Lene Wetteland
@lenewett.bsky.social
Head of the Documentation and Accountability Hub of the Norwegian Helsinki Committee https://bsky.app/profile/nhcno.bsky.social - defending human rights, civil society and accountability in Eastern Europe, South Caucasus and Central Asia.
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Free people first! – Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, human rights and press freedom defenders, former political prisoners, and families of those still in detention and captivity, appeal to President Trump before the meeting with Putin in Alaska. #People1st
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People First - Open letter to President Trump
People First! Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, human rights defenders, former political prisoners, appeal to President Trump before meeting Putin
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August 15, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Free people first! – Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, human rights and press freedom defenders, former political prisoners, and families of those still in detention and captivity, appeal to President Trump before the meeting with Putin in Alaska. #People1st
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For 34 years, Ukraine has stood strong. For over 11 years, it has resisted Russian aggression. And for 3½ years, it has endured a full-scale invasion. Yet the Ukrainian spirit remains unbroken.
We stand with Ukraine.
💙Slava Ukraïni💛
We stand with Ukraine.
💙Slava Ukraïni💛
August 24, 2025 at 11:07 AM
For 34 years, Ukraine has stood strong. For over 11 years, it has resisted Russian aggression. And for 3½ years, it has endured a full-scale invasion. Yet the Ukrainian spirit remains unbroken.
We stand with Ukraine.
💙Slava Ukraïni💛
We stand with Ukraine.
💙Slava Ukraïni💛
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📣 We are excited to announce that Ukrainian organizations now can apply for the Nansen program’s small grants “Enable to impact”. This call is administered by Kyiv Human Rights Hub, Center for Civil Liberties and the NHC, with the support of @norad.no
Deadline: August 8
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Deadline: August 8
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Конкурс малих грантів “Спроможні впливати” – Київський хаб прав людини
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July 10, 2025 at 1:26 PM
📣 We are excited to announce that Ukrainian organizations now can apply for the Nansen program’s small grants “Enable to impact”. This call is administered by Kyiv Human Rights Hub, Center for Civil Liberties and the NHC, with the support of @norad.no
Deadline: August 8
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Deadline: August 8
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Duma rep Andrei Lugovoy has sent a letter to Russian Justice Dep to list NHC as an «undesirable organization» after decades of cooperation with dissidents and human rights defenders. We strongly disagree & see this as part of the Kremlin’s campaign against civil society. So far no official response
July 4, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Duma rep Andrei Lugovoy has sent a letter to Russian Justice Dep to list NHC as an «undesirable organization» after decades of cooperation with dissidents and human rights defenders. We strongly disagree & see this as part of the Kremlin’s campaign against civil society. So far no official response
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Siarhei Tsikhanouski is free🤍❤️🤍
We are so happy that Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya’s husband has been released, along with 13 other political prisoners in Belarus. We will continue the fight for Ales Bialiatski and more than 1400 others!!
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We are so happy that Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya’s husband has been released, along with 13 other political prisoners in Belarus. We will continue the fight for Ales Bialiatski and more than 1400 others!!
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June 21, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Siarhei Tsikhanouski is free🤍❤️🤍
We are so happy that Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya’s husband has been released, along with 13 other political prisoners in Belarus. We will continue the fight for Ales Bialiatski and more than 1400 others!!
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We are so happy that Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya’s husband has been released, along with 13 other political prisoners in Belarus. We will continue the fight for Ales Bialiatski and more than 1400 others!!
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Hjelp oss dokumentere krigsforbrytelser i Ukraina ved å støtte denne spleisen! Tusen takk til Dommerforeningen for initiativet!
Thank you to the Norwegian Judges Association / Dommerforeningen for this crowdfunding initiative to support the NHC’s work to document war crimes in #Ukraine💙💛 Together with local partners such as Truth Hounds, we are committed to securing justice for Ukrainians.
www.spleis.no/project/434836 (NORW)
www.spleis.no/project/434836 (NORW)
Hjelp oss å dokumentere krigsforbrytelser i Ukraina!
Alle pengene går til de som med livet som innsats samler bevis for krigsforbrytelser i Ukraina
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June 16, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Hjelp oss dokumentere krigsforbrytelser i Ukraina ved å støtte denne spleisen! Tusen takk til Dommerforeningen for initiativet!
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The group of 37 countries' position on establishing a special tribunal is historic and essential in holding Russian leaders responsible for the crime of aggression against Ukraine. The NHC calls upon states worldwide to support the tribunal. @beritlindeman.bsky.social @ekelove.bsky.social
Historic step to create the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine
On 9 May 2025, foreign ministers met in Lviv, Ukraine, announcing the establishment of the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine. The Tribunal builds on resolutions by the UN Ge...
