSCE and OAS representatives on freedom of expression
ARTICLE 19/IFEX
17/12/2003

SERBIA/MONTENEGRO - ANEM media update, 6-13 Dec 2003
ANEM/IFEX
17/12/2003

SERBIA/MONTENEGRO - Serbia & Montenegro obligations toward Council of Europe
HLC
17/12/2003

GREECE - Charges laid against book publisher and author
WiPC/IFEX
17/12/2003

CROATIA - OSCE Mission concerned over shooting of media owner in Croatia
OSCE
17/12/2003

ROMANIA - Romani CRISS News Letter No 31
Romani CRISS
17/12/2003

BULGARIA - Legal Action on Problematic Bulgarian Police Law Provisions
ERRC
16/12/2003

BULGARIA - Confusion over Bulgaria's Muslim leadership
RFE/RL
16/12/2003

GREECE - 195 women 'sex slaves': Greece
AFP
16/12/2003

GREECE - Theodorakis' Antisemitic Ranting (T. Michas, 12-12-03)
The National Herald
16/12/2003

CROATIA - New Croatian government faces key test on human rights implementation, says OSCE Mission report
OSCE
16/12/2003

CYPRUS - Council of Europe Secretary General sees outcome of "elections" in the northern part of Cyprus as support for European integration
CoE
16/12/2003

ROMANIA - Ethnic Minority Briefs No. 83
DIVERS
15/12/2003

TURKEY - Grotesque trial against Dr Alp Ayan, Member of the Human Rights Foundation
Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders
15/12/2003

BULGARIA - Bulgarian Muslims elect new chief Mufti
RFE/RL
15/12/2003

BULGARIA - Discrimination Through Hooliganism Decree
ERRC
15/12/2003

INTERNATIONAL - Trafficking victims become more isolated and vulnerable, international report says
OSCE
14/12/2003

GREECE - 'Obscene' art offends orthodox Greek taste [and is withdrawn from Athens Olympics-related state exhibit] [H. Smith, 14-12-03]
The Observer
14/12/2003

ROMANIA - Romani CRISS News Letter No 30
Romani CRISS
12/12/2003

SERBIA/MONTENEGRO - Protection Needed for War Crimes Witness
HRW
11/12/2003

MACEDONIA/KOSOVO - End Cruel Limbo for Kosovo Roma Refugees
HRW
10/12/2003

GREECE - What's a kiss between friends? Media watchdog fines TV channel for gay smooch in bid to keep viewers in the dark [Greece.gr, 5-12-03]
Greece.gr
10/12/2003

MACEDONIA/GREECE - Macedonia and Greece will open consulates in Thessaloniki and Bitola
MILS
10/12/2003

GREECE - Greece urged to treat Gypsies better
AP
09/12/2003

GREECE - Deputy Minister Bistis on Spata, Marousi and Aspropyrgos Roma
GHM
09/12/2003

TURKEY - Trial against four lawyers of the Diyarbakir's Bar Association
The Observatory
09/12/2003

SERBIA - CRISISWEBNEWS New Report on Serbia
ICG
09/12/2003

SERBIA/MONTENEGRO - ANEM media update, 29 November-5 December 2003
ANEM/IFEX
09/12/2003

SERBIA - Two Roma seek compensation for torture
HLC
09/12/2003

GREECE - Neofascist reaction force Edessa authorities cancel "Rainbow" Macedonian minority party congress in Greece
RAINBOW European Movement
08/12/2003

GREECE - Statement after Greece's neo-fascists force cancellation of Macedonian minority party congress
EFA
08/12/2003

ROMANIA - Ethnic Minority Briefs No. 82
DIVERS
08/12/2003

TURKEY - Turkey's Human Rights Record Still Bleak
Bianet
08/12/2003

CYPRUS - Cyprus' Justice Minister Theodorou refuses to back down over Eastern European prostitution claim
Cyprus Mail
05/12/2003

KOSOVO - Renewed attacks on Serbian Orthodox
FORUM 18
05/12/2003

EUROPE - EU accession countries: What about religious freedom?
FORUM 18
05/12/2003

ROMANIA - Journalist severely beaten
RSF/IFEX
05/12/2003

MACEDONIA - Macedonian journalism: Independent, but not neutral
RFE/RL
05/12/2003

SLOVENIA - The ongoing saga of the Slovenian Mosque
RFE/RL
05/12/2003

GREECE - OMCT urgent appeal: Athens prosecutor rejects Olga B.'s request to suspend her deportation (GRE 020703.2 VAW)
OMCT/GHM
05/12/2003

GREECE - Greece's Orthodox Church leader calls Turks "barbarians"
AFP
04/12/2003

BULGARIA/GREECE/ROMANIA/TURKEY - ERRC/COHRE Housing Rights Action Before European Committee of Social Rights (on Bulgaria, Greece, Romania and Turkey)
ERRC
04/12/2003

GREECE - Acquittal of a policeman who killed an Albanian man
OMCT/GHM
04/12/2003

SERBIA - Call for observance of constitutional separation of church and state
HLC
04/12/2003

ROMANIA - Romani CRISS News Letter: No 29
Romani CRISS
03/12/2003

MACEDONIA - Results of census in Macedonia and reactions
MILS
02/12/2003

GREECE - Governments must tackle the pain merchants (includes alleged eletric shock torture and tear gas use in Greece)
AI
02/12/2003

MACEDONIA - Macedonian census results announced
RFE/RL
02/12/2003

GREECE - Acquittal of Policeman Who Killed Albanian Proves Albanians Lives Have No Value for Greek Authorities
GHM
02/12/2003

TURKEY/CYPRUS - Council of Europe Secretary General welcomes successful outcome of the Loizidou case
CoE
02/12/2003

TURKEY/CYPRUS - Loizidou case - Statement by the Chair of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe
CoE
02/12/2003

INTERNATIONAL - OSCE human rights chief welcomes Action Plan on Roma and Sinti
OSCE
02/12/2003

EUROPE - EU's Employment Framework Directive Transposed Only in Three EU Countries by Today's Deadline
ILGA
02/12/2003

ROMANIA - Ethnic Minority Briefs No. 81
DIVERS
02/12/2003

BULGARIA - By the Help of HRP the Court Judged Big Compensation for two Roma on the Occasion of the Death of Their Daughter in the Hospital
HRP
01/12/2003

EUROPE - Jerusalem Post Publishes the Censored EU Report on Manifestations of Anti-Semitism in the European Union
Jerusalem Post
01/12/2003

GREECE - Greek Jews on edge [21/11/03]
Athens News
30/11/2003

GREECE - MK Bronfman rejects Theodorakis apology bid
The Jerusalem Post
30/11/2003

GREECE - In Europe [and Greece], old anti-Semitism in a new stripe
Philadelphia Inquirer
30/11/2003

GREECE - Renaming Square in Halandri after Mardohaios Frizis is a "Jewish-Masonic Demand of the Almighty KIS" (10/11/2003) [in greek]
GHM
29/11/2003

GREECE - Greeks and Jews (N. Konstandaras, 15-11-03)
English Kathimerini
29/11/2003

INTERNATIONAL - Delay of Anti-Semitism Report Criticized - Researchers, Jewish Groups Accuse EU Agency of Ignoring Virulence of Prejudice
Washington Post
29/11/2003

GREECE - Plane-spotters sue Greek lawyers
BBC
28/11/2003

GREECE - 15,000 Wiesenthal Centre On-Line Activists Finally Awaken Greek Authorities to Dangers of Antisemitism
SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTRE
28/11/2003

CROATIA - Nationalist election victory leaves Croatia's minorities concerned
Minority Rights Group International
28/11/2003

GREECE - Updated Info on November 24 Trials: Police Officer for Killing an Albanian and Journalist for Insulting A Police Officer over the Phone (!) (20/11/2003) [in greek]
GHM
28/11/2003

EUROPE - European Parliament gave a voice for Romani women
European Roma Information Office
27/11/2003

SERBIA - Appeal against low compensation awarded to forcibly conscripted refugees
HLC
27/11/2003

KOSOVO - Legal Action Challenging Forced Expulsions to Kosovo
ERRC
27/11/2003

MACEDONIA - Crvenkovski and Dxaferi before emigrants in USA - Macedonians and Albanians in Diaspora should cooperate
MILS
27/11/2003

ROMANIA - Ethnic Minority Briefs No. 80
DIVERS
26/11/2003

GREECE - Homophobia/Greece: Cappato (radical MEP of the lista bonino) tables a question to EU institutions...
EP
26/11/2003

BULGARIA - At The Recent Local Elections Roma Political Parties Won Success On The Background Of Strong Anti-Roma Propaganda
HRP
26/11/2003

GREECE - Greece to release hunger strikers
BBC
26/11/2003

CYPRUS/SERBIA/MONTENEGRO/TURKEY - CPT - Council of Europe Anti-Torture Committee to visit in 2004 Cyprus, Serbia and Montenegro, and Turkey
CoE
26/11/2003

GREECE - Call for investigation into ill-treatment of demonstrators
AI
25/11/2003

EUROPE - RSF and OSCE call for defamation to be decriminalised
RSF/IFEX
25/11/2003

GREECE - Rights group (GHM) condemns acquittal of Greek policeman in Albanian's death case
AFP
24/11/2003

GREECE - Greece Admits to Anti-Semitism and Announces Holocaust Remembrance Day
GHM
22/11/2003

GREECE - As Jewish ‘travel advisory’ issued, Greece cracks down on anti-Semitism
JTA
21/11/2003

BOSNIA - CRISISWEBNEWS New Report on Bosnia and Herzegovina
ICG
21/11/2003

GREECE - Greece not fighting anti-Semitism
Wiesenthal Center
21/11/2003

SERBIA - HLC challenges constitutionality of law on judges
HLC
20/11/2003

TURKEY - Bomb attacks condemned
AI
20/11/2003

GREECE - Immigration control - human rights abuses against Albanians
AI
20/11/2003

GREECE - National Radio and Television Council fines television station for showing two men kissing
GHM/IFEX
19/11/2003

MACEDONIA - ARTICLE 19 issues memorandum on draft law on Free Access to Public Information
ARTICLE 19/IFEX
18/11/2003

MACEDONIA - Macedonia's Helsinki Committee rejects critics of judges for case "Paunovski"
MILS
18/11/2003

ALBANIA - Secret Albanian Gag Order Revoked to Pre-empt Constitutional Hearing - Correction

18/11/2003

GREECE - Greece tackles its image as a state of racists
The Guardian
17/11/2003

TURKEY - Trial against the Turkish Human Rights Foundation (HRFT)
Observatory (FIDH/OMCT) / REMDH
17/11/2003

SERBIA - HLC seeks investigation of Vecernje Novosti allegations against Sadik Cuflaj
HLC
17/11/2003

SERBIA/MONTENEGRO - ANEM media update, 1-7 November 2003
ANEM/IFEX
17/11/2003

SERBIA - Prosecutor asks for new investigation into death of Milan Ristic
HLC
17/11/2003

TURKEY - Loizidou (Cyprus) ECHR case against Turkey
CoE
17/11/2003

TURKEY - Council of Europe welcomes abolition of death penalty in Turkey
CoE
17/11/2003

BOSNIA - Justice cannot be achieved on the cheap
AI
17/11/2003

TURKEY - "Death Penalty should be Outlawed Altogether"
BIANET
17/11/2003

TURKEY - On the attacks on synagogues in Istanbul
The Jewish Community of Turkey
17/11/2003

TURKEY - Turkey's Jews Feel Security Slip Away
BIANET
17/11/2003

SERBIA - Father and son abused at police station
HLC
17/11/2003

ROMANIA - Ethnic Minority Briefs No. 79
DIVERS
17/11/2003

GREECE - Appeal to Condemn Institutionalized Homophobia in Greece
GHM
16/11/2003

GREECE - Immigration control - Human rights abuses against Albanians
AI
14/11/2003

MACEDONIA - Macedonia's journalists associations concerned because of verdicts against journalists
MILS
14/11/2003

INTERNATIONAL - ECHR rules against Austria in freedom of expression case: "closet Nazi" is a value judgment not a statement of fact
ECHR
13/11/2003

MACEDONIA - "All macedonians by origin will get Macedonia's citizenship"
MILS
10/11/2003

ROMANIA - Ethnic Minority Briefs No. 78
DIVERS
10/11/2003

CROATIA - ARTICLE 19 concerned about Criminal Code defamation provisions, introduction of new Civil Media Law
ARTICLE 19/IFEX
07/11/2003

CYPRUS - WAN concerned over five js' prosecution
WAN/IFEX
07/11/2003

SERBIA/MONTENEGRO - Media in Serbia report
ANEM/IFEX
07/11/2003

GREECE - Language use and language attitudes of a phantom minority: The Slavic-Speakers in Greek Macedonia
Hidden Minorities of South-Eastern Europe
07/11/2003

GREECE - Anti-Semitism and Racism in Greece: Op-Ed in WSJ on the Occasion of Kristalnacht Commemoration [in greek]
GHM
07/11/2003

GREECE - Greek Muslim Seek Turkish identity
AFP
07/11/2003

SERBIA - Soldier abuses taxi driver and four passengers
HLC
07/11/2003

ALBANIA - The Albanian administration remains still far away from the concepts of an open society
AHRG
07/11/2003

SERBIA/MONTENEGRO - ANEM media update, 25 October-1 November 2003
ANEM/IFEX
06/11/2003

CYPRUS - Five journalists face heavy prison sentences for "insulting the army"
RSF/IFEX
06/11/2003

ALBANIA - RSF calls for investigation into assault of TV editor
RSF/IFEX
05/11/2003

INTERNATIONAL - New guidelines encourage minority language broadcast media
Minority Rights Group International
05/11/2003

MACEDONIA - Helsinki Committee - Former Macedonia's minister Paunovski is sentenced without evidence
MILS
05/11/2003

TURKEY - More than 300 generals file suit against Islamist newspaper
RSF/IFEX
04/11/2003

