Photo courtesy of The Wire The Ethiopian Government has charged seven well-known Oromo artists, including Seenaa Solomon and Elias Kiflu, with terrorism for producing ‘inciting’ materials. The government has been intensifying its efforts to silence political singers, who produce resistance songs by putting them in jail or forcing them to flee the country. However, despite being repressed...
Photo courtesy of The Wire The Ethiopian Government has charged seven well-known Oromo artists, including Seenaa Solomon and Elias Kiflu, with terrorism for producing ‘inciting’ materials....
Photo courtesy of Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty On 11 July 2017, a court in Russia ruled that, Rafis Kashapov, a preeminent activist who has criticised Russia’s treatment of Crimean Tatars,...
On the 18th of July 2017, the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) and the World Baloch Organization (WBO) organised the seminar “Hanging by a Thread: CPEC, Progressive Nationalism...
Photo Courtesy of SMHRIC On 15 July 2017, Mongolian herder Nairalt Borjigin has been released after more than two years-imprisonment for having stood up for herders’ rights. Following his release,...
Photo Courtesy of Reuters On 17 July 2017, a new defence bill strengthening the ties between Taiwan and the US was passed by the US House Representative, causing China’s harsh reaction. The popular...
Photo courtesy of RFA/AFP On 8 July 2017, a ceremony to re-ordain Venerable Lieu Ny as a Buddhist monk was impeded by Vietnamese authorities. After being disrobed an imprisoned for 4 years –...
Thanks to the generous support of the Nando and Elsa Peretti Foundation, the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) held a screening and discussion of the short documentary...
Photo Courtesy of NCRI On 11 July 2017, Iranian security forces arrested members of an Ahwazi family after violently beating them. The incident occurred in the city of Ahvaz, before the demolition...
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