The Women Human Rights Defenders International Coalition (WHRDIC) condemns the violent attack on woman human rights defender, Ms Hana Shams Ahmed, allegedly by the Bangalee Somo Odhikar Andolon (BSOA) group, and is alarmed by the failure of police to provide protection despite known, repeated threats.
The Women Human Rights Defenders International Coalition (WHRDIC) condemns the violent attack on woman human rights defender, Ms Hana Shams Ahmed, allegedly by the Bangalee Somo Odhikar Andolon (BSOA)...
A lawmaker has proposed the inclusion of Moro history, culture and identity as a component in the higher education curriculum. House Deputy Speaker, Mr Pangilian Balindong (Lanao del Sur, 2nd district),...
United Naga Council (UNC) has declared Mayopam Ramror and Ramkashing Vashi, who were inhumanly shot dead by State forces during the Saturday’s peace rally [30 August 2014], as the “Martyrs...
Students from as far afield as Vladivostok and Crimea groaned a collective sigh on Monday [1 September 2014] as kindergartens, schools and universities opened their doors for the start of a new academic...
The Members of UNPO are no strangers to the reality of enforced disappearances. Indigenous peoples and minority groups are disproportionately affected by enforced disappearances in their struggles to secure...
The Iraqi town of Amerli which has been under siege since mid-June was freed by the combined efforts of mainly Kurdish peshmerga, US air strikes and Iraq goverment forces this weekend. Estimations of the...
China’s decision to assert their control over Hong Kong has led to worries among groups who work towards an independent Taiwan. If China manages to use force to subjugate Hong Kong, then Taiwan is...
The Tibetan Autonomous Region administration made claims toward the end of August 2014 that the Dalai Lama was in talks with Beijing through ’personal envoys’ on the possibility of returning...
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