GREECE - Games green light for Athens prostitutes
The Guardian
04/11/2003

GREECE - When Consolidated GHM "Anti-Greek" Positions on Racism in Greece Are Finally Widely Adopted... (28/10/2003) [in greek]
GHM
04/11/2003

BULGARIA - Bulgarian Parliament Should Reject Restrictions on Freedom of Expression and Information
Justice Initiative
03/11/2003

KOSOVO/BOSNIA - Recent ECMI publications on Balkans
ECMI
03/11/2003

ROMANIA - Ethnic Minority Briefs No. 77
DIVERS
03/11/2003

ROMANIA - Convention of the media Organization in Romania to discuss corruption in the media industry
FreeEx
01/11/2003

SLOVENIA - Restoring 'the erased' in Slovenia
RFE/RL
31/10/2003

TURKEY - Acceleration of Reforms Needed Now for EU Bid
HRW
30/10/2003

SERBIA - HLC insists on reinstatement of dismissed police
HLC
30/10/2003

ROMANIA - SEEMO Certificate of Merit to the Romanian Radio Broadcasting Corporation
IPI/IFEX
30/10/2003

ROMANIA - Romani CRISS News Letter No 29
Romani CRISS
30/10/2003

TURKEY - Journalist imprisoned
RSF/IFEX
28/10/2003

ROMANIA - Protest with respect to the granting of the SEEMO certificate of Merit to the Romanian radio broadcasting corporation
FreeEx
28/10/2003

GREECE - Racial tensions exposed in row over school's holiday parade in Greece
The Independent
28/10/2003

SERBIA/MONTENEGRO - ANEM media update, 10-24 October 2003
ANEM/IFEX
28/10/2003

TURKEY - IFJ expresses concern over government's plans for new press law
IFJ/IFEX
28/10/2003

TURKEY - Journalist Jailed for Second Time
BIANET
28/10/2003

TURKEY - Follow up on the case of Gulbahar Gunduz (TUR 170603.1.VAW)
OMCT
28/10/2003

ALBANIA - Amnesty International Concerns in Albania January-June 2003
AI
28/10/2003

SERBIA - Sabac District Court Upholds Lower Court Ruling in anti-Roma Discrimination Case
HLC
28/10/2003

INTERNATIONAL - Roma Rights 3/2003: Personal Documents and Fundamental Rights
ERRC
27/10/2003

ROMANIA - Romania: Ethnic Minority Briefs No. 76
DIVERS
27/10/2003

MACEDONIA - "War" in Roma settlement "Suto Orizari" (Skopje)
MILS
27/10/2003

GREECE/ALBANIA - "ENOUGH" of Violence on EU Borders (Greece-Albania)
MJAFT
26/10/2003

ROMANIA - Romanian president establishes holocaust commission
RFE/RL
23/10/2003

SERBIA/MONTENEGRO - First printing press owned by independent media begins operating
WAN/IFEX
23/10/2003

CROATIA - 'Half-measures' and delays leave Croatia's minorities vulnerable
MRG/MINELRES
23/10/2003

MACEDONIA - CRISISWEBNEWS New ICG Briefing on Macedonia
ICG
23/10/2003

CYPRUS - IPI expresses concern over brutal attack on Turkish Cypriot journalist
IPI/IFEX
23/10/2003

SERBIA/MONTENEGRO - Call for reform of criminal defamation provisions
ARTICLE 19/IFEX
23/10/2003

KOSOVO - Don't force Roma to return to Kosovo, says Assembly committee
CoE
22/10/2003

TURKEY - Joint EMHRN/FIDH/OMCT press release on the trial against the Turkish NGO 'GIYAV'
EMHRN/FIDH/OMCT
22/10/2003

KOSOVO - ERIO calls on MEPs to debate on the situation of Kosovo Roma in the Balkans and Europe
ERIO
21/10/2003

CYPRUS - IFJ condemns "cowardly and vicious attack" on journalist
IFJ/IFEX
21/10/2003

CROATIA/SERBIA/MONTENEGRO - SEEMO holds dialogue between editors-in-chief and media executives
IPI/IFEX
21/10/2003

ROMANIA - Law infringements during Romania's constitution referendum
PDA/MMA
21/10/2003

CYPRUS - Journalist beaten up by members of ultra-nationalist Turkish Cypriot group
RSF/IFEX
20/10/2003

BULGARIA - ARTICLE 19 releases briefing note on proposed amendments to penal code
ARTICLE 19/IFEX
20/10/2003

BULGARIA - The Government Worked out its Action Plan for the Roma Minority but it Rises Number of Questions
HRP
20/10/2003

ROMANIA - Ethnic Minority Briefs No. 75
DIVERS
20/10/2003

INTERNATIONAL - ADL appalled and outraged by Chirac and Simitis for blocking EU condemnation of Malaysian PM anti-Semitism
ADL
18/10/2003

GREECE - Muslims in Athens: In search of a place to pray
The Christian Science Monitor
18/10/2003

INTERNATIONAL - Islamic Anti-Semitism
NYTimes.com
18/10/2003

ALBANIA - RSF calls for investigation into assault of TV editor
RSF/IFEX
17/10//2003

CYPRUS - Turkish-Cypriot journalist was attacked by "Gray Wolves"
Cyprus Alternative News
17/10/2003

GREECE - Bittersweet return for Greek civil war's lost victims
The Guardian
17/10/2003

ALBANIA - IPI affiliate condemns violent attack on editor
IPI/IFEX
17/10/2003

GREECE - Problems of the Turkish Minority of Greece as Presented to the OSCE
WTMUGA/FWTTE
17/10/2003

GREECE - MHRMC Report on Macedonian Minority in Greece - OSCE 2003 Human Dimension Implementation Meeting
MHRMC
17/10/2003

BULGARIA - MHRMC Report on Macedonian Minority in Bulgaria - OSCE 2003 Human Dimension Implementation Meeting
MHRMC
17/10/2003

ALBANIA - MHRMC Report on Macedonian Minority in Albania - OSCE 2003 Human Dimension Implementation Meeting
MHRMC
17/10/2003

SERBIA - A Stabilization Attempt
HCHRS
16/10/2003

ALBANIA - Journalist attacked by government official
IFJ/IFEX
16/10/2003

GREECE - Case GRC 161003 - severe beatings, injuries and/or killings of Albanian citizens at border areas in Greece [in greek]
OMCT/GHM
16/10/2003

INTERNATIONAL - Former editor-in-chief of Sarajevo daily awarded Dr. Erhard Busek SEEMO award
IPI/IFEX
15/10/2003

ROMANIA - Romani CRISS News Letter No 27
Romani CRISS
15/10/2003

MACEDONIA - New Ombudsman Law in full text
ECMI
15/10/2003

GREECE - Third Desecration of Jewish Monument in Ioannina in Eighteen Months (10/10/2003) [in greek], [photo]
GHM
14/10/2003

CYPRUS - Turkish Cypriots strike to protest naturalizing of Turkish Immigrants
AFP
14/10/2003

CYPRUS - Cyprus bishop wants confessionals placed in states schools
AFP
14/10/2003

CYPRUS - Statement by the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe on Cyprus
CoE
14/10/2003

GREECE - ERRC/GHM Legal Action in Greek Police Killing of Romani Man
ERRC/GHM
14/10/2003

SERBIA/MONTENEGRO - ANEM media update, 5-11 October 2003
ANEM/IFEX
14/10/2003

ALBANIA - Albanian poll shows progress, but observers call for further impr ovements before next parliamentary elections
CoE
14/10/2003

TURKEY - Court Says Websites Insult Army
BIANET
14/10/2003

CROATIA - Croatian Deputy Ombudsman Under Pressure
ERRC
14/10/2003

GREECE - Olga B. again not summoned to a hearing concerning her case (OMCT Appeal GRE 020703.1 VAW) [in greek]
OMCT/GHM
13/10/2003

GREECE - AJC letter to Greek Prime Minister on Athens Exhibit Glorifying Female Suicide Bombers
AJC
13/10/2003

ROMANIA - Ethnic Minority Briefs No. 74
DIVERS
13/10/2003

ALBANIA/BULGARIA/GREECE/ROMANIA/SERBIA/MONTENEGRO - Treaty Signatures & Ratifications, 6 - 10/10/03: Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro
CoE
10/10/2003

INTERNATIONAL - Latest news from the Council of Europe Secretariat of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities
CoE
10/10/2003

GREECE - Arbitrary detention of unaccompanied minors seeking asylum continues - Case GRC 091003 [in greek]
OMCT/GHM
10/10/2003

SERBIA - Criminal complaint for racial discrimination against Roma
HLC
10/10/2003

GREECE - Greek Government Must Denounce Anti-Semitic Attack on Holocaust Memorial
ADL
10/10/2003

GREECE - "[Jewish] Murderers Deserved Such an Executioner [Hitler] Because they Are not Human Beings and Must Swallow their Tongues" ("Criticism of Sharon" in Greek daily "Eleftherotypia") (25/09/2003) [in greek]
GHM
10/10/2003

CYPRUS - Turkish Cypriot opposition rings alarm over alleged fraud ahead of key polls
AFP
10/10/2003

GREECE - British protester facing trial starts hunger strike in Greece
BBC
10/10/2003

MACEDONIA/GREECE/ALBANIA/BULGARIA - "Macedonian minority does not exist in Europe!?" - on a PACE report
MILS
10/10/2003

GREECE - Even the Supreme Court "Forgot" to Summon Olga B. in the Hearing on the Cassation of the Acquittal Verdict of Her Alleged Rapist... [in greek]
GHM
09/10/2003

SERBIA - Policemen apologize to man they abused
HLC
09/10/2003

GREECE - Europe's Young Adults Unite (in Greece) - Sort Of
Jewish Times
09/10/2003

GREECE - Greek Vandals Desecrate Jewish Cemetery [with GHM material from similar previous actions] [photo]
AP
09/10/2003

BULGARIA - The Government again Turned its Back on the Desegregation of the Roma Schools
HRP
08/10/2003

TURKEY - Greek television journalist detained by the army
RSF/IFEX
08/10/2003

BULGARIA/CROATIA/GREECE/MACEDONIA/ROMANIA/SERBIA/
MONTENEGRO/SLOVENIA - IHF-ERRC Joint Intervention on Roma Rights (concerns Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovenia)
IHF-ERRC
08/10/2003

GREECE - Wiesenthal Centre to Greek Prime Minister: "Athens Exhibit Glorifying Suicide Bombers Escalates Prospect for Terrorism in the Context of Approaching Olympics"
SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTRE
08/10/2003

SERBIA/MONTENEGRO - ANEM media update, 27 Sep - 4 Oct 2003
ANEM/IFEX
07/10/2003

ROMANIA - ERRC Statement Concerning Recent Events Surrounding Romanian Romani Wedding
ERRC
07/10/2003

SLOVENIA - ECRI Round Table in Slovenia
ECRI
06/10/2003

ROMANIA - Ethnic Minority Briefs No. 73
DIVERS
06/10/2003

SERBIA/MONTENEGRO - ANEM media update, 20-27 September 2003
ANEM/IFEX
06/10/2003

CYPRUS - Journalists threatened
IPI/IFEX
06/10/2003

SERBIA - Serbia still unwilling to put war criminals on trial
HCHRS
01/10/2003

SERBIA/MONTENEGRO - Sjeverin (Bosnia-Herzegovina) war crimes verdict in Belgrade
AI
01/10/2003

ALBANIA - Police actions turn to be "homophobia"
AHRG
01/10/2003

GREECE - Petrol bomb attack on home of television host who probed terrorism
RSF/IFEX
01/10/2003

BULGARIA - Bulgarian universities to train teachers for Romany Children
RFE/RL
01/10/2003

ROMANIA - Romanian Government Inquiry into gypsy child wedding
BBC
01/10/2003

MACEDONIA - OSCE Mission in Skopje welcomes new law on Ombudsperson
OSCE
01/10/2003

ROMANIA - Roma father rejects child bride criticism in Romania
BBC
01/10/2003

MACEDONIA/ALBANIA - Two stories on Minority Rights Concerns in Macedonia and Albania
MILS
01/10/2003

EUROPE - Council position on free movement directive a significant blow to recognition of same-sex partnerships in Europe
ILGA-Europe
30/09/2003

ALBANIA - Declaration by the Local Observers Forum on the elections for local government bodies set for 12 October 2003
AHRG
30/09/2003

INTERNATIONAL - Human rights violations suffered by the LGBT community
Gay and Lesbian Rights EP Intergroup
30/09/2003

ROMANIA - Action demanded by MEP over Romania's Romani child bride
BBC
30/09/2003

GREECE - Letters to the editor of Athens News about the case of ill-treatment of Necati Zontul
ATHENS NEWS
30/09/2003

SERBIA - Appeal Against Compensation Awarded to Forcibly Conscripted Refugees
HLC
29/09/2003

GREECE - Open letter to mr. Constantine Simitis, prime minister of Greece, on Spata Roma
OMCT/GHM
29/09/2003

GREECE - Trafficking in human beings - New legislation and measures
Greek MFA
29/09/2003

ROMANIA - Romania's Gypsy king's daughter is sad child bride
BBC
29/09/2003

INTERNATIONAL - Latest news from the Council of Europe Secretariat of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities
CoE
29/09/2003

ROMANIA - Ethnic Minority Briefs No. 72
DIVERS
29/09/2003

GREECE/TURKEY/ALBANIA - Greek Massacre of Turks, Albanians and Jews in Major Independence Battle Omitted by Mass Historical Insert
GHM
26/09/2003

INTERNATIONAL - Jewish group's award to Italian premier draws criticism over his remarks on Mussolini
AP
26/09/2003

MACEDONIA - SEEMO concerned over monopoly position of state-controlled news agency
IPI/IFEX
26/09/2003

MACEDONIA - Increased funding to state-owned news agency threatens existence of privately-owned media, says WAN
WAN/IFEX
26/09/2003

