NHC partners with Oslo Freedom Forum

Norwegian Helsinki Committee is one of the partners of the Oslo Freedom Forum taking place in 2011.

The Forum gathers human rights defenders, politicians journalists and entrepreneurs from all over the world for three days of discussions and informationsharing. You can follow the Forum live on the www.OsloFreedomForum.com livestream. NHC is a partner of Oslo Freedom Forum together with Amnesty Norway, Plan Norge and Civita.

The Norwegian Helsinki Committee is proud to have invited the Azerbaijani journalist and human rights activist Malahat Nasibova to the forum. Nasibova spoke today under the Dispelling Myths section. Nasibova focused on the grave human rights situation in Azerbaijan with a particular focus on the situation in the autonomous region of Nakhchivan. Nasibova made a reference to the report Azerbaijan’s Dark Island: Human rights violations in Nakhchivan, which was published by the Norwegian Helsinki Committee in late 2009. 
Download the full report here