Sep 19, 2014

Tibet: Dalai Lama Calls On India to Raise Border Issues during Xi Jinping Visit

His Holiness the Dalai Lama stated that he believes that the Tibetan issue also affects India due to copious incidents along the border with China. India should take advantage of the visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to raise the issue. The Tibetan spiritual leader also believes China has a lot to learn from a diverse, multilingual and multicultural country like India.

Sep 19, 2014

Tibet: Dalai Lama Calls On India to Raise Border...

His Holiness the Dalai Lama stated that he believes that the Tibetan issue also affects India due to copious incidents along the border with China. India should take advantage of the visit of Chinese President...

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Sep 18, 2014

Tibet: Deteriorating Situation Debated at UN Human...

At the 27th session of the UN Human Rights Council, human rights violations in Tibet were are the forefront; NGOs alerted that the People’s Republic of China (PRC) is not complying...

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Sep 18, 2014

Iraqi Kurdistan: International Support for Women...

An official from Iraqi Kurdistan has stated that the international community must take serious action to address the issue of crimes against women by condemning these human right abuses and encouraging...

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Sep 17, 2014

East Turkestan: Show Trial for Arrested Uyghur...

Uyghur academic and economist, Ilham Tohti, was arrested on charges of separatism for peacefully challenging Chinese Government policies. Disturbing reports have surfaced that Ilham Tohti has been subjected...

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Sep 17, 2014

Iraqi Turkmen: Red Crescent and Red Cross To Intensify...

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Socities (IFRC) has pledged to continue and increase its humanitarian activities and provision of aid to the internally displaced people of Iraq. ...

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Sep 17, 2014

Batwa: Indigenous Environmental Refugees in U...

Since 1991, the Batwa people in Uganda have been evicted from their homes in the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest as a result of environmental conservation. The eviction of the Batwa from their homeland...

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Sep 17, 2014

Ogoniland: Nigeria Government Finally Ready to...

Three years after the UNEP published its Environmental Assessment report outlining a framework to clean and restore the environment in Ogoniland, the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Ms Diezani Alison-Madueke,...

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Sep 16, 2014

Nagalim: Appeal to End ‘Habitual Raiding’...

The Naga Hoho, the governing body of the Naga people, recently appealed to the Assam Rifles, as well as the Ceasefire Monitoring Group, to maintain the 1997 mutual ceasefire. The appeal followed what was...

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