SLOVENIA - New religion bill will be neutral, drafter insists
FORUM 18
26/09/2003

GREECE - Albania protests at shooting by Greek police
Kathimerini
26/09/2003

GREECE - Newsletter no 11
RAINBOW
26/09/2003

MACEDONIA - Students protest in Macedonia
RFE/RL
26/09/2003

GREECE - More cases of maltreatment of Albanian emigrants by Greek police
ARCT
26/09/2003

GREECE - Open Letter to Prime Minister Simitis to Assure Neo-Nazi Anti-Semitic and Xenophobic Graffiti on Major Corinth - Tripoli Highway Is Erased [photo 1], [photo 2], [in greek]
GHM
25/09/2003

GREECE - Open letter on violence of the Greek Police towards Albanian migrants
AHC
25/09/2003

ROMANIA - Romani CRISS News Letter No 27
Romani CRISS
25/09/2003

GREECE - Abuses against Albanians in Greek-Albanian Border among Prevailing Impunity in Greece and Indifference of Albanian Government [in greek]
GHM
25/09/2003

CROATIA - ARTICLE 19 analysis of draft Croatian Right to Access Information Act
ARTICLE 19/IFEX
24/09/2003

TURKEY - Defiance Under Fire:Leyla Zana
BIANET
23/09/2003

SERBIA/MONTENEGRO - ARTICLE 19 publishes updated briefing note on draft Law on Free Access to Information of Public Importance
ARTICLE 19/IFEX
23/09/2003

SERBIA/MONTENEGRO - ANEM media update, 13-20 Sept 2003
ANEM/IFEX
23/09/2003

GREECE - Albanian emigrants disfigured by the continued violence of Greek police
AHRG
23/09/2003

ROMANIA - Romani CRISS News Letter
Romani CRISS
23/09/2003

ROMANIA - Ethnic Minority Briefs No. 71
DIVERS
22/09/2003

GREECE - Pagans fight for divine rights of old Greek gods in Greece
Scotland on Sunday
21/09/2003

SERBIA/MONTENEGRO - ANEM media update, 6-14 Sept 2003
ANEM/IFEX
19/09/2003

BULGARIA - Bulgaria Made Important Step for Elimination of the Discrimination
HRP
19/09/2003

TURKEY - An Inquiry Should be Made for Aydin Prison
BIANET
19/09/2003

GREECE - How Greece Does (Not) Respect the Roma of Spata (and their Rights). A GHM Report to State Authorities, the Greek Ombudsman and the Council of Europe (16/09/2003) [in greek]
GHM
19/09/2003

ROMANIA - Freedom of the Media in Romania - September 2003
FreeEx
19/09/2003

TURKEY - Publishers and Journalists on Trial
BIANET
18/09/2003

GREECE - Criminal Charges against 27 Roma and Destitute Living Conditions in the Roma Settlement of Glykeia
OMCT/GHM
18/09/2003

BULGARIA - ERRC Welcomes Bulgarian Anti-Discrimination Law
ERRC
18/09/2003

GREECE - Ill treatment of three Albanian emigrants from the Greek police [photo 1] , [photo 2]
ARCT
17/09/2003

MONTENEGRO - Man tortured by police in bar in Montenegro
HLC
17/09/2003

GREECE - Villagers try to block Athens mosque plan
The Guardian
16/09/2003

ALBANIA - Macedonians in Albania announce new website
Association of Macedonians in Albania
16/09/2003

GREECE/MACEDONIA - When Greece's Largest Daily "Eleftherotypia" Discovers the Skopjan Language [in greek]
GHM
16/09/2003

MONTENEGRO - Nine-member family faces eviction in Montenegro
HLC
15/09/2003

GREECE - School Year Begins with a Deception of the Roma of Spata [in greek]
GHM
15/09/2003

MACEDONIA - Helsinki Committee - Parts of MOI police generate tensions in the country
MILS
15/09/2003

BALKANS - Trading in misery: Trafficking in women in the Balkans
IWPR
15/09/2003

ROMANIA - Ethnic Minority Briefs No. 70
DIVERS
15/09/2003

GREECE - Urgent Appeal to the Minister of Justice and the Greek Ombudsman for the Protection of Juvenile Suspects [in greek]
GHM
14/09/2003

INTERNATIONAL - Roma women challenge European governments over health crisis, call for special conference on sterilization
AdvocacyNet
13/09/2003

SERBIA/MONTENEGRO - ANEM media update, 22 Aug-1 Sept 2003
ANEM/IFEX
13/09/2003

KOSOVO - Religious Freedom survey, September 2003
FORUM 18
12/09/2003

BULGARIA - Bulgarian historian and politician Nikolay Todorov dies
RFE/RL
12/09/2003

SERBIA - Amnesty International wants Serbian torture charges investigated
RFE/RL
12/09/2003

GREECE/DENMARK - Reunification of a sudani child asylum seeker with his sister
OMCT
12/09/2003

SERBIA - Housing must be secured for evicted Roma family
HLC
12/09/2003

SERBIA - Criminal complaint for incitement to racial hate (Roma victim)
HLC
11/09/2003

GREECE - Update on EU Asylum, Migration and other related matters (July 2002-June 2003)
UNHCR
11/09/2003

CROATIA/ROMANIA/MACEDONIA/SERBIA/MACEDONIA - Recently added documents on Croatia, Romania, Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro
MIRIS
11/09/2003

MONTENEGRO - Criminal Complaint Against Abusive Police Officers
HLC
10/09/2003

TURKEY - "Stop Combat Preparations" Urge Kurdish
BIANET
10/09/2003

GREECE - New Case of Unaccompanied Minor Asylum Seeker from Sudan Illegally Detained with Adults by Rhodes Police in Greece [in greek]
GHM
09/09/2003

KOSOVO - Religious freedom survey, September 2003
F18News
09/09/2003

SERBIA - Police brutality in Raska
HLC
09/09/2003

SERBIA - Physical abuse by a police officer (Case SER 090903)
OMCT
09/09/2003

SERBIA/MONTENEGRO - RTV Devic camera crew attacked in municipal assembly
ANEM/IFEX
08/09/2003

INTERNATIONAL - "What access to healthcare for Roma women?": Conference at the Council of Europe, 11-12 September
CoE
08/09/2003

ROMANIA - Ethnic Minority Briefs No. 69
DIVERS
08/09/2003

GREECE - Macedonian Exiles Bring Greek Guilt Home
The Scotsman
07/09/2003

INTERNATIONAL - Latest news from the Council of Europe Secretariat of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities
CoE
07/09/2003

SLOVENIA - Ombudsman's reply to Catholic Bishops' Conference
MINELRES
05/09/2003

INTERNATIONAL - European Parliament favors opening up of civil marriage and adoption for same-sex couples
EP
05/09/2003

SERBIA - Allegations of police abuse must be investigated
HLC
05/09/2003

MONTENEGRO/KOSOVO - Appeal for enrollment of displaced Kosovo Roma children in Montenegro
HLC
04/09/2003

SERBIA/MONTENEGRO - Torture allegations must be investigated
AI
04/09/2003

GREECE - Open Letter to Greek Minister of Justice on Judicial System's Lack of Will to Deal with Incitement to Hatred and Discrimination
IHF/GHM
04/09/2003

KOSOVO - CRISISWEB NEWS: New ICG Report on Kosovo
ICG
03/09/2003

CROATIA - Croatia Fails Serb Refugees
HRW
03/09/2003

SLOVENIA - Hindus registered, but others still wait
FORUM 18
02/09/2003

SERBIA - Serbia’s partriotic forces (by Natasa Kandic)
HLC
02/09/2003

MACEDONIA - Macedonian Helsinki Committee on government's illegal decisions
MILS
02/09/2003

MACEDONIA - "Macedonian government exaggerates with detention pressure" (Dnevnik)
MILS
02/09/2003

BOSNIA - ERRC Concerns: Forced Evictions of Roma in Bosnia
ERRC
01/09/2003

ROMANIA - Ethnic Minority Briefs No. 68
DIVERS
01/09/2003

BOSNIA - The 'Disappeared' must not be forgotten
AI
30/08/2003

SERBIA/KOSOVO - Day of the Missing
AI
30/08/2003

GREECE - Greek Newspapers on Trial in September 2003 for Incitement to Racial Hatred and Discrimination
GHM
30/08/2003

SLOVENIA - Registration breakthrough for minority faiths
FORUM 18
28/08/2003

SERBIA - Old and new consensus in Serbia (Sonja Biserko, August 2003)
HCHRS
28/08/2003

MACEDONIA/GREECE/BULGARIA/ALBANIA - Invitation for the Third Macedonian World Human Rights Conference
MHRMC
28/08/2003

GREECE - Amnesty International calls for re-trial of police officer acquitted of alleged rape of a Ukrainian woman
AI
28/08/2003

SERBIA/MONTENEGRO - European organisations suspend assistance to Broadcast Council
ANEM/IFEX
28/08/2003

MACEDONIA - Gostivar Voice 29th issue-Summary
IPG
28/08/2003

KOSOVO - Updated web links on Kosovo - ECMI Ethnopolitical Map
ECMI
28/08/2003

SERBIA - Romani Community Threatened with Eviction by Serbian Authorities
ERRC
28/08/2003

GREECE - Athens content by the gathering in Florina (Lerin)
MILS
28/08/2003

ROMANIA - Romani CRISS News Letter No 24
Romani CRISS
27/08/2003

MONTENEGRO - Criminal complaint for serious injury of Roma woman in traffic accident
HLC
27/08/2003

GREECE/SWEDEN - 100-days delay in the reunification of 2 Somali children asylum seekers with their mother (Case GRC 260803.CC) [in greek]
OMCT
27/08/2003

GREECE - Third world meeting of former children-refugees carried out successfully in Greece
MILS
27/08/2003

MACEDONIA/KOSOVO/GREECE - Roma refugees from Kosovo started moving to private houses in Macedonia
MILS
27/08/2003

MACEDONIA - Macedonia's vice-Prime Minister: "Participation of ethnic communities in public administration improves"
MILS
27/08/2003

INTERNATIONAL - UN sub-commission puts human rights on back burner
RSF/IFEX
26/08/2003

MONTENEGRO/SERBIA - Orthodox Church tensions mount in Montenegro
RFE/RL
26/08/2003

MACEDONIA - Gostivar Voice 28th issue-Summary
IPG
26/08/2003

ROMANIA - Ethnic Minority Briefs No. 67
DIVERS
25/08/2003

BULGARIA - Jehovah's witness centre to be destroyed?
FORUM 18
23/08/2003

BULGARIA - Jehovah's witness center in Bulgaria may be demolished
UCSJ
22/08/2003

SERBIA/MONTENEGRO - ANEM media update, 11-21 Aug 2003
ANEM/IFEX
22/08/2003

EUROPE - ARTICLE 19 submission to Council of Europe on "right of reply" in new media environment
ARTICLE 19/IFEX
22/08/2003

MACEDONIA - Gostivar Voice 27th issue-Summary
IPG
22/08/2003

GREECE - Greece's Macedonians call for the repealing of the 1982 law
MILS
22/08/2003

KOSOVO/MACEDONIA/GREECE - UNHCR FYROM Update no. 36 on Kosovo Roma Refugees in Macedonia
UNHCR
21/08/2003

GREECE/MACEDONIA - ND Deputy Tables Question on "Contemptible Separatist" Macedonian Political Refugees and 200.000 indigenous Greeks in FYROM
ND Deputy
21/08/2003

KOSOVO/MACEDONIA/GREECE - Macedonian Helsinki Committee: Kosovo Roma refugees victims of racial discrimination by UNHCR
MILS
21/08/2003

GREECE - After 55 years Macedonian children refugees again in Greece
MILS
21/08/2003

GREECE - Greek Foreign Ministry's Nervous Reaction of Macedonian Refugees' Meeting in Florina
Kathimerini
20/08/2003

GREECE - Greek Vlach Federation Protests Freedom House Report Reference to Greece's Vlachs as Minority
MPA
20/08/2003

BULGARIA - National Newspaper Explains Dissmisal of Minister by Government Inaction on Roma Issues
HRP
20/08/2003

SERBIA/MONTENEGRO - ANEM protests purge of independent broadcaster by authorities
ANEM/IFEX
20/08/2003

MACEDONIA - The Vlah Minority in Macedonia: Language, Identity, Dialectology, and Standardization
Victor A. Friedman
19/08/2003

GREECE - On Macedonian refugees visit to Greece
Kathimerini/MPA
19/08/2003

TURKEY - Sixth hearing in the four DEP Kurdish deputies’ trial
FIDH
18/08/2003

ROMANIA - Ethnic Minority Briefs No. 66
DIVERS
18/08/2003

GREECE - Evangelos Kroustallakis Term in Office - Selective Sensitivities of the Supreme Court Prosecutor's Office (24/07/2003)
GHM
15/08/2003

GREECE - Protection of children not properly enforced in Greece, Ireland, Italy and Portugal says OMCT
CoE
15/08/2003

SERBIA/MONTENEGRO - Attacks on religious minorities in 2002-2003
FORUM 18
14/08/2003

GREECE - Wiesenthal Centre to Greek Prime Minister: "Official Silence Implies Complicity in Anti-Jewish Aggression"
SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTRE
14/08/2003

GREECE - Anti-Semitism in Greece (July 2003)
GHM
14/08/2003

GREECE - Desecration of Synagogue (August 2003) and Jewish Cemetary (April 2002) of Ioannina (Greece)
GHM
14/08/2003

ALBANIA - IFJ condemns Parliament over ban on independent broadcaster
IFJ/IFEX
14/08/2003

ROMANIA - Romani CRISS News Letter No 23
Romani CRISS
14/08/2003

ALBANIA - National Council on Radio and Television undertakes a political action toward the free media
AHRG
14/08/2003

GREECE - Australian Macedonians allowed to return to Greece (some)
Refugees Daily
14/08/2003

GREECE - Criminal Charges against 27 Roma and Destitute Living Conditions in the Roma Settlement of Glykeia (Case GRE-FE 130803)
OMCT
14/08/2003

