A demonstration marking the anniversary of the arrival of Christopher Columbus to the Americas was dispersed by the Chilean police in Santiago, Chile, on Sunday 12 October 2014. The Mapuche organised the demonstration to protest the lack of rights on their ancestral lands. Columbus Day celebrations are seen as disrespectful by many indigenous communities due to the oppression they suffered under colonial...
A demonstration marking the anniversary of the arrival of Christopher Columbus to the Americas was dispersed by the Chilean police in Santiago, Chile, on Sunday 12 October 2014. The Mapuche organised the...
A Chinese court issued another twelve death sentences, and dozens more were given other heavy sentences as a response to the 28 July 2014 clash, which left 96 people dead after security forces fired into...
The Secretary-General of the Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran met with US representatives in Washington DC last Friday to discuss attacks on Iraqi Kurdistan by the so-called Islamic State, and clashes...
Photo courtesy of: SFT HQ@flickr The Chinese authorities have issued a statement dismissing any possibility of the Dalai Lama returning to Tibet, following an indication made by the Dalai Lama that he...
Following increasing reports of harassment and persecution of the Crimean Tatars by Russian authorities, the US Mission to the OSCE has issued a statement urging Russia to end its harassment of religious...
The idyllic spa resort of Saint-Gervais-les-Bains in south-eastern France is not only a tourist attraction, but also the headquarters of the Direction of Savosian Affairs [Direction aux affaires savoisiennes],...
On the occasion of Taiwan’s National Day, the President of Taiwan, Ma Ying-jeou, called upon China to allow for a move towards democracy in Hong Kong and rejected Beijing’s claims that Western-style...
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