Photo Courtesy of Interfax-Ukraine On 11 September, Simferopol’s High Court will hand down its final decision on the case of Crimean Tatar leader Akhtem Chiygoz. The political prisoner was arrested in January 2015 in Crimea for having allegedly participated in the February 2014 uprising. Mr Chiygoz’s lawyers reject these allegations, saying that their leader’s detention...
Photo Courtesy of Interfax-Ukraine On 11 September, Simferopol’s High Court will hand down its final decision on the case of Crimean Tatar leader Akhtem Chiygoz. The political prisoner...
Photo Courtesy of Khan Khattak The arrest of political and social media activist Hasnain Ramal on Tuesday 8 August 2017 has triggered an outcry from human rights organizations in the region. Among...
In 1994, the United Nations General Assembly voted for the establishment of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, celebrated since then every 9 August. This year [2017]...
Photo Courtesy of: Radio New Zealand During a debate at the United Nations headquarters in New York, a representative of Vanuatu urged the Human Rights Council to investigate violations happening in West...
Photo Courtesy of: Dhaka Tribune In early 2017, the Government of Bangladesh started an initiative to facilitate the education of indigenous children by introducing pre-primary textbooks in five indigenous...
Photo courtesy of Latin America Bureau (adapted) On 20 July 2017, the Presidency of the Republic of Brazil approved an Opinion Paper of the Union’s Attorney-General instituting a timeframe...
Photo courtesy of The Barotseland Post: Imprisoned Barotse leader Afumba Mombotwa sent a message – the first after being transferred from Mwembeshi to an isolated prison – of determination...
Following the detention and denial of entry into the Italian Senate of Mr Dolkun Isa - Vice-President of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) and Secretary General of the World Uyghur...
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