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May 13, 2025 at 12:21 PM
The group of 37 countries' position on establishing a special tribunal is historic and essential in holding Russian leaders responsible for the crime of aggression against Ukraine. The NHC calls upon states worldwide to support the tribunal. @beritlindeman.bsky.social @ekelove.bsky.social
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Today, it is 20 years since the #ANDIJAN massacre!
❗Order investigation
❗Release Information
❗Compensate survivors
❗Punish perpetrators
Ensure that it never can happen again‼️
#Usbekistan
📸 The square where the massacre took place
❗Order investigation
❗Release Information
❗Compensate survivors
❗Punish perpetrators
Ensure that it never can happen again‼️
#Usbekistan
📸 The square where the massacre took place
May 13, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Today, it is 20 years since the #ANDIJAN massacre!
❗Order investigation
❗Release Information
❗Compensate survivors
❗Punish perpetrators
Ensure that it never can happen again‼️
#Usbekistan
📸 The square where the massacre took place
❗Order investigation
❗Release Information
❗Compensate survivors
❗Punish perpetrators
Ensure that it never can happen again‼️
#Usbekistan
📸 The square where the massacre took place
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Read 'The Forbidden Times'—an illegal newspaper in many parts of the world. Today is World Press Freedom Day. Together with the Nobel Peace Center and Narvesen, we publish this newspaper in Norway and present articles from journalists in regimes that censor media and imprison or kill journalists.
‘Illegal newspaper’ published on World Press Freedom Day
Reporters Without Borders’ Press Freedom Index shows that press freedom is moving in the wrong direction in an increasing number of countries. More than half of the world’s population lives in countri...
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May 3, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Read 'The Forbidden Times'—an illegal newspaper in many parts of the world. Today is World Press Freedom Day. Together with the Nobel Peace Center and Narvesen, we publish this newspaper in Norway and present articles from journalists in regimes that censor media and imprison or kill journalists.
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#Norway must take the lead for democracy. The NHC's Annual Meeting has issued a statement asking Norway to establish a new democracy programme and strengthen support for the international legal order. (NORW) @espenbartheide.bsky.social @norwaymfa.government.no @norad.no @beritlindeman.bsky.social
Norge må gå i front for demokratiet
I lys av at det i 2025 er 50 år siden de europeiske landene, Nord-Amerika og Sovjetunionen undertegnet Helsingforserklæringen ønsker Helsingforskomiteens årsmøte i 2025 at Norge må gi nødhjelp til dem...
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April 25, 2025 at 1:17 PM
#Norway must take the lead for democracy. The NHC's Annual Meeting has issued a statement asking Norway to establish a new democracy programme and strengthen support for the international legal order. (NORW) @espenbartheide.bsky.social @norwaymfa.government.no @norad.no @beritlindeman.bsky.social
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Civil society organisations, including NHC, call on all state parties to the #ICCStatute to amend the International Criminal Court’s jurisdiction over the crime of aggression. We need a legal framework that can effectively deter state leaders from waging aggressive wars.
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Harmonization of the ICC’s Jurisdiction over the Crime of Aggression: A Call for Reform
We respectfully call on all states parties to take the steps required to amend the International Criminal Court’s jurisdiction over the crime of aggression. What the international community needs is a...
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April 9, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Civil society organisations, including NHC, call on all state parties to the #ICCStatute to amend the International Criminal Court’s jurisdiction over the crime of aggression. We need a legal framework that can effectively deter state leaders from waging aggressive wars.
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I dag har jeg en ny kronikk på trykk i @altinget.bsky.social hvor jeg skriver om russisk manipulering av informasjon som del av Kremls langsiktige strategi i jakten på sine stormaktsambisjoner. Åpen for alle 🙌
Russisk informasjonsmanipulering tas ikke alvorlig nok, skriver spaltist @kaeggen.bsky.social
Det er både kostnadseffektivt og en del av Kremls langsiktige plan.
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Det er både kostnadseffektivt og en del av Kremls langsiktige plan.
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Russisk informasjonsmanipulering er et strategisk anliggende - Altinget
Russiske informasjonsoperasjoner tas fortsatt ikke alvorlig nok. Vi vil trolig se økt aktivitet i dette domenet fremover, som skreddersys for å påvirke Russlands motstandere. Dette er del av en langsi...
