In 2009 Freedom House sent a delegation comprised of human rights defenders from former Soviet Union countries and satellite states to the OSCE's annual Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM) in Warsaw, where NGOs and participating states assess how well those states have lived up to their human rights commitments.  Members of Freedom House's delegation participated in a wide array of events and meetings dedicated to the advancement of human rights, and several of their statements have made it to the OSCE's "Daily Highlights" website for HDIM.  To read what Freedom House's delegates have to say and learn more about them, please click on the links below.

Wednesday 7 October: www.osce.org/conferences/hdim_2009.html (Emin Huseynzade, Transitions Online, Azerbaijan)

Tuesday 6 October:   www.osce.org/conferences/hdim_2009.html (Vladimir Shkolnikov, Freedom House Europe)

Wednesday 30 September: www.osce.org/conferences/hdim_2009.html (Vladimir Shkolnikov, Freedom House Europe)

Tuesday 29 September:  www.osce.org/conferences/hdim_2009.html (Yevgeny Zhovtis, Kazakhstan International Human Rights Bureau - statement read at one of Freedom House's events)

Monday 28 September: www.osce.org/conferences/hdim_2009.html (Almaz Esengeldiev, Freedom House Kyrgyzstan/Partners in Human Rights; Vyachelsav Abramov, MediaNet, Kazakhstan)

Also, if you would like to read several of the interventions that Freedom House's delegates made (in both Russian and English), please click here.