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Norwegian Helsinki Committee

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The NHC has been working to promote human rights since 1977. Support us, support democracy. We are also represented in Central Asia.

The Norwegian Helsinki Committee is a non-governmental organisation working to ensure that human rights are respected in practice. We do this trough monitoring, reporting, teaching and democracy support. The Norwegian Helsinki Committee works in the belief that documentation and activities of organisations such as ours are vital to enable states to protect human rights in their own countries, as well as in others. The Norwegian Helsinki Committee particularly works on countries in Europe, Central Asia and North America. For the past few years our international work has focused on states in the former Soviet Union and the West Balkans. The Norwegian Helsinki Committee was was established in 1977 and today has 25 employees, with a head office in Oslo. The work of the Committee is based on the Helsinki Final Act which was signed by 35 European and North American states at the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) in 1975. This declaration establishes that human rights are vital to ensure peace and cooperation between states. Code of conduct:
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- threats and improper behaviour
- endless repetition of the same message
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15/10/2026

🎉 This week, we celebrate a meaningful step forward as Hungary repeals its discriminatory anti-LGBTIQ+ legislation.

🇭🇺🏳️‍🌈 After 16 years of Orbán, it’s finally time for change.

However...

There’s still a long way to go:

❗️Magyar needs to get started on restoring rule of law after Orban’s reign has put heavy restrictions on the LGBTIQ+ organisations and activists.

❗️True equality cannot be achieved in half-measures while the law banning legal gender recognition remains firmly in place.

❗️Safeguarding the LGBTIQ+ community against hate speech and discrimination.

📣 Celebrating progress is vital, but we must continue pushing until human rights, dignity, and full legal protection are guaranteed for everyone without exception.

Keep it up, Hungary!

10/10/2026

💫 10 October marks 165 years since the birth of Fridtjof Nansen, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and one of Norway’s national heroes.

🌍 Nansen’s legacy extends far beyond Norway. His birthday is remembered in other countries, too - including Ukraine, where his humanitarian work continues to hold special significance.

💙💛 Now his legacy lives on in the form of the Nansen Support Programme, focused partly on supporting Ukrainian already incredibly vibrant civil society. So we asked some of our dear colleagues from Ukraine to describe what Nansen means to them.

09/10/2026

💫Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Navi Pillay💫

📣 From fighting apartheid in South Africa to serving as the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay has dedicated her life to defending the marginalized and oppressed.

💪 Her pioneering legal work established sexual violence as an act of genocide, setting a global standard for justice and accountability.

We congratulate Pillay with a well-deserved prize!

📸: AFP

07/10/2026

Twenty years ago today, on October 7, 2006, a courageous and fearless Russian journalist by the name of Anna Politkovskaya was murdered at the entrance to her apartment building in Moscow. The investigation has never established who, exactly, ordered her killing.

Anna Politkovskaya understood early on what Putin’s destructive regime would bring—not only to the international order, but to Russia itself. She travelled frequently to Chechnya, a republic engulfed in a devastating war, which she tried to stop with the means available to her as a reporter. One month before she was assassinated, Anna spoke at a conference in Sweden, where she said: “If you do not stop Putin in Chechnya, he will bring the war to Europe.” And so he did.

Anna’s murder should have been a clear warning. But the world did not listen. Today, we are seeing the cost of ignoring journalists and human rights defenders like her.

Since 2007, the Norwegian Helsinki Committee has organized an annual conference in Anna Politkovskaya’s memory, exploring different aspects of journalism today. This year’s Anna Politkovskaya Forum takes place in Oslo on October 20, 2026. We will discuss how attacks on media freedom go hand in hand with a steady decline of democracy in many parts of the world. We demand that journalists enjoy physical and psychological safety, as well as the digital and financial security, required to carry out their work.

02/10/2026

❤️‍🩹 Russian historian, political prisoner and Sakharov Freedom Award laureate Yuri Dmitriev, 70, has been urgently transferred to a prison medical facility after suffering a suspected stroke.

❗️Internationally known for uncovering mass graves of Soviet repression victims, Dmitriev has been serving a 15-year sentence on charges widely condemned by rights groups and global scholars as politically motivated.

📣 We suspect the prison hospital lacks the proper equipment to treat him and demand his immediate transfer to a civilian hospital, and when is treated, his release from prison!

📸: 7x7

24/09/2026

Our democracy is under threat – The Norwegian Helsinki Committee defends it📣

20/09/2026

🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️LGBTIQ+ rights are human rights!

❗️We can never accept the infringement of one group’s rights.

🌈 We stand with the LGBTIQ+ community in Türkiye.

📸: Lasse Thomassen/NHC

18/09/2026

Putin loves elections!

18 September kicks off Russia’s parliamentary «elections»

News clips: Telegram

Overlays: AI used for the images of Putin as a judge and boxer

17/09/2026

❗️The LGBTIQ+ community is currently facing a massive, coordinated crackdown by Turkish authorities, involving office raids, the arrest of activists and blocked accounts.

😔 The authorities are using baseless accusations regarding "public morality" to paralyze and criminalize legitimate human rights work.

📣 We demand that Turkey immediately halt these attacks and release everyone detained for their activism.

🇳🇴 We also urge the Norwegian government to urgently raise this issue with Turkey to protect q***r individuals and human rights defenders.

🪧 If you are based in Norway:
Come join us outside the Turkish embassy Friday 18 September at 3 pm.

🏳️‍🌈 We stand with the Turkish LGBTIQ+ community.

Read our statement in the comments👇

16/09/2026

🎉 Today brings incredible news: 25 political prisoners have finally been released from Belarusian prisons following diplomatic negotiations!

🫶 We are overwhelmingly happy for each and every person who has regained their freedom today. They all deserve both their freedom and true justice.

❗️But as we celebrate, we cannot ignore the blatant hypocrisy of this regime. Just yesterday, while actively negotiating the release of these 25 people in exchange for sanctions relief, Lukashenko was publicly claiming that there are "no political prisoners" in Belarus.

😔 The truth is undeniable, and his words ring hollow. There are still hundreds of people unjustly behind bars in Belarus who are used as political bargaining chips.

❤️‍🩹 We stand in absolute solidarity with each and every person who is still in prison. Our hearts are with them, and we hope to see them released and reunited with their loved ones as soon as possible.

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