GREECE - Ill treatment of asylum seekers in Mytilini (Case GRE 060803)
OMCT
13/08/2003

ROMANIA - Holocaust memories dim in Romania
IWPR
13/08/2003

INTERNATIONAL - IFJ warns of human rights agenda "hijack" following UNCHR's suspension of RSF
IFJ/IFEX
13/08/2003

KOSOVO/GREECE/MACEDONIA - UNHCR FYROM Update no. 35 on Kosovo Roma from Greek-Macedonian Border
UNHCR
12/08/2003

SERBIA/MONTENEGRO - ANEM media update, 26 July-1 Aug 2003
ANEM/IFEX
12/08/2003

GREECE - Official Greek Version on Aegean Macedonians Being Refused Entry or Allowed in Greece on 10 August
Kathimerini
12/08/2003

GREECE - Around 100 Aegean Macedonians Refused Entry into Greece on 10 August
MILS
11/08/2003

GREECE - UNHCR Annotated comments on the EU Reception Conditions Directive [attachment]
UNHCR
10/08/2003

GREECE - UNHCR Annotated comments on the EU Temporary Protection Directive [attachment]
UNHCR
10/08/2003

KOSOVO/GREECE/MACEDONIA - UNHCR Welcomes Return of the Kosovo Roma Refugees from Medzitlija (Greek Macedonian border)
UNHCR
10/08/2003

GREECE/TURKEY - Greek Transexuals Protest Turkish Police Attack against Transexuals in Turkey
S.A.T.T.E.
10/08/2003

GREECE - Macedonian Political Refugees Once Again Denied Democratic Rights by Greek Authorities
GHM/MRG-G
10/08/2003

TURKEY - Report on Human Rights Violations (April-June 2003)
IHD
08/08/2003

KOSOVO/MACEDONIA - Three new ECMI publications on Kosovo and Macedonia
ECMI
08/08/2003

GREECE - UNHCR Calls on Greece for Continuation of Moratorium on Forced Returns to Iraq
UNHCR
08/08/2003

BOSNIA - Refugees Daily - Friday 8 August 2003 - Bosnia, EU
Refugees Daily
08/08/2003

GREECE - MHRMC Condemns Greece's Blacklisting of Ethnic Macedonians as Yet Another Canadian-Macedonian is Denied Entry into Greece
MHRMC
08/08/2003

GREECE/MACEDONIA/KOSOVO - Developments on Kosovo Roma at Greek-Macedonian border - MILS and UNCHR versions
MILS
07/08/2003

BULGARIA - Several Hundred Roma from Silistra Demonstrated against the Murder of a young Roma man on Sunday
HRP
07/08/2003

CROATIA - ARTICLE 19 publishes analysis of criminal code defamation provisions
ARTICLE 19/IFEX
06/08/2003

GREECE - On the Possibility of Macedonian Political Refugees to Visit or Settle Back in Greece
RAINBOW
05/08/2003

GREECE - Green light for red light area in Athens
AFP
05/08/2003

CROATIA - Croatia's Serbs
Refugees Daily
05/08/2003

GREECE - Third meeting of former children-refugees from Greece will take place in Florina/Lerin on 20-24 August
MILS
05/08/2003

GREECE/MACEDONIA/KOSOVO - UNHCR Macedonia Information Update No.33 on Kosovo Roma at the Greek-Macedonian Border
UNHCR
04/08/2003

GREECE - Procedure for entrance of children refugees in Greece eased up (partially)
MILS
04/08/2003

KOSOVO/MACEDONIA/GREECE - UNHCR and government without solution for kosovo roma at greek-macedonian border
MILS
04/08/2003

BOSNIA - Narrative report on "Protection, promotion and monitoring in Republika Srpska" April-June 2003
HCHRRS
02/08/2003

GREECE - Commemoration of Romani Holocaust. In Greece of Apartheid, Judicial "Pogrom" Against Roma of Nea Tiryntha for Living on Land They Were Relocated to by the Prefecture!
SOKADRE
02/08/2003

INTERNATIONAL - New on MINELRES website
MINELRES
01/08/2003

INTERNATIONAL - New on MINELRES website: Council of Europe page
MINELRES
01/08/2003

KOSOVO - Kosovars must confront their demons (N. Kandic)
IWPR
01/08/2003

BULGARIA/KOSOVO - Helsinki Commission Chairman Recalls Romani Holocaust Tragedy
HELSINKI COMMISSION NEWS
31/07/2003

TURKEY/CYPRUS - ECHR Convicts Turkey Again for Greek-Cypriot Properties
ECHR
31/07/2003

TURKEY - Human Rights in the Kurdish Southeast : Alarming situation despite extensive legal reforms
FIDH
30/07/2003

ROMANIA - Chairman Smith Welcomes Romania's Proposed Improvements to Free Speech Laws
Helsinki Commission News
30/07/2003

SERBIA/MONTENEGRO - ANEM media update, 19-25 July 2003
ANEM/IFEX
30/07/2003

INTERNATIONAL - Freedom of Expression Cannot Be Abused to Protect Racist and Anti-Semitic Speech (Garaudy v France Inadmissible)
ECHR
30/07/2003

GREECE - Athens suburb kicks up ruckus over mosque project
AFP
30/07/2003

TURKEY - Turkey approves amnesty for Kurds
BBC
29/07/2003

INTERNATIONAL - RSF suspended from United Nations Commission on Human Rights for one year
RSF/IFEX
29/07/2003

SERBIA/MONTENEGRO - IPI worried by parliament decision confirming appointments to BAC
IPI/IFEX
29/07/2003

SERBIA/MONTENEGRO - ANEM objects to appointment of media group acting director
ANEM/IFEX
29/07/2003

ROMANIA - Romanian president tries to defuse 'Holocaust Blunder.'
RFE/RL
29/07/2003

GREECE/MACEDONIA - Macedonian refugees from Greece will try to enter Greece on 10 August
MILS
29/07/2003

SERBIA - Ill-treatment of torture victims by police continues
HLC
29/07/2003

GREECE - Greek mosque plans cause friction
BBC
29/07/2003

ALBANIA/KOSOVO/SERBIA/MONTENEGRO/MACEDONIA - PER: "Albanians and Their Negjbors: Is the Status Quo Acceptable?"
MINELRES
27/07/2003

GREECE - MHRMC Condemns Greece's Continued Blacklisting of Ethnic Macedonians
MHRMC
26/07/2003

GREECE - Restored Democracy Celebrates 29th Anniversary but Civil Society Still Under Construction (23/07/2003)
GHM
25/07/2003

GREECE - Swedes can go for gold in Athens Olympic brothels
Reuters
25/07/2003

CROATIA - Croatian human rights activists publish report on war crimes
RFE/RL
25/07/2003

SERBIA/MACEDONIA - New twist in Serbian, Macedonian Church dispute
RFE/RL
25/07/2003

BULGARIA - Controversial religion law survives constitutional challenge
FORUM 18
25/07/2003

MACEDONIA - Serbian bishop sentenced to solitary confinement
FORUM 18
25/07/2003

SERBIA - Forcible Conscription: Court extends time period for filing for compensation
HLC
25/07/2003

GREECE/MACEDONIA/KOSOVO - OSCE Skopje conference ends with agreement on return of Roma refugees stranded at Greek border
OSCE
25/07/2003

GREECE - Refugee Concerns in Greece
UNHCR Athens
25/07/2003

GREECE - Statement by the Ministers for Gender Equality of Sweden, Norway, Finland, Iceland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania
Athens Brothels Controversy
25/07/2003

ROMANIA - Ethnic Minority Briefs No. 65
DIVERS
25/07/2003

GREECE - Passions rise in Athens brothels row: Denmark accused Sweden of meddling in Greek affairs
AFP
25/07/2003

GREECE - Athens prostitutes rally against Olympic regulations
AP
24/07/2003

KOSOVO/MACEDONIA/GREECE - Regional OSCE conference on future of Roma refugees from Kosovo opens in Skopje today
OSCE
24/07/2003

GREECE - ERRC/GHM Joint Letter on Greek Hate Speech Case (concerning Roma)
ERRC/GHM
24/07/2003

KOSOVO/SERBIA/MONTENEGRO - HLC urges reinstatment of police who refused to go to Kosovo
HLC
23/07/2003

SERBIA/MONTENEGRO - RSF calls for re-election of broadcasting council, two council members verbally attack ANEM president
RSF/IFEX
22/07/2003

SERBIA/MONTENEGRO - ANEM media update, 12-18 July 2003
ANEM/IFEX
22/07/2003

SERBIA/MONTENEGRO - Dual citizenship for Vojvodina's Hungarians?
RFE/RL
22/07/2003

GREECE - EU Commissioner Diamantopoulou "dismayed" at Member States' failure to implement new racial equality rules
IP/03/1047
22/07/2003

SERBIA - Criminal complaint against several Belgrade police
HLC
22/07/2003

GREECE - Unacceptable Two-Day Detention of 24 Aliens (and a Seven-Month Old Baby!) in an Open Area at Mytilini Port [in greek]
GHM
21/07/2003

ROMANIA - Romani CRISS News Letter No 22
Romani CRISS
21/07/2003

CROATIA - No yoga in Croatian schools
RFE/RL
21/07/2003

BOSNIA - Two Mosques dedicated in Republika Srpska
RFE/RL
21/07/2003

KOSOVO/MONTENEGRO - 205 displaced Egyptians from Kosovo face eviction in Montenegro
HLC
21/07/2003

ROMANIA - Ethnic Minority Briefs No. 64
DIVERS
21/07/2003

GREECE - Tribulation of Unaccompanied Somali Children Asylum Seekers at the Hands of Greek and Swedish Authorities and Some Media (17/07/2003) [in greek]
[The Somali Children asylum seekers (photo)]
GHM
20/07/2003

INTERNATIONAL - 'How HIV affected my identity.' Nathan is gay, HIV positive, and an Orthodox Jew.
BBC
19/07/2003

KOSOVO/GREECE/MACEDONIA - Photos from Kosovo Roma in the Greek-Macedonian Border and Elsewhere and Kosovo Serbs
Anna Kari
19/07/2003

TURKEY - Kurdish political prisoners before the State Security Court in Turkey
FIDH
18/07/2003

SERBIA - Criminal Complaint Filed Against Police Officers in Cacak
HLC
18/07/2003

GREECE - Concert haka (Maori dance) too scary for Greek politicians (in Cultural Olympiad Festival)
The Dominion Post
18/07/2003

KOSOVO - New bibliography on Kosovo
ECMI
18/07/2003

GREECE - UN reports on the rights of aliens - 2003
NCHR
18/07/2003

GREECE - EU recommendations on irregular migration
NCHR
18/07/2003

GREECE - Serious allegation about an assault against a Nigerian on police orders in Mykonos, Greece
Indymedia
18/07/2003

MACEDONIA/GREECE - Macedonian refugees in august will meet in greece
MILS
18/07/2003

BOSNIA - International community presents plan for integration of Mostar (Bosnia) schools
OSCE
18/07/2003

SERBIA - New ICG Report on Serbia
ICG
18/07/2003

SERBIA/MONTENEGRO - Serbia and Montenegro: Case YUG 180703 - physical assault on 23-year old Mr. Mirko Vuletic
OMCT
18/07/2003

MACEDONIA - Macedonian Parliament - Legal Framework for legalization of "Tetovo University" adopted
MILS
18/07/2003

KOSOVO/GREECE/MACEDONIA - Kosovo Roma's attempt to enter Greece stopped with police violence
MILS
18/07/2003

SERBIA - Serbian NGO warns of nationalism at main university
RFE/RL
17/07/2003

CROATIA - Croatian Roman Catholic Bishops oppose yoga classes
RFE/RL
17/07/2003

CROATIA - Criminal code amendments and planned press law changes deal a blow to press freedom
RSF/IFEX
17/07/2003

TURKEY - Turkey abolishes controversial law denying detainees' access to lawyer
HRW
17/07/2003

MONTENEGRO - Criminal Complaint Against Montenegro Police for Torture
HLC
17/07/2003

SERBIA/MONTENEGRO - ANEM media update, 5-11 July 2003
ANEM/IFEX
16/07/2003

SERBIA/MONTENEGRO - Parliament decision confirms election of three members to Broadcast Agency Council
ANEM/IFEX
16/07/2003

TURKEY - Protest singer Ferhat Tunc is free
Sanar Yurdatapan
16/07/2003

SERBIA/MONTENEGRO - SEEMO concerned about changes in time for minority programmes
IPI/IFEX
15/07/2003

SERBIA - Vlach-Romanian Association Window Defaced in Bor

15/07/2003

INTERNATIONAL - OSCE convenes meeting on religious freedom
OSCE
15/07/2003

KOSOVO/GREECE/MACEDONIA - Kosovo Roma in Greek-Macedonian border are waiting for ECHR decision
MILS
15/07/2003

BULGARIA/CROATIA/KOSOVO/MACEDONIA/SERBIA - SEEMO press release. Concerns Bulgaria, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia and Roma
IPI/IFEX
15/07/2003

BULGARIA/GREECE - IHF Report on Religious Freedom and Tolerance: "Non-traditional" Religions are Targets of Repression in the OSCE Region (concerns Bulgaria and Greece)
IHF
15/07/2003

MACEDONIA - Macedonian Albanian opposition leaders hint at separatist option
RFE/RL
14/07/2003

BOSNIA - Bosnian Serb leader seeks new look at srebrenica massacre
RFE/RL
14/07/2003

GREECE - Greek court allows rape to go unpunished, sets dangerous precedent
IHF/GHM
14/07/2003

SERBIA/MONTENEGRO - ARTICLE 19 publishes memorandum analysing draft Law on Free Access to Information of Public Importance
ARTICLE 19/IFEX
14/07/2003

ROMANIA - Ethnic Minority Briefs No.63
DIVERS
14/07/2003

INTERNATIONAL - Latest news from the Council of Europe Secretariat of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities
CoE
12/07/2003