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April 8, 2025 at 7:48 AM
I dag har jeg en ny kronikk på trykk i @altinget.bsky.social hvor jeg skriver om russisk manipulering av informasjon som del av Kremls langsiktige strategi i jakten på sine stormaktsambisjoner. Åpen for alle 🙌
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$23.7 billion in Western companies’ goods reaching Russia via China and Hong Kong during sanctions, shows a new report by @b4ukraine.org, NHC, and Corisk. The G7, EU, and European governments must particularly address the flow of santioned goods vital to Russia's war efforts.
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$23.7 Billion in Western companies’ goods reaching Russia via China and Hong Kong
Despite sanctions, goods produced in Western countries increasingly reach Russia via China and Hong Kong, totaling $9.2 billion from April 2022 to July 2024. Including all goods produced by Western co...
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April 7, 2025 at 1:23 PM
$23.7 billion in Western companies’ goods reaching Russia via China and Hong Kong during sanctions, shows a new report by @b4ukraine.org, NHC, and Corisk. The G7, EU, and European governments must particularly address the flow of santioned goods vital to Russia's war efforts.
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Armenia and Azerbaijan have announced that a peace agreement is closer than ever. But it does not include elements needed to make it last, such as dealing with the completely opposing versions of events during the many years of conflict. @lenewett.bsky.social (Norw.)
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Et tynt håp om fred i Kaukasus
Armenia og Aserbajdsjan sier de er enige om en fredsavtale. Folk Klassekampen har snakket med i de to landene, tror likevel ikke at konflikten er over.
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March 31, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Armenia and Azerbaijan have announced that a peace agreement is closer than ever. But it does not include elements needed to make it last, such as dealing with the completely opposing versions of events during the many years of conflict. @lenewett.bsky.social (Norw.)
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Important decision that Norway ratifies the ICC Kampala Amendments on the crime of aggression - more countries should follow suit
ICJ Norway and the NHC support Norway's ratification of the so-called Kampala Amendments to the Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on the crime of aggression. (NORW)
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Støtter at Norge ratifiserer endringer i ICC-vedtekter om aggresjonsforbrytelsen
ICJ Norge og Den norske Helsingforskomité støtter at Norge ratifiserer endringer i vedtektene til ICC om aggresjonsforbrytelsen, vedtatt i Kampala 11. juni 2010, og forslaget om et nytt straffebud om ...
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March 21, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Important decision that Norway ratifies the ICC Kampala Amendments on the crime of aggression - more countries should follow suit
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UD brukte i en 20 års periode millioner på å forbedre soningsforholdene i russiske fengsler. En samarbeidspartner var Vodnik varetektsfengsel i Moskva hvor politiske fanger nå opplever barbariske avhørsmetoder. Fredag sanksjonerte Norge russisk kriminalomsorg, 10 måneder etter EU gjorde det samme.
Norway sanctions Russian judges, prosecutors responsible for repression
19 individuals responsible for serious human rights violations were Friday listed on Norway’s sanctions regime for Russia. Furthermore, Oslo introduces trade restrictions on equipment and software whi...
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March 15, 2025 at 8:08 AM
UD brukte i en 20 års periode millioner på å forbedre soningsforholdene i russiske fengsler. En samarbeidspartner var Vodnik varetektsfengsel i Moskva hvor politiske fanger nå opplever barbariske avhørsmetoder. Fredag sanksjonerte Norge russisk kriminalomsorg, 10 måneder etter EU gjorde det samme.
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The elections in #Tajikistan are a meaningless exercise as long as the opposition is outlawed, and its members are in prison. We call on Tajik authorities to free political prisoners and allow the peaceful opposition to operate, says @beritlindeman.bsky.social
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Tajikistan: Parliamentary elections amidst a human rights crisis
According to information, published by Tajik media, the ruling People’s Democratic Party of Tajikistan won 49 out of 63 seats. The remaining seats were divided among four pro-government parties: the A...
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March 6, 2025 at 8:47 AM
The elections in #Tajikistan are a meaningless exercise as long as the opposition is outlawed, and its members are in prison. We call on Tajik authorities to free political prisoners and allow the peaceful opposition to operate, says @beritlindeman.bsky.social
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Interesting session with parliamentarians from #Ukraine at the Norwegian @stortinget.no today - nobody wants peace more than Ukrainians, and I want my partner back from the front, but not if it means that my 12-year son has to be sent to the front in 6 years time due to a bad peace agreement..
March 5, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Interesting session with parliamentarians from #Ukraine at the Norwegian @stortinget.no today - nobody wants peace more than Ukrainians, and I want my partner back from the front, but not if it means that my 12-year son has to be sent to the front in 6 years time due to a bad peace agreement..
