Jun 30, 2017

Crimean Tatars: Activist Ahtem Chyigoz’s Pre-Verdict Detention Prolonged

Photo courtesy of QHA   The detention of Crimean Tatar activist Ahtem Chiygoz has been extended for another three more months by a court in Russian-occupied Crimea. Mr Chiygoz has been imprisoned for more than two years without a judicial verdict being given, charged with “organizing public disorder” for involvement in street clashes between pro-Ukrainian and pro-Russian supporters...

Jun 30, 2017

Crimean Tatars: Activist Ahtem Chyigoz’s Pre-Verdict...

Photo courtesy of QHA   The detention of Crimean Tatar activist Ahtem Chiygoz has been extended for another three more months by a court in Russian-occupied Crimea. Mr Chiygoz has been imprisoned...

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Jun 30, 2017

Press Release UNPO Reception “Self-Determination...

On 27 June 2017, as part of the 2017 UNPO General Assembly, the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) held a reception at the Scottish Parliament, hosted by Joan McAlpine MSP from the Scottish...

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Jun 30, 2017

Balochistan: Daughters of Forcibly Disappeared...

Photo Courtesy of ANI On 26 June 2017, the daughters of an abducted Baloch doctor and member of the Baloch national movement started a three-day hunger strike, demanding the safe and immediate release...

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Jun 30, 2017

PAFD Press Release: TPLF/EPRDF’s Regime Must...

  On 30 June 2017, the People's Alliance for Freedom and Democracy (PAFD) issued a press statement denouncing the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF)'s violation of the rights...

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Jun 29, 2017

Ogoni: Dutch Court to Investigate Shell’s Complicity...

Photo Courtesy of Amnesty International Four widows of members of the so-called Ogoni Nine accuse Dutch oil company Shell of having been passive accomplices in the executions of their husbands in 1995....

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Jun 28, 2017

Scottish Parliament Conference: Sharing Perspectives...

  The Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO), in collaboration with the Third Generation Project (TGP) and MSP Willie Rennie (Scottish Liberal Democrats), held a conference...

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Jun 28, 2017

Assyria: Christian Towns Remain Deserted Due to...

Photos courtesy of Tommy Trenchard Following the reclamation of many Iraqi towns from ISIS, places that were largely Christian are not seeing their populations return with any rapidity. The Northern Iraqi...

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Jun 28, 2017

UNPO’s XIII General Assembly Adopts Resolution...

Photo courtesy of Xianyi Shen @flickr.com On 27 June 2017, a representative of the Southern Mongolian Human Rights Information Center (SMHRIC) presented its resolution to the UNPO General Assembly. Dr...

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