INTERNATIONAL - Council of Europe Committee of Ministers adopts a declaration and a recommendation on the media and criminal proceedings
CoE
11/07/2003

INTERNATIONAL - Pariah Minorities: A Special Issue of Social Research Journal
Social Research
11/07/2003

SERBIA/MONTENEGRO - SEEMO deeply concerned about media situation in Serbia
SEEMO/IFEX
11/07/2003

BOSNIA - Public statement on the commemoration in Potocari (Republika Srpska)
HCHRRS
11/07/2003

TURKEY - TUR 001/0703/OBS 032 - Threats
OMCT
10/07/2003

KOSOVO/GREECE/MACEDONIA - UNHCR Update on the Kosovo Roma in the Greek-Macedonia Border (2-7-03)
UNHCR
09/07/2003

SLOVENIA - ECRI's Listserve: Five new reports on racism (including Slovenia)
ECRI
09/07/2003

CROATIA - OMCT releases 2002 compilation of country reports on violence against women (including Croatia)
OMCT
08/07/2003

SERBIA/MONTENEGRO - ANEM media update, 28 June-4 July 2003
ANEM/IFEX
08/07/2003

BULGARIA - Bulgarian prosecutor-general pledges charges for communist-era assimilation campaign
RFE/RL
07/07/2003

SERBIA/MONTENEGRO - ANEM media update, 21-27 June 2003
ANEM/IFEX
07/07/2003

SERBIA - Compensation for damages suffered by forcibly mobilized refugees
HLC
07/07/2003

KOSOVO - Further attacks on Orthodox sites
FORUM 18
07/07/2003

ROMANIA - Romani CRISS News Letter No 21
Romani CRISS
07/07/2003

ROMANIA - Ethnic Minority Briefs No. 62
DIVERS
07/07/2003

SERBIA/MONTENEGRO - Newspaper owner's car bombed
ANEM/IFEX
07/07/2003

SERBIA - Stop using powers of discretion for political purposes
HLC
05/07/2003

TURKEY - Five television stations suspended for one month
RSF/IFEX
04/07/2003

SERBIA - Criminal charges against a policeman for attacking a 20-year-old woman
HLC
04/07/2003

SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE - Declaration on defamation and freedom of expression in Southeastern Europe
ARTICLE 19/IFEX
03/07/2003

INTERNATIONAL - News and media law leaders endorse principles for Internet press freedom
WPFC/IFEX
03/07/2003

MONTENEGRO - Police in Pljevlja (Montenegro) manipulating the facts concerning the torture of a group of young men
HLC
03/07/2003

MACEDONIA/GREECE - Macedonian Prime Minister lauds 'great step forward' in name dispute as Greek government voices concern
RFE/RL
03/07/2003

KOSOVO/GREECE/MACEDONIA - Kosovo Roma living in fear turn to EU for help
MRGI
03/07/2003

GREECE/MACEDONIA - Greece will open the border for Macedonian political refugees between 10/8-30/10
MILS
03/07/2003

SERBIA - Criminal charges filed for police torture in Pljevlja
HLC
02/07/2003

KOSOVO - Ensure equality for minority communities in Kosovo in exercising their right to education
HLC
02/07/2003

MACEDONIA/GREECE/KOSOVO - Rom wins UK asylum: Macedonia criticised
Ustiben
02/07/2003

INTERNATIONAL - Romani Activists Statement: Open Society Institute/World Bank Conference (concerns Bulgaria, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro)
ERRC
02/07/2003

GREECE - Concern over Case of Olga B., Victim of Trafficking and Rape by a Police Officer
OMCT
02/07/2003

BOSNIA - Professional seminar for judges and prosecutors in BiH on the law applied by the Hague Tribunal
HCHRRS
01/07/2003

SERBIA/MONTENEGRO - Sexual Abuse of Child and Impunity
OMCT
30/06/2003

SERBIA - OSCE Mission Head lays out five conditions for the rule of law
OSCE
30/06/2003

ROMANIA - Ethnic Minority Briefs No. 61
DIVERS
30/06/2003

MACEDONIA - Macedonian government delivered decision for legalization of "Tetovo University"
MILS
30/06/2003

CROATIA - Concern over proposed criminal law changes
IPI/IFEX
27/06/2003

GREECE/MACEDONIA - Greece insists in the continuation of the talks for the name of Macedonia (and admits past errors)
MPE
27/06/2003

SERBIA - Renowned human rights activist Natasha Kandic to receive 2003 Ceeli award
HLC
27/06/2003

SERBIA/MONTENEGRO - ANEM media update, 14-20 June 2003
ANEM/IFEX
27/06/2003

GREECE - Police Officer Who Killed Rom in Zefyri Still on Duty Despite His Announced, Even Internationally, Dismissal! Had Caused Two More Serious Incidents in the Past but Remained in Service Carrying Firearms! (07/06/2003) [in greek]
GHM
27/06/2003

GREECE - Rape Victim Thanks Minister of Justice for his Intervention in Favor of Motion for Cassation. Need for Effective Protection of Witnesses and Punishment of Those Responsible (14/06/2003) [in greek]
GHM
27/06/2003

GREECE - Let's Not Make Olga's Rape Continuous or Institutional! Appeal to Prime Minister, Minister of Justice and Prosecutor of the Supreme Court Following Rejection of Request for Cassation of the Acquittal Verdict (12/06/2003) [in greek]
GHM
27/06/2003

BOSNIA - A (very meaningful) joke from Bosnia
RFE/RL
27/06/2003

SERBIA - Center for Social Work in Veliko Gradiste abandoning prosecution in the case of an abused Roma child
HLC
26/06/2003

GREECE - Follow-up on (asylum seeker) Child concern/Arbitrary detention/Fair trial [in greek]
OMCT
26/06/2003

TURKEY - OMCT publishes 18 country reports (including Turkey) on the rights of the child
OMCT
26/06/2003

GREECE - Macedonian refugees allowed to enter Greece - Greece opens Bitola consulate
MILS
26/06/2003

CYPRUS - Human Rights Commissioner visits Cyprus
CoE
25/06/2003

MONTENEGRO - Montenegrin Government to Pay 985.000 Euro in Compensation to Pogrom Victims
ERRC
25/06/2003

ROMANIA - Landmark Ruling in 1993 Romanian Mob Violence Case
ERRC
25/06/2003

ROMANIA - Romani CRISS News Letter No 20
Romani CRISS
25/06/2003

CYPRUS - Assembly focuses on the situation in the northern part of Cyprus
CoE
23/06/2003

GREECE/MACEDONIA/KOSOVO - Anti-globalists from Thessaloniki with support for Kosovo Roma in Greek-Macedonian border
MILS
23/06/2003

ROMANIA - Ethnic Minority Briefs No. 60
DIVERS
23/06/2003

SERBIA - Carefully reconsider Igor Novikov’s request for citizenship
HLC
20/06/2003

GREECE/MACEDONIA/KOSOVO - UNHCR Press Briefing on the Situation of Kosovo Roma at the Greek-Macedonian Border
UNHCR
20/06/2003

GREECE - Greece set to open borders for ethnic Macedonian civil-war refugees
RFE/RL
20/06/2003

ROMANIA - Romanian human rights NGO sues prosecutor-general
RFE/RL
19/06/2003

SLOVENIA - Pressure mounts on beleaguered senior religious official
F18News
18/06/2003

SERBIA - Establish responsibility for torture in Novi Sad District Prison
HLC
18/06/2003

GREECE - Open letter from Amnesty International to EU heads of State and Government
AI
18/06/2003

SERBIA - Damage suit for police torture victims
HLC
17/06/2003

TURKEY - Rape and torture of political activist Ms. Gülbahar Gündüz (Case TUR 170603.VAW)
OMCT
17/06/2003

ROMANIA - Ethnic Minority Briefs No. 59
MINELRES/DIVERS
16/06/2003

SERBIA/MONTENEGRO - Government exerts pressure on media
ANEM/IFEX
16/06/2003

EUROPE - Positive Dialogue between Romani and European Union representatives
ERIO
16/06/2003

SERBIA - June Head of Serbian Government’s Communications Bureau Suing Humanitarian Law Center and B92
HLC
16/06/2003

KOSOVO/GREECE/MACEDONIA - Kosovo Roma in Greek-Macedonian border receive negative answer from EU countries
MILS
16/06/2003

CROATIA - Secret Camp Built to Hold UK Asylum Seekers: Britain to ship refugees to Croatian army base for 'offshore processing'
The Observer
15/06/2003

INTERNATIONAL - OSCE to hold international anti-Semitism conference in Vienna
OSCE
13/06/2003

BULGARIA/MACEDONIA - Alleged beating prompts Bulgarian-Macedonian diplomatic row
RFE/RL
13/06/2003

SERBIA/MONTENEGRO - CPJ concerned about government actions against the media
CPJ/IFEX
13/06/2003

SERBIA/MONTENEGRO - ANEM media update, 6-12 June 2003
ANEM/IFEX
13/06/2003

MACEDONIA - Gostivar Voice 25th issue-Summary
IPG
13/06/2003

MACEDONIA - Macedonian Helsinki Committee Evaluates Current Government
MILS
13/06/2003

SLOVENIA - No response to Buddhist or Hindu registration applications
F18News
12/06/2003

INTERNATIONAL - Newspaper publishers and editors demand press freedom on the Internet
WAN/IFEX
12/06/2003

GREECE - The Rainbow newsletter: February - March 2003
RAINBOW
12/06/2003

MACEDONIA - Gostivar Voice 23d & 24th issue-Summary
IPG
12/06/2003

TURKEY - Commissioner for Human Rights in Turkey
CoE
12/06/2003

GREECE - On the possible ability of Aegean Macedonians to return to Greece
MILS
12/06/2003

BULGARIA - Council of Europe experts criticize Bulgarian law on religious communities
RFE/RL
12/06/2003

SERBIA/MONTENEGRO - Serbian media status report published
ANEM/IFEX
12/06/2003

SERBIA/MONTENEGRO - Another Broadcast Council member resigns
ANEM/IFEX
12/06/2003

MONTENEGRO - Outrage as Montenegro Prosecutor Drops Charges in Human Trafficking Case
HELSINKI COMMISSION NEWS
12/06/2003

SERBIA/MONTENEGRO - Revoke the decision on material assistance for persons voluntarily surrendering to the Hague Tribunal
HLC
11/06/2003

TURKEY - Hearing on IDP's in Turkey; Statements by Rep. Ben Cardin and HRW Researcher
HRW
10/06/2003

SERBIA - The authorities must find those who attacked the house of Dragana Bukum
HLC
09/06/2003

ROMANIA - Ethnic Minority Briefs No. 58
MINELRES/DIVERS
09/06/2003

INTERNATIONAL - Press freedom deteriorates world-wide: WAN
WAN/IFEX
09/06/2003

GREECE/BULGARIA - Greece, Bulgaria to open new border crossing (in area with minorities on both sides)
RFE/RL
09/06/2003

ROMANIA - Romani CRISS News Letter
Romani CRISS
09/06/2003

GREECE - Greek Deputy Foreign Minister Announces Free Return of Macedonian Political Refugees
MHRMC
09/06/2003

GREECE - In Defense of Islam (with reference to anti-Semitic Greece - by an American Zionist)
J. E. Lewis, israelinsider
08/06/2003

INTERNATIONAL - US church elects gay bishop
BBC
07/06/2003

INTERNATIONAL - IHF Annual Report 2003
IHF
06/06/2003

MACEDONIA - Human Rights Promoted among Macedonian Police
Civil Society Resource Centre
06/06/2003

KOSOVO/MACEDONIA/GREECE - Roma refugees from Kosova stage protest
RFE/RL
06/06/2003

BULGARIA - Bulgarian government launches program for Roma's integration while local Romany groups protest racist attacks
RFE/RL
06/06/2003

SERBIA/MONTENEGRO - Lawsuit filed over Cacak mayor's alleged attack on journalist during interview
CPJ/IFEX
06/06/2003

MACEDONIA/KOSOVO/GREECE - EU called on Kosovo Roma to accept the offer of the Macedonian government
MILS
06/06/2003

MACEDONIA/GREECE - Greek priests denied entry in Macedonia
MILS
06/06/2003

CYPRUS/MACEDONIA/SLOVENIA/TURKEY - Mercator Newsletter 2 - May 2003
MINELRES
06/06/2003

BULGARIA - Annual Report of the Human Rights Project on the Situation of the Human Rights of the Roma in Bulgaria in 2002
HRP
06/06/2003

SERBIA/MONTENEGRO - ANEM condemns election of illegally appointed member as chairman of Broadcast Agency Council
ANEM/IFEX
06/06/2003

SERBIA/MONTENEGRO - Broadcast council member resigns over chairman's appointment
ANEM/IFEX
05/06/2003

SERBIA - Confessing Guilt (on Srebrenica massacre) the Beginning of a Confrontation with the Past
HLC
05/06/2003

SERBIA/MONTENEGRO - RSF concerned by ban on weekly
RSF/IFEX
05/06/2003

INTERNATIONAL - IPI concerned over proposal to suspend RSF's consultative status with the UN
IPI/IFEX
05/06/2003

SERBIA/MONTENEGRO - Weekly's latest edition banned; ANEM says newspaper bans must follow legal procedures
ANEM/IFEX
05/06/2003

EUROPE - IFJ concerned about relaxation of media ownership rules
IFJ/IFEX
05/06/2003

SERBIA/MONTENEGRO - ANEM media update, 7 - 20 May 2003
ANEM/IFEX
05/06/2003

SERBIA - Link U.S. Aid to More Progress on War Crimes
HRW
05/06/2003

SERBIA/MONTENEGRO/KOSOVO - Equipment stolen from Pristina's Radio Kontakt; likely intimidation tactic, says ANEM
ANEM/IFEX
04/06/2003

