Lene Wetteland

Working on #humanrights and #accountability in Russia, Ukraine, Armenia in @nhc_no. Likes books, volleyball and nynorsk.

[Media Initiative for Human Rights @mihr_ua]

The Media Initiative for Human Rights has presented a new extensive study that reconstructs the crimes of Russians against civilians during the occupation of the northern regions of Ukraine. The study proves that the persecution of civilians is not an isolated case of cruelty by Russian soldiers but a systematic, consistent, and purposeful policy of the military and political leadership of the Russian Federation.

The report not only describes war crimes committed by the Russian army against civilians in Kyiv, Chernihiv, and Sumy regions but also systematizes information about the routes of their deportation and places of detention and identifies those involved in these crimes.

Read more: https://t.co/oR2C6duWdj
@lenewett @LyubovSmachylo @CenterUkraine

[Paris Peace Forum @ParisPeaceForum]

Amid ongoing conflict, Justice for Victims in Ukraine, a project supported by the Forum, stands at the forefront of documenting violations of international human rights law and driving accountability.

Interview with @lenewett & Lasse Thomassen @nhc_no 👇 https://t.co/O1nO7wVe0R

[Norwegian Helsinki Committee @nhc_no]

The NHC's Documentation and Accountability Hub is one of this year's @ParisPeaceForum scale-up projects. The forum starts today and @lenewett presents our project documenting violations of international criminal and human rights law in #Ukraine #PPF2024

https://t.co/cK5eElsZ9X

[Norwegian Helsinki Committee @nhc_no]

Bravo!! @SVparti priorterer #menneskerettigheter og #sivilsamfunn i sitt alternative #statsbudsjett og vil bidra mer til et hardt prøvet sivilsamfunn i Russland og til naboland som er under press. Vi hyller økningen til 5000 kvoteflyktninger @ingridfiskaa
https://t.co/fuRUcu6RIG

[International Accountability Platform for Belarus @IAPBelarus]

The IAPB and 12 leading international and Belarusian organisations are calling on #ICC State Parties to support Lithuania’s referral of the situation in #Belarus to the @IntlCrimCourt.
📩Read our open letter 👇
https://t.co/GBYaRuTwo7

[Norwegian Helsinki Committee @nhc_no]

In areas visited by the NHC observers, the Parliamentary Elections in Georgia failed to meet fundamental standards for free and fair elections. In minority-populated areas voters were systematically pressured at the polling stations. @HRCGeorgia @AageB
https://t.co/ifqLTSjnBZ

[Norwegian Helsinki Committee @nhc_no]

- We must talk about Chechnya! At the #AnnaPolitkovskaya seminar we examine the legacy of the Chechen wars and how the human rights violations continue and are spreading to other regions in Russia and abroad. @novaya_gazeta @CaucasianKnotEn #crewagainsttorture @AageB

[Norwegian Helsinki Committee @nhc_no]

We must never stop talking about political prisoners in #Belarus, like Ales Bialiatski Maria, @by_kalesnikava and Sergei Tikhanovsky, says Sviatlana @Tsihanouskaya at @Stortinget . The fight for a free Belarus continues @HRHFoundation
#freebelarus #freeviasna #freeales

[Norwegian Helsinki Committee @nhc_no]

#Azerbaijan's government has a longstanding and well-documented pattern of repressing independent civil society and silencing critical voices. 27 civil society organisations + individuals demand attention to #humanrights and #climatejustice ahead of COP29

https://t.co/mHVUbz02HW

[Norwegian Helsinki Committee @nhc_no]

Together with 95 human rights organisations we express corcern about US's declining use of Global #Magnitsky sanctions and call for greater responsiveness to civil society recommendations @SecBlinken @SecYellen
https://t.co/TO11Wdd8J1

[Norwegian Helsinki Committee @nhc_no]

Exciting news! Applications are OPEN for the Advocates for Change – #CivilSociety Support for #Türkiye! If your organization works on #humanrights defenders, #freedomofexpression, #LGBTQIA+ rights, #genderequality, #womensempowerment, apply now!
https://t.co/TmPDqWDrOn

[Norwegian Helsinki Committee @nhc_no]

The Norwegian Helsinki Committee is happy to announce our call for proposals on human rights in Central Asia. Read more about our renewed small grants program here: https://t.co/0Q78m5nDXo

[Norwegian Helsinki Committee @nhc_no]

It's been twenty years since the worst hostage tragedy took place in Beslan, North Ossetia, killing 334 people, 186 of them children. Today, we mourn the children and the victims and demand that the perpetrators are held accountable.
https://t.co/tjEiXRDqDq

[Norwegian Helsinki Committee @nhc_no]

Our friends in #Ukraine, Olena & Insight, alongside the 25 July Support Group in #Norway, win the first-ever Kim Friele Memorial Award🌈

The award is in the spirit of the late Norwegian activist Kim Friele.

We send our warmest greetings to both winners🫶

[Norwegian Helsinki Committee @nhc_no]

Den 20. juni markerer vi verdens flyktningdag. I dette debattinnlegget skriver Helsingforskomiteens generalsekretær @LindemanBerit og ledere for en rekke norske sivilsamfunnsorganisasjoner at Norge må gjøre mer for mennesker på flukt. [NORW] https://t.co/NazVDNtlpd

[Norwegian Helsinki Committee @nhc_no]

Many European countries provide members of the Russian opposition with residence-like permits without asylum. Norway. does not. - We should support Russian forces for good, NHC's @LindemanBerit and Inna Sangadzhieva write in this op-ed for @vaartland [NORW]https://t.co/lAfDaHB2sV

[Norwegian Helsinki Committee @nhc_no]

What will it take to create peace in Ukraine? NHC Secretary General @LindemanBerit speaks to @Dagsavisen [NORW] https://t.co/VTus3lFzbH

[Norwegian Helsinki Committee @nhc_no]

- De foreslåtte budsjettkutte til menneskerettigheter og demokratistøtte fremstår uansvarlige i en tid der Georgia koker og Gaza brenner, skriver Helsingforskomiteen i et felles debattinnlegg @AmnestyNorge @HRHFoundation @RaftoFoundation @NorskPen m.fl https://t.co/vVEGAsGXfc

[Norwegian Helsinki Committee @nhc_no]

Small communities like Austevoll in Norway have welcomed large numbers of Ukrainian refugees. But Ukraine needs our continued support, also in the documentation of war crimes, NHC's @lenewett writes in this op-ed for @Marsteinen [NORW] https://t.co/2hJjIXrVH9

[Norwegian Helsinki Committee @nhc_no]

As demonstrations in Tbilisi enter their fourth week, NHC’s Ana Pashalishvili often gets asked what’s wrong with the Russia-inspired “foreign agents law”. Her response published today in an op-ed for @vgnett [NORW] https://t.co/xBY0iNBVBG