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Remembering Boris Nemtsov❤️ Today marks the 10 years since the Russian opposition leader was murdered. He was not afraid and openly opposed Putin's military aggression against Ukraine, protested against the wars in Chechnya, fought against corruption. For this, he was silenced
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February 27, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Remembering Boris Nemtsov❤️ Today marks the 10 years since the Russian opposition leader was murdered. He was not afraid and openly opposed Putin's military aggression against Ukraine, protested against the wars in Chechnya, fought against corruption. For this, he was silenced
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📷Ivan Lapyrin/Unsplash
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The US and Russia cannot strike a peace deal without #Ukraine at the table. They must prioritise release of forcibly deported Ukrainian children, Ukrainian civilians held by Russia, and prisoners of war on both sides. Russian war crimes must be prosecuted in order to achieve a lasting peace.
February 20, 2025 at 10:02 AM
The US and Russia cannot strike a peace deal without #Ukraine at the table. They must prioritise release of forcibly deported Ukrainian children, Ukrainian civilians held by Russia, and prisoners of war on both sides. Russian war crimes must be prosecuted in order to achieve a lasting peace.
Ukrainian NGOs respond to ridiculous dictator allegations: “elections in Ukraine must take place-but only after the war is over, sustainable peace is achieved, and security and other conditions are in place to allow for free, fair, democratic, and accessible elections.” oporaua.org/en/vybory/st...
Statement of Ukrainian Non-Governmental Organizations on the Impossibility of Holding Democratic Elections without the Sustainable Peace
Any peace process should take into account Ukraine's voice and a logical sequence of actions to restore electoral cycles: 1) a sustainable ceasefire under the security guarantees of the guarantor coun...
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February 20, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Ukrainian NGOs respond to ridiculous dictator allegations: “elections in Ukraine must take place-but only after the war is over, sustainable peace is achieved, and security and other conditions are in place to allow for free, fair, democratic, and accessible elections.” oporaua.org/en/vybory/st...
Very important statement from our partners Truth Hounds and other organisations in #Ukraine - nothing about Ukraine without Ukraine, and any attempt of reconciliation without justice is unacceptable. truth-hounds.org/en/cases/sta...
Statement of Ukrainian Human Rights Organizations Regarding the Inadmissibility of Negotiations about Ukraine without Ukraine – Truth Hounds
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February 19, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Very important statement from our partners Truth Hounds and other organisations in #Ukraine - nothing about Ukraine without Ukraine, and any attempt of reconciliation without justice is unacceptable. truth-hounds.org/en/cases/sta...
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At least 20,000 Ukrainian children are abducted to Russia and are held in indoctrination camps or adopted, even if their parents are still alive in #Ukraine. - Under humanitarian law, strict requirements apply to the detention of children, says @lenewett.bsky.social to @nettavisen.no (NORW.)
Putins ukjente forbrytelse: – Kidnapper barn
Titusenvis av barn er bortført fra Ukraina til Russland. Det kan koste Vladimir Putin friheten.
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February 10, 2025 at 12:55 PM
At least 20,000 Ukrainian children are abducted to Russia and are held in indoctrination camps or adopted, even if their parents are still alive in #Ukraine. - Under humanitarian law, strict requirements apply to the detention of children, says @lenewett.bsky.social to @nettavisen.no (NORW.)
I am talking to @nettavisen.no about Ukrainian children in Russian control - horrible indoctrination in Russia, but also terror regime in occupied parts of #Ukraine (NORW) #people1st www.nettavisen.no/nyheter/puti...
Putins ukjente forbrytelse: – Kidnapper barn
Titusenvis av barn er bortført fra Ukraina til Russland. Det kan koste Vladimir Putin friheten.
www.nettavisen.no
February 9, 2025 at 8:17 AM
I am talking to @nettavisen.no about Ukrainian children in Russian control - horrible indoctrination in Russia, but also terror regime in occupied parts of #Ukraine (NORW) #people1st www.nettavisen.no/nyheter/puti...
Now is the chance to step up the support - Norway has new government and a minister of finance more informed than most on he situation in and regarding #Ukraine.
The Norwegian government should increase its support for #Ukraine. This is not only an act of solidarity but also an investment in European security and human rights. VG today (NORW)
#regjeringenStøre @norwaymfa.government.no @beritlindeman.bsky.social @aageb.bsky.social
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#regjeringenStøre @norwaymfa.government.no @beritlindeman.bsky.social @aageb.bsky.social
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Meninger: Støre og Stoltenbergs historiske mulighet
Regjerningen bør øke støtten til Ukraina. Det er en nødvendig investering i sikkerhet og menneskerettigheter i Europa.
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February 7, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Now is the chance to step up the support - Norway has new government and a minister of finance more informed than most on he situation in and regarding #Ukraine.