TURKEY - Report on freedom of expression in Turkey
WiPC/IFEX
03/06/2003

SERBIA/MONTENEGRO - Sex trafficking victim denied judicial protection and the right to seek remedy for the violation of her human rights
HLC
03/06/2003

SERBIA/MONTENEGRO - Journalist physically assaulted by Cacak mayor
ANEM/IFEX
02/06/2003

KOSOVO/MACEDONIA/GREECE - Petition by Kosovo Roma in Macedonia (border area with Greece)
ERRC
31/05/2003

KOSOVO - Gay Kosovars flirt with danger
IWPR
31/05/2003

SERBIA - Serbia's Premier Zoran Djindjic Assassination and the Impact of the State of Emergency
HCHRS
31/05/2003

SERBIA - US State Department officials meet with HLC representatives
HLC
29/05/2003

GREECE/MACEDONIA/KOSOVO - Kosovo Roma in Greek-Macedonian border signed applications for asylum in Greece
MILS
30/05/2003

INTERNATIONAL - WAN concerned over UN committee proposal to suspend RSF for one year
WAN/IFEX
29/05/2003

GREECE - The Ecumenical Patriarch at the Jewish Holocaust monument
MPA
29/05/2003

SERBIA/MONTENEGRO - Broadcast council appointment illegal, says ANEM
ANEM/IFEX
29/05/2003

ROMANIA - Ethnic Minority Briefs No. 56
MINELRES/DIVERS
29/05/2003

TURKEY - WPFC concerned about journalist Hasan Özgün
WPFC/IFEX
29/05/2003

INTERNATIONAL - Uzbekistan: Rights Defender Detained on Homosexuality Charges
HRW
29/05/2003

KOSOVO/MACEDONIA/GREECE - Roma National Congress: Only solution for Kosovo Roma is to leave Macedonia
MILS
29/05/2003

KOSOVO/MACEDONIA/GREECE - RNC Press Conference on Kosovo Roma at the Greek-Macedonian Border
RNC
29/05/2003

GREECE - Appeal to Supreme Court Prosecutor to Appeal the Acquittal of a Police Officer Accused of Raping a Foreign Woman, Who Was Not Summoned to the Trial! (25-5-2003) [in greek]
GHM
29/05/2003

BALKANS - Amnesty International Annual Report 2003
AI
28/05/2003

BULGARIA - Restore Anti-Discrimination law draft to protect Roma
Ustiben
28/05/2003

MACEDONIA - Macedonia's citizens are more tolerant than the parties
MILS
27/05/2003

MACEDONIA/KOSOVO - Government suggests Kosovo Roma become refugees. Helsinki Committee: Allow Roma leave the country.
MILS
27/05/2003

ROMANIA - Romani CRISS News Letter
Romani CRISS
27/05/2003

INTERNATIONAL - UN NGO Committee threatens RSF with year-long suspension
RSF/IFEX
27/05/2003

MACEDONIA/GREECE/KOSOVO - Medecins Du Monde-Greece assess situation of 600 Rom refugees stranded at FYROM­Greek border
MISSIONS MDM
27/05/2003

MACEDONIA/BULGARIA - School Ethnic Segregation in Macedonia and Bulgaria
TOL
27/05/2003

GREECE/MACEDONIA/KOSOVO - Crisis at the Greek-Macedonian border (with Kosovo Roma)
Gunther
25/05/2003

SERBIA/MONTENEGRO - SEEMO protests parliamentary pressure on broadcaster
IPI/IFEX
23/05/2003

GREECE/MACEDONIA/KOSOVO - News Bulletin on the Macedonian-Greek Kosovo Roma Refugee Crisis
RNN Exclusive
23/05/2003

GREECE/MACEDONIA/KOSOVO - Incident on the Greek-Macedonian border cross Medzitlija - Police had to intervene against Roma from Kosovo
MILS
23/05/2003

ROMANIA - Ethnic Minority Briefs No. 55
MINELRES/DIVERS
22/05/2003

INTERNATIONAL - Roma Rights 1 and 2/2003: Anti-Discrimination Law
ERRC
22/05/2003

BULGARIA - A Member of the Parliament Publishes an Inflammatory Article Against the Roma
HRP
22/05/2003

GREECE/KOSOVO/MACEDONIA - Greece refused to accept Kosovo Roma refugees which wait at the Macedoian border
MILS
22/05/2003

KOSOVO/MACEDONIA - Violence Against Kosovo Roma in Macedonia
ERRC
22/05/2003

GREECE - Greek Muslims to Set Up TV Station Soon
Al-Jazeerah.info
21/05/2003

GREECE - Athens plans to erect a mosque (IHT, 21-5-03)
AP
21/05/2003

GREECE/ALBANIA - Albanian premier's comment on albanian minority in Greece sparks controversy
RFE/RL
21/05/2003

CYPRUS - Commentary on Turkish Cypriot Missing in Greek Cypriot Daily Politis
Neophytos Loizides
21/05/2003

GREECE - Media Alert: Mt. Athos Monks Fate: Final Court Ruling Due May 27
Esphigmenou
21/05/2003

SERBIA - "BIBIJA" - Rroma Women`s Center from Belgrade: FCNM Alternative Report and NGO Info
BIBIJA
21/05/2003

MACEDONIA/GREECE/KOSOVO - Humanitarian disaster threatens to the Roma refugees at Greek-Macedonian border
MILS
21/05/2003

SERBIA - Authorities must provide housing for evicted Roma
HLC
20/05/2003

SERBIA/MONTENEGRO - B92 denies government allegations of bias
ANEM/IFEX
20/05/2003

SERBIA - Investigation into Indonesia massacre must continue
HLC
20/05/2003

GREECE - The Continuing Plight of Roma in Greece
Hon. C. Smith in Congressional Record
20/05/2003

SERBIA - "Patriotic Bloc" Consolidates (Helsinki Charter, April 2003, Editorial)
HCHRS
20/05/2003

BULGARIA - ERRC School Desegregation Lawsuit in Bulgaria
ERRC
20/05/2003

KOSOVO/MACEDONIA/GREECE - Roma refugees from Kosovo discontented by lodging in Macedonia request asylum in Greece
MILS
20/05/2003

GREECE - Threat of eviction of a Roma community (Case GRE 290403.1 ESCR)
OMCT
20/05/2003

CROATIA - Minorities in Croatia elect representatives to local and regional councils
RFE/RL
19/05/2003

GREECE - Harassment of Roma in Greece
ERRC/IHF
19/05/2003

BULGARIA - European Roma Learn about U.S. Blacks' Struggle for Equality
Greenwood Commonwealth
18/05/2003

SERBIA - Radical Break is Needed (Helsinki Charter, March 2003, Editorial)
RNN
18/05/2003

MACEDONIA/GREECE/KOSOVO - Refugee crisis on the Macedonian/Greek boarder with 800 Roma
RNN
18/05/2003

GREECE/MACEDONIA - Australian Greek Minister in Slur Probe ("Skopjans") [The Age, 14-5-2003]
The Age
18/05/2003

BULGARIA - ECRI Meeting with Macedonian Organizations in Bulgaria
MHRMC
17/05/2003

TURKEY/CYPRUS - Turkey will allow Greek Cypriots to visit the country
AFP
17/05/2003

INTERNATIONAL - Mutating Virus: Hatred of Jews
NYTimes.com
17/05/2003

SERBIA/MONTENEGRO - Serbian Parliament committee puts undue pressure on state broadcaster
ANEM/IFEX
16/05/2003

GREECE - SEEMO expresses concern about treatment of Albanian journalist
IPI/IFEX
16/05/2003

BOSNIA - The government should reject US impunity agreement
AI
16/05/2003

ALBANIA/MACEDONIA - Albania and Macedonia should reject impunity agreements on the International Criminal Court
AI
16/05/2003

TURKEY/SLOVENIA - UN CAT's Review of Turkey and Slovenia
UN CAT
16/05/2003

SLOVENIA - Allegations of ill-treatment must be properly investigated
AI
15/05/2003

CYPRUS - Greek Cypriot congregation expelled from Morphou
Agence France Presse
15/05/2003

KOSOVO/SERBIA - Deportees becoming major social problem (mainly Kosovo Roma)
HLC
16/05/2003

SLOVENIA - Council of Europe warns Slovenia over minority rights
RFE/RL
15/05/2003

SERBIA - Pressure on witnesses must stop
HLC
15/05/2003

ROMANIA - Ethnic Minority Briefs No. 54
MINELRES/DIVERS
14/05/2003

SERBIA - Run-Around on Prison Visits
HRW
14/05/2003

GREECE/SERBIA/TURKEY - Les Religions en Politique - No. 23, Religions in Politics (including in the Balkans)
Les Religions en Politique
14/05/2003

GREECE - Greek state authorities continue to trample on emigrants' rights
AHRG
14/05/2003

GREECE - The Central Board of Jewish Communities is asking for the establishment of a National Holocaust Remembrance Day
MPA
13/05/2003

BULGARIA - The government should reject US impunity agreement
AI
13/05/2003

GREECE - Greek State's Answer to the New York Times Article on Athens' Mosque
NYT
13/05/2003

KOSOVO - OSCE Mission to seek improvement of minorities situation in Kosovo
OSCE
13/05/2003

CROATIA - ERRC Legal Action in Croatian School Segregation Case
ERRC
13/05/2003

BOSNIA - OSCE BiH Mission welcomes measures to legalise Roma settlement in Brcko
OSCE
12/05/2003

GREECE - Commemoration of Holocaust in Thessaloniki
MPE
12/05/2003

MONTENEGRO - Criminal complaint against federal court judges
HLC
12/05/2003

SERBIA - Detainees' Access to Lawyers Long Overdue
HRW
10/05/2003

GREECE - Letters of Concern to Ministers over Deportation. Threat against Defender
HRW
09/05/2003

CYPRUS - RSF protests action of authorities in preventing editor from crossing the border
RSF/IFEX
09/05/2003

KOSOVO - ERRC Sues Denmark Regarding Forced Expulsions of Kosovo Roma
ERRC
09/05/2003

MONTENEGRO - ERRC/HLC Letter to Montenegrin Prime Minister
ERRC/HLC
08/05/2003

ROMANIA - Romani CRISS News Letter
Romani CRISS
08/05/2003

GREECE - Albanian human rights defender and journalist at risk of expulsion
AI
07/05/2003

SERBIA/KOSOVO - SEEMO/IPI Conference Promotes Mutual Understanding Between Journalists of Serbia and Kosovo
IPI/IFEX
07/05/2003

CYPRUS - Turkish-Cypriot journalist prevented from moving freely
IPI/IFEX
07/05/2003

SERBIA/KOSOVO - HLC urges compliance with agreement with UNMIK
HLC
06/05/2003

TURKEY - The Human Rights Association offices raided by the Anti-Terror Forces
The Observatory
06/05/2003

TURKEY - Former army chief of staff decides not to pursue lawsuit over RSF "predator" photograph
RSF/IFEX
06/05/2003

GREECE - Albanian journalist threatened with deportation
GHM/IFEX
06/05/2003

GREECE - EU and US approaches to the management of immigration
HLHR/MPG
04/05/2003

INTERNATIONAL - World Press Freedom Day
HELSINKI COMMISSION NEWS
03/05/2003

TURKEY - Local Radio Tried for Airing Kurdish Songs
BIANET
03/05/2003

GREECE - Greece "Celebrates" World Press Freedom Day With Threat of Deportation of Leading Albanian Journalist and Activist Gazmend Kapllani! Urgent Appeals Requested! [in greek]
GHM
03/05/2003

ROMANIA/GREECE/TURKEY - Co-Chairman Urges Romania, Greece, Turkey, Other Countries to Repeal Criminal Defamation & Insult Laws
HELSINKI COMMISSION NEWS
02/05/2003

SERBIA/MONTENEGRO - SEEMO expresses concern over decision of Montenegro Employment Centre to stop advertising available jobs in daily "Vijesti"
IPI/IFEX
02/05/2003

INTERNATIONAL - CJFE marks World Press Freedom Day
CJFE/IFEX
02/05/2003

INTERNATIONAL - Human Rights Watch launches Internet arrests campaign on World Press Freedom Day
HRW/IFEX
02/05/2003

INTERNATIONAL - RSF publishes its annual report on press freedom violations
RSF/IFEX
02/05/2003

INTERNATIONAL - WiPC marks World Press Freedom Day by highlighting cases of two journalists and a writer
WiPC/IFEX
02/05/2003

INTERNATIONAL - International News Safety Institute launched
IFJ/IFEX
02/05/2003

INTERNATIONAL - Media freedom deteriorates in some OSCE States, says OSCE media watchdog
OSCE
02/05/2003

INTERNATIONAL - IFEX awarded National Press Club of Canada's World Press Freedom Award
CJFE/IFEX
02/05/2003

INTERNATIONAL - CPJ names world's worst places to be a journalist
CPJ/IFEX
02/05/2003

INTERNATIONAL - International Press Freedom Day
CoE
02/05/2003

INTERNATIONAL - Press freedom declined worldwide in 2002, says Freedom House
Freedom House/IFEX
01/05/2003

INTERNATIONAL - RSF will celebrate the 13th World Press Freedom Day on 3 May 2003
RSF/IFEX
01/05/2003

TURKEY - OMCT expresses concern at violence against women in Turkey at 30th session of Committee Against Torture
OMCT
01/05/2003

SERBIA/MONTENEGRO - Alternative Report on the implementation of the FCNM in Serbia and Montenegro
VCM/VCHR
30/04/2003

ROMANIA - Ethnic Minority Briefs No. 53
MINELRES/DIVERS
30/04/2003

INTERNATIONAL - IPI calls for increased awareness of journalists' safety on World Press Freedom Day
IPI/IFEX
30/04/2003

SERBIA/MONTENEGRO - Broadcast Agency Council appoints ninth member
ANEM/IFEX
30/04/2003

SERBIA - HCHRS 2002 Annual Report: For All the Changes Made, the Respect for Human Rights Is Inadequate in Serbia
HCHRS
30/04/2003

