May 23, 2017

Somaliland: How International Recognition Could Foster Regional Development

Photo courtesy of African Arguments   As this week marks the 26th anniversary of Somaliland’s reassertion of independence, Dr Saad Ali Shire, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Republic of Somaliland, drew attention to the need of being better prepared to respond to environmental and economic crisis, referring to the dreadful situation generated by the severe...

May 23, 2017

Somaliland: How International Recognition Could...

Photo courtesy of African Arguments   As this week marks the 26th anniversary of Somaliland’s reassertion of independence, Dr Saad Ali Shire, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International...

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May 22, 2017

IRA Mauritania in Belgium Stands Up Against S...

On 20 May 2017, members and supporters of the Initiative for the Resurgence of Abolitionism in Mauritania (IRA Mauritania) in Belgium gathered in Square du Bastion in Brussels, Belgium, to demonstrate...

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May 22, 2017

Chittagong Hill Tracts: The Jummas’ Plight Under...

The indigenous communities of the Chittagong Hill Tracts are going through an ordeal due to the heavy military rule that denies the possibility for organisations to investigate and report the numerous...

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May 22, 2017

Tibet: 22nd Anniversary of Panchen Lama’s Arbitrary...

Photo Courtesy of the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy   On 17 May 2017, on the occasion of the 22nd anniversary of the 11th Panchen Lama’s arbitrary arrest, the Tibetan Centre...

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May 20, 2017

Conference at University of Oxford Considers CPEC...

At the University of Oxford on 19 May 2017, the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) collaborated with the University of Oxford’s School of Geography and the Environment to organise...

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May 19, 2017

Taiwan: China Blocks Island’s Participation...

Vice President Chen Chien-jen during an interview with TIME on May 15, 2017 in Taipei China blocked Taiwan’s participation in this year’s World Health Assembly (WHA), the decision-making...

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May 19, 2017

Crimean Tatars: Candles Lit in Berlin in Memory...

Photo courtesy of Kyivpost   On 19 May 2017, a group of people gathered in Berlin to commemorate the anniversary of the deportation of the Crimean Tatar people. Participants in the event placed...

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May 18, 2017

Brazil: Indigenous Leaderships Oppose New President...

Photo Courtesy of The Sidney Morning Herald   An army general, Franklimberg Freitas, has been appointed as the new president of Brazil’s National Indian Foundation (FUNAI), agency dedicated...

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