GREECE - Anti-Americanism in Greece Is Reinvigorated by War (Anthee Carassava, The New York Times, 7-4-2003)
The New York Times
30/04/2003

GREECE - Threat of Unlawful Eviction of a Roma Community/Denied Access to Basic Services [in greek]
OMCT
29/04/2003

GREECE - Athens in Wartime (Brady Kiesling, The New York Review of Books, 15-5-2003)
Brady Kiesling
29/04/2003

MONTENEGRO - Compensation awarded for unlawful arrest and torture
HLC
29/04/2003

ROMANIA - Security vs. Democracy? Freedom of the press in Romania degrades
FreeEx
29/04/2003

GREECE - CoE Commissioner for HR Alvaro Gil-Robles outlines human rights problems in EU countries (Brussels - 24.4.03)
CoE
26/04/2003

SERBIA/MONTENEGRO - Invitation for a Dialogue between the Media and the Government
ANEM/IFEX
25/04/2003

SERBIA/KOSOVO - Serb police who refused to go to Kosovo must be reinstated
HLC
25/04/2003

SERBIA - HLC response to BETA News agency denial
HLC
25/04/2003

SERBIA/MONTENEGRO - UN Human Rights Committee to end constant monitoring
B92
25/04/2003

ROMANIA - Ethnic Minority Briefs No. 52
MINELRES/DIVERS
25/04/2003

SERBIA/KOSOVO - SEEMO announces meeting of editors-in-chief and media executives
IPI/IFEX
25/04/2003

TURKEY - Dr. Alp Ayan Trial: State sponsored harassment of Human Rights Defender
Observatoire
25/04/2003

ROMANIA - World Press Freedom day celebrated in Romania
FreeEx
25/04/2003

SERBIA - HLC calls for rule of law and respect for human rights
HLC
25/04/2003

CYPRUS - Council of Europe Secretary General on opening of the Green Line in Cyprus: Europe must support national reconciliation on the island
CoE
25/04/2003

MACEDONIA/ALBANIA/KOSOVO - Georgievski's Idea to Divide Macedonia Rejected from Many Sides in Macedonia, Albania and Kosovo
MILS
25/04/2003

GREECE - Amnesty Criticizes EU Double Standards on Human Rights (and makes one more unethical reference to its joint report with IHF on Greece) [in greek]
AI
24/04/2003

GREECE - Easter Stories of Church-State Interweaving in Greece [in greek]
GHM
24/04/2003

GREECE - Aspropyrgos Roma Were Looking Forward to Having Water and Electricity. Instead Police Attempted to Evict Them Just Before Easter! [in greek]
SOKADRE
24/04/2003

SERBIA/MONTENEGRO - SEEMO deeply concerned about recent press freedom developments in Serbia
IPI/IFEX
24/04/2003

SERBIA/MONTENEGRO - ERRC/UN OHCHR Joint Memorandum on Roma in Serbia and Montenegro
ERRC
24/04/2003

GREECE - Saudi Arabia Responsible to Build Athens First Mosque (and Islamic Center)!
Greek MFA
23/04/2003

INTERNATIONAL - Authors' Rights Must be Protected To Defend Quality Media Say Journalists on World Copyright Day
IFJ/IFEX
23/04/2003

SERBIA/MONTENEGRO - IFJ Warns Serbia On "Damage to Integrity of Broadcasting Law" In Dispute Over Appointments
IFJ/IFEX
23/04/2003

SERBIA/MONTENEGRO - Media associations question legality of procedures in appointment of two Serbian Broadcast Agency Council members
ANEM/IFEX
23/04/2003

TURKEY - Journalist released after nine years' imprisonment faces new prison term
RSF/IFEX
23/04/2003

MACEDONIA - Summary of 22nd issue of "Gostivar Voice"
Inter-ethic Project Gostivar
23/04/2003

CYPRUS/GREECE/TURKEY - When Simitis Said "Enosis" in Cyprus...
Neophytos Loizides
22/04/2003

SERBIA/MONTENEGRO - Journalist threatened
ANEM/IFEX
22/04/2003

GREECE - Athens Muslims' Unanswered Prayer: A Place to Worship
NYTimes
22/04/2003

GREECE - More Mount Athos Monks being Evicted

22/04/2003

ROMANIA - Romani CRISS News Letter No 16
Romani CRISS
22/04/2003

MACEDONIA - Full Text of Controversial Article by Former Macedonian PM Ljubco Georgievski
Ljubco Georgievski
21/04/2003

GREECE - Full text of Greek NCHR statement to the UN Human Rights Comission (16/04/2003)
NCHR
21/04/2003

GREECE - Greek National Commission for Human Rights Address to the UN Commission on Human Rights
Commission on Human Rights
21/04/2003

MACEDONIA/BULGARIA - On Jane Sandanski grave in Bulgaria - Macedonians united and without police pressure
MILS
21/04/2003

MACEDONIA/BULGARIA - "Macedonia and Bulgaria have differences for the past, but they have same views for the future"
MILS
21/04/2003

GREECE - Immigration Law and Management in Greece
Dr Nicholas Sitaropoulos
20/04/2003

SERBIA - HLC urges ministry to protect schoolchildren
HLC
18/04/2003

CYPRUS - Nationalism is a sin and the Greek Cypriot Orthodox Church has committed this sin
Bishop of Morphou Neophytos
18/04/2003

INTERNATIONAL - Reconciling for the Future - Newsletter IX
Reconciling for the Future
18/04/2003

GREECE - Bias alleged over rules on minority rights (in EU including Greece)
The Guardian
17/04/2003

GREECE - The Vlachs: Metropolis and Diaspora
Asterios Koukoudis
17/04/2003

TURKEY - Human Rights Concerns from Turkey
BIANET
16/04/2003

MONTENEGRO - A Marriage of Inconvenience: Montenegro 2003
ICG
16/04/2003

GREECE - Will this be a lesson?... [on Greek media coverage of the war on Iraq] (V. Paikos, Avghi, 13-4-03)
Avghi
16/04/2003

CROATIA - OSCE-funded study shows Croatian TV free from outside control, weak on minority issues
OSCE
16/04/2003

GREECE - Case GRC 160403 - the prosecutor fails to act concerning cases of torture [in greek]
OMCT
16/04/2003

INTERNATIONAL - EU Accession exposes double standards on minority rights
MRGI
15/04/2003

SERBIA - HLC critique of the proposed legislative amendments
HLC
14/04/2003

SERBIA/MONTENEGRO - Army of Serbia and Montenegro fails to comply with court order
HLC
14/04/2003

SERBIA/MONTENEGRO - CJFE outraged by journalists' arrest and detention
CJFE/IFEX
14/04/2003

GREECE - Speech on Roma by the President of the Athens Bar Association
DIMITRIS PAXINOS
14/04/2003

GREECE - Parliamentary Question on Aspropyrgos (Greece) Roma by Coalition MP Maria Damanaki
MARIA DAMANAKI
14/04/2003

GREECE - Two Socialist Dutch MEPs Write to Greek Authorities on Plight of Roma Resettled by the State Far Away from Inhabited Areas [in greek]
MRG-G/GHM
14/04/2003

GREECE - Gays and Lesbians in Greece Speak Up [in greek]
GHM
14/04/2003

GREECE - Hellenic Police - Psychiatric Hospitals Collaboration: Injections of Sedative Drugs and Electric Shocks on Aliens. Impunity of Perpetrators and Cover-Up. Appeal to the Supreme Court Prosecutor. (20/03/2003) [in greek]
GHM
14/04/2003

ROMANIA - Ethnic Minority Briefs No. 51
MINELRES/DIVERS
14/04/2003

GREECE - Council of Europe sadness at the death of 21 teenagers in northern Greece
CoE
14/04/2003

INTERNATIONAL - Freedom of Expression under the ECHR: A Comparison With the Inter-American System of Protection of Human Rights (A. U. de Torres, HRB winter 2003)
A. U. de Torres
13/04/2003

GREECE - The New EU Directive on Sexual Harassment and Its Implications for Greece (M. E. Tsekos, HRB winter 2003)
M. E. Tsekos
13/04/2003

GREECE - Greeks refuse to give bail money back to planespotters
Daily Telegraph
13/04/2003

SERBIA/MONTENEGRO - Two journalists arrested and detained for criticising government
RSF/IFEX
11/04/2003

BULGARIA - There is not a progress with the ready draft Anti-discrimination Act
HRP
10/04/2003

MACEDONIA - Summary of 21st issue of "Gostivar Voice"
Gostivar Voice
09/04/2003

BULGARIA - Bulgaria's Roma mark their holiday, demand better integration
RFE/RL
09/04/2003

INTERNATIONAL - Recommendations of the "Reconciling for the Future" workshop (3-4 April 2003)
Reconciling for the Future
09/04/2003

ROMANIA - Ethnic Minority Briefs No. 50
MINELRES/DIVERS
09/04/2003

SERBIA - The Police Must Stop Making Arbitrary Arrests
HLC
09/04/2003

GREECE - Greek MEP Anna Karamanou on International Roma Day [in greek]
Anna Karamanou
08/04/2003

CROATIA/MACEDONIA - New on MINELRES minority related national legislation database
MINELRES
08/04/2003

SERBIA - Housing must be secured for evicted Roma
HLC
08/04/2003

INTERNATIONAL - UNHCR urges OSCE states to distinguish between human trafficking and smuggling
OSCE
08/04/2003

SERBIA/MONTENEGRO - Act on cooperation with ICTY must be harmonized with ICTY legal documents
HLC
08/04/2003

SERBIA/MONTENEGRO - World Roma Day
HLC
08/04/2003

SLOVENIA - UN CERD Concluding Observations on Slovenia
UN CERD
08/04/2003

MACEDONIA - Macedonia's Romany minority marks 'Day of the Roma'.
RFE/RL
08/04/2003

ROMANIA - Crisis situation in Romanian media
FreeEx
08/04/2003

GREECE - (Greece's and) Europe's Blind Antisemitism Perceives All Jews as Representatives of Israel
MOSES CONSTANTINIS
08/04/2003

INTERNATIONAL - Council of Europe Human Rights Commissioner concerned for Roma/Gypsy communities
CoE
08/04/2003

CYPRUS - Police Attacked YBH Youth Demonstrators in north Cyprus
Cyprus Action Network
08/04/2003

MACEDONIA - Macedonian Ombudsman's Activities in 2002
MILS
08/04/2003

BULGARIA - Bulgarian Prime Minister Acknowledges Existence of Macedonian Minority in Bulgaria
MILS
08/04/2003

SERBIA - The Political Aspirations of the Serbian Orthodox Church
HCHRS
08/04/2003

BOSNIA/SERBIA - New on Media Online
Media Online
08/04/2003

INTERNATIONAL - Romani CRISS News Letter No 16
Romani CRISS
08/04/2003

GREECE - MHRMC Criticism of US State Department Report on Greece
MHRMC
07/04/2003

BULGARIA - Macedonian Minority Organizations in Bulgaria unite
MILS
07/04/2003

SERBIA - End Complete Isolation of Detainees
HRW
07/04/2003

MACEDONIA/GREECE - "No-name country"'s vice-prime minister Sekerinska cancelled participation to so-called "Reconciliation" conference in Thessaloniki
MILS
07/04/2003

GREECE - REPORT - Cleaning Operations: Excluding Roma in Greece
ERRC/GHM
06/04/2003

GREECE - Cleaning Operations: Excluding Roma in Greece (Country Report on Roma in Greece) [in greek]
ERRC/GHM
06/04/2003

SERBIA/MONTENEGRO - Regarding an Official Denial by the Head of the Security Office of the General Staff of the Army of Serbia and Montenegro
HLC
04/04/2003

SERBIA/MONTENEGRO - Breakthrough for conscientious objectors?
F18News
03/04/2003

GREECE - Chamber hearing on the merits in the case of Makaratzis v. Greece
ECHR
03/04/2003

INTERNATIONAL - Latest news from the Council of Europe Secretariat of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities
CoE
03/04/2003

MACEDONIA - On the US State Department Report on Macedonia
MILS
03/04/2003

SERBIA/MONTENEGRO - Council of Europe welcomes Serbia and Montenegro
CoE
03/04/2003

SERBIA/MONTENEGRO - Serbia and Montenegro becomes Council of Europe's 45th member state
CoE
02/04/2003

SERBIA/MONTENEGRO - Lawsuit at UN Race Discrimination Body against Serbia and Montenegro
ERRC/HLC
01/04/2003

EUROPE - New publication: National Minorities in Europe. Handbook
SVI Bozen
01/04/2003

SERBIA/MONTENEGRO - Prosecutor admits blocking enquiry into murder of journalist Slavko Curuvija
RSF/IFEX
31/03/2003

ROMANIA - Body of missing journalist found
CPJ/IFEX
31/03/2003

ROMANIA - Ethnic Diversity Briefs, No.49
MINELRES/DIVERS
31/03/2003

BOSNIA/SERBIA/SLOVENIA/MACEDONIA - New on Media Online
Media Online
31/03/2003

INTERNATIONAL - Newsletter VI and VII
Reconciling for the Future
31/03/2003

ROMANIA - Three NGOs criticise the anti-corruption package in Romania
FreeEx
31/03/2003

BOSNIA - Call for dignified burials for the victims of Srebrenica
AI
31/03/2003

CYPRUS - Secretary General of the Council of Europe concerned about tensions in Northern Cyprus
CoE
28/03/2003

MONTENEGRO - Ethnically motivated attacks in Kotor go unpunished
HLC
28/03/2003

SERBIA/MONTENEGRO - Letter-President Marovic-ICTY-Nike Peraj statement
HLC
28/03/2003

SERBIA - Council of Europe Secretary General rejects plans to bring back the death penalty in Serbia
CoE
28/03/2003

BULGARIA - NGOs in Bulgaria protest against war involvement
NGOs in Bulgaria
27/03/2003

SERBIA/MONTENEGRO - Unacceptable call for reintroduction of death sentence
HLC
27/03/2003

SERBIA/MONTENEGRO - Prosecutor in journalist's murder case suspended
CPJ/IFEX
27/03/2003

SERBIA/MONTENEGRO - Council of Europe leaders welcome decision to approve the accession of Serbia and Montenegro
CoE
26/03/2003

TURKEY - Avoid Past Violations In Northern Iraq
HRW
26/03/2003

TURKEY - Arbitrary arrests and detentions/Harassment/Right to adequate housing/Right to food/Right to work
OMCT
26/03/2003

CYPRUS - Crackdown on Turkish-Cypriot Referendum Initiative in Elia (Doganci)
Cyprus Action
25/03/2003

CROATIA - Croatian journalist expelled
CPJ/IFEX
25/03/2003

ROMANIA - Ethnic Diversity Briefs, No.48
MINELRES/DIVERS
25/03/2003

SERBIA - Emergency Should Not Trump Basic Rights
HRW
25/03/2003

INTERNATIONAL - NATO: Focus on Arms Trafficking
HRW
25/03/2003

INTERNATIONAL - Special web page on "War on Iraq: Related human rights news"
The Balkan Human Rights Web Pages
24/03/2003

INTERNATIONAL - Romani CRISS News Letter
Romani CRISS
24/03/2003

TURKEY - Campaigners Urge Moratorium on BP pipeline: fact-finding mission detained in Turkey
KHRP
24/03/2003

SERBIA - On the disappearance of prof. Polic and death threat to prof. Mimica
HLC
22/03/2003

SERBIA - Protest against Orthodox Church Dignitary's speech at Djindjiæ funeral
HLC
22/03/2003

INTERNATIONAL - Official start of the European Roma Information Office in Brussels on 18 March 2003
ERIO
22/03/2003

INTERNATIONAL - 18 Freedom of Expression Groups Sign Appeal on Iraq Crisis [in greek]
IFJ/GHM
21/03/2003

ALBANIA - Open Letter - Albanian state, no serious responsibility toward victims of the communist regime
AHRG
21/03/2003

SERBIA/MONTENEGRO - IPI and SEEMO concerned about media restrictions
IPI/IFEX
21/03/2003

SERBIA/MONTENEGRO - RSF concerned about media closures under state of emergency
RSF/IFEX
21/03/2003

SERBIA/MONTENEGRO - CPJ concerned about media restrictions
CPJ/IFEX
21/03/2003

SERBIA/MONTENEGRO - WAN concerned about media closures
WAN/IFEX
21/03/2003

SERBIA - HLC motion for additional investigation into sexual abuse of Romani boy
HLC
21/03/2003

SERBIA - On Metropolitan Amfilohije's Speech in Djindjic Funeral
HCHRS
21/03/2003

GREECE - ECHR Forthcoming Hearing on the Merits in the Case of Makaratzis v. Greece
CoE
21/03/2003

GREECE - 1 February 2003 Desecration of Holocaust Memorial in Thessaloniki and Feeble Reactions Indicative of Prevailing Anti-Semitism in Greece (International Day Against Discrimination Statement)
GHM
21/03/2003

SERBIA/MONTENEGRO - Several media outlets shut down
IFJ/IFEX
20/03/2003

MACEDONIA - Macedonia's Serbs, Roma and Vlachs demand passports on their languages
MILS
20/03/2003

GREECE/BOSNIA - Convention on protection of rights of migrant workers to enter into force next July
NCHR
19/03/2003

INTERNATIONAL - IPI criticises countries included in "coalition of the willing"
IPI/IFEX
19/03/2003

INTERNATIONAL - Pentagon threatens to kill independent reporters in Iraq
BBC's war correspondent
18/03/2003

TURKEY - Campaigners warn UK government of human rights threats over BP's Caspian oil project
KHRP
18/03/2003

SERBIA - CRISISWEBNEWS - New ICG Report on Serbia
ICG
18/03/2003

BULGARIA - Bulgaria's Roma groups against war in Iraq
SSDID/HRP
17/03/2003

ROMANIA - Ethnic Diversity Briefs, No.47
MINELRES/DIVERS
17/03/2003

INTERNATIONAL - Urgent Appeal on Iraq
HRW
17/03/2003

GREECE - No to the War on Iraq, no to UN's Devaluation [in greek]
GHM
17/03/2003

TURKEY - Human Rights News from Turkey
BIANET
17/03/2003

SERBIA - Can the Balkans (Ever) Be Reconciled? Challenges, Approaches, Projects, New Designs (S. Biserko)
HCHRS
17/03/2003

TURKEY - Ilisu dam lawyer on trial for "insulting the government"
KHRP
17/03/2003

INTERNATIONAL - LHRC Minority issues in Latvia: Discussion about ratification of FCNM continues
MINELRES
15/03/2003

SERBIA/MONTENEGRO - Sjeverin "Test Case" Resumes
HRW
15/03/2003

BULGARIA - Bulgarian Helsinki Committee warns of deteriorating human rights situation
RFE/RL
14/03/2003

GREECE - Greece's Highest Court lifts blockade of besieged Mount Athos Monastery
John Rigas
14/03/2003

TURKEY - Turkey breaks EU promises - HADEP is closed
KHRP
14/03/2003

SERBIA - Enough crime and violence
Serbian NGOs
14/03/2003

SERBIA/MONTENEGRO - Government imposes media restrictions following premier's assassination
CPJ/IFEX
14/03/2003

SERBIA/MONTENEGRO - Will controversial religion law come back?
F18News
14/03/2003

INTERNATIONAL - Newsletter V
Reconciling for the Future
13/03/2003

BOSNIA - Bussing children to mono-ethnic schools in BiH must stop, OSCE Mission says
OSCE
13/03/2003

EUROPE - European Human Rights Institutions on reform of the European Court of Human Rights
NHRI
13/03/2003

KOSOVO - Kosovo Roma in Denmark Threatened with Expulsion
ERRC
13/03/2003

GREECE - Greece presides over the violations of conscientious objectors' rights
AI
13/03/2003

SERBIA - Martial law in wake of Djindjic assassination
B92
13/03/2003

INTERNATIONAL - Anti-Semitism Target of Helsinki Commission Leaders' Resolutions
HELSINKI COMMISSION NEWS
12/03/2003

SERBIA/MONTENEGRO - Djindjic Assassinated
HRW
12/03/2003

SERBIA - HCHRS on Djindjic Assassination
HCHRS
12/03/2003

SERBIA - Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic assassinated in Belgrade
BBC
12/03/2003

BOSNIA - IHF Information on Bosnia and Herzegovina
IHF
12/03/2003

TURKEY - ECHR Convicts Turkey in Ocalan Case on Many Articles
CoE
12/03/2003

SERBIA - Compensation for torture at state security
HLC
11/03/2003

BULGARIA - Theater for Turkish minority to be reopened in Bulgaria
RFE/RL
11/03/2003

ROMANIA - Ethnic Diversity Briefs, No. 46
MINELRES/DIVERS
11/03/2003

SERBIA/MONTENEGRO - CPJ concerned about threats against editor and reporter
CPJ/IFEX
11/03/2003

ALBANIA - CRISISWEBNEWS - New ICG Report on Albania
ICG
11/03/2003

GREECE - Greek Helsinki Monitor's Activity Report for 2002
GHM
11/03/2003

GREECE - The Workshop (Thessaloniki, Greece, 4-6 April 2003)
Reconciling for the Future
11/03/2003

INTERNATIONAL - EU Council Regulation 343/2003 (Dublin II) on asylum applications by third country nationals
EU
11/03/2003

BULGARIA - Bulgaria marks 60th anniversary of rescue of its Jews
RFE/RL
10/03/2003

SERBIA/MONTENEGRO - Two journalists receive death threats
RSF/IFEX
10/03/2003

TURKEY - Editorial cartoonists' cases postponed for "expert opinion"
CRN/IFEX
10/03/2003

BULGARIA - New National Roma Association
MINELRES
10/03/2003

KOSOVO - Security and access to services remain a concern for minorities in Kosovo
OSCE/UNHCR
10/03/2003

MACEDONIA - Declaration against police brutality against Roma in Macedonia
MILS
10/03/2003

SERBIA - PER Report: Roma in Multiethnic Communities in Serbia
MINELRES
10/03/2003

MACEDONIA - Helsinki Committee: Minimum standards for return of displaced persons in Macedonia not yet fulfilled
MILS
10/03/2003

ALBANIA - Blunkett plans to send asylum seekers from UK to Albania (C. Brown & F. Elliott, 9/3/03)
Sunday Telegraph
09/03/2003

GREECE - Violations of Asylum Seekers' Rights 2001-2003
GHM
08/03/2003

CROATIA - WAN protests assassination attempts on ournalists
WAN/IFEX
07/03/2003

GREECE - Welcome to the Land of Plato: A Story of Human Rights Violations of Muslim Migrants in Greece (B. Yaghmaian, 3-3-2003)
CounterPunch
07/03/2003

SERBIA/MONTENEGRO - SEEMO concerned that state-owned Internet service provider may be hindering communications
IPI/IFEX
07/03/2003

INTERNATIONAL - Reconciling for the Future: Issue No. 3, Tuesday, 25 February 2003
Reconciling for the Future
07/03/2003

CYPRUS - Cypriot journalists unite to tell how media can bridge the Gulf
IFEX
07/03/2003

BOSNIA - A first step to justice
AI
07/03/2003

INTERNATIONAL - Romani CRISS News Letter No 14
Romani CRISS
07/03/2003

SERBIA - Police brutality in Krusevac
HLC
07/03/2003

SERBIA/MONTENEGRO - ANEM weekly media update
ANEM/IFEX
06/03/2003

MACEDONIA/BULGARIA - Macedonian Jews demand apology, compensation from Bulgaria
RFE/RL
06/03/2003

SERBIA/MONTENEGRO - Journalists receive death threats
IPI/IFEX
06/03/2003

TURKEY - European Court of Human Rights to rule in Abdullah Ocalan death penalty case
KHRP
06/03/2003

MACEDONIA - Abuse of Roma in Macedonia
ERRC
06/03/2003

MACEDONIA - Macedonian Ombudsman disgusted by conditions in investigation prison "Skopje"
MILS
06/03/2003

INTERNATIONAL - INSI's open letter on Iraq
IFJ/IFEX
06/03/2003

CROATIA - Concern over attempted murder of press magnate
WAN/IFEX
05/03/2003

SERBIA/MONTENEGRO - SEEMO protests assault on journalist and pressure on radio station in Pozarevac
IPI/IFEX
05/03/2003

CROATIA/SERBIA/BOSNIA/BULGARIA - New on Media Online
Media Online
05/03/2003

BOSNIA - Time to end impunity for 'disappearances'
AI
05/03/2003

GREECE - It is eleven plane-spotters who are still out of pocket (Greece owes them money)
BBC
05/03/2003

TURKEY - Plans for Northern Iraq Raise Concern
HRW
05/03/2003

CROATIA - CPJ calls for investigation into bombing
CPJ/IFEX
04/03/2003

CROATIA - SEEMO expresses concern about attack on Pavic
IPI/IFEX
04/03/2003

ROMANIA - Ethnic Diversity Briefs, No.45
MINELRES/DIVERS
04/03/2003

BOSNIA - OSCE Mission urges Bosnia and Herzegovina entity to implement law on conscientious objection
OSCE
04/03/2003

ALBANIA - Albanian police - yet again a violator of citizens' rights
AHRG
04/03/2003

MACEDONIA - Macedonian Helsinki Committee requests court solution of case "Rastanski Lozja"
MILS
04/03/2003

GREECE - Plane-spotters still out of pocket (Greece owes them money)
BBC
03/03/2003

SERBIA - Gorani harassed by police in Novi Sad
HLC
03/03/2003

ALBANIA - Open Letter - The hunger strike of the brick factory workers, a responsibility of the Albanian State
AHRG
03/03/2003

CROATIA - Press magnate escapes bomb attack
RSF/IFEX
03/03/2003

INTERNATIONAL - IFJ issues reporters' handbook for safe journalism
IFJ/IFEX
03/03/2003

ALBANIA/BULGARIA/GREECE/SERBIA - Conference on Vlachs, Aromanians, and Sarakatsans (Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Serbia)
CNRS
01/03/2003

GREECE - U.S. Diplomat John Brady Kiesling Letter of Resignation to Secretary of State Colin L. Powell

28/02/2003

TURKEY - The Observatory - Turkey, Continuing Judicial Harassment Against Human Rights Defenders
OMCT
28/02/2003

GREECE - Death in Detention of Mr. Alexandros Kallias (Case GRC 280203) [in greek]
OMCT
28/02/2003

MACEDONIA - Macedonia's Arben Xhaferi reappears
RFE/RL
28/02/2003

ALBANIA - Freedom of thought in Albania under the threat of publishers interests
AHRG
28/02/2003

INTERNATIONAL - CEDIME-SE Guide to the CoE Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities Launched
GHM
28/02/2003

INTERNATIONAL - Report on "Statistics & Human Rights", Brussels, 27.-29.11.2002
EU/InWEnt
27/02/2003

GREECE - J. Brady Kiesling, political counselor at US Embassy in Athens, Resigns, Protesting 'Our Fervent Pursuit of War'
NYT
27/02/2003

CYPRUS - Secretary General of the Council of Europe - "Cypriots must not miss their date with history"
CoE
27/02/2003

ROMANIA - Ethnic Diversity Briefs, No.44
MINELRES/DIVERS
26/02/2003

TURKEY - Sexual violence of women in detention must be eradicated
AI
26/02/2003

ROMANIA - Romanian NGOs demand nullification of governmental ordinance
RFE/RL
26/02/2003

BULGARIA - 60th anniversary of the saving of 50,000 Bulgarian Jews
MINELRES
25/02/2003

GREECE - Detainee Commits Suicide In Attica Police Holding Facilities that Were to Be "Withdrawn Entirely from Active Service" in December 2002 [in greek]
GHM
25/02/2003