Apr 01, 2020

Chittagong Hill Tracts: Human Rights Situation Worsens

On 1 April 2020, the Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti released its latest monthly report on the human rights situation of the Jumma people in Chittagong Hill Tracts. The organisation alerts for the growing efforts of the Bangladeshi state to nullify the Accord Implementation Process, thus weakening the movement for the right of self-determination of the Jumma people. Amidst the global...

Apr 01, 2020

Chittagong Hill Tracts: Human Rights Situation...

On 1 April 2020, the Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti released its latest monthly report on the human rights situation of the Jumma people in Chittagong Hill Tracts. The organisation alerts...

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Apr 01, 2020

Coronavirus: Ethiopia's Communications Blackout...

In a press briefing, the Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has expressed deep concerns with the continued communications shutdown in parts of Ethiopia and has called on all...

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Apr 01, 2020

Coronavirus: Trade and Tourism in Abkhazia Af...

Abkhazia is beginning to suffer the negative economic impact of the Coronavirus. The territory, which lies in the Black Sea coast between Georgia and Russia, is heavily economically dependent on tourism,...

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Apr 01, 2020

Coronavirus: Uyghurs Abroad Skeptical of China's...

The Chinese Communist Party has counted officially only 76 coronavirus cases and three deaths in Xinjiang. However, Uyghurs living abroad have been concerned about the fate of the million or more Uyghurs...

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Apr 01, 2020

Coronavirus: Nagas Targeted in Racist Attacks

India's northeastern region is home to several tribes, including Nagas, Mizos, Garos, Tripuris, Bodos, Kukis and Meiteis. As tension rises in India over the spread of coronavirus, people originally from...

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Mar 31, 2020

Coronavirus: Balochistan Lacks Infrastructure...

Iran is one of the most largely affected countries in the world by the spread of the coronavirus. However, the country hadn’t taken sufficiently serious movement restriction measures. As a consequence,...

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Mar 31, 2020

Coronavirus: Somaliland strives alone

The lack of international recognition is forcing Somaliland to tackle coronavirus on its own. Yet despite that it has been successful in taking a proactive approach to the crisis. After the World Health...

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Mar 30, 2020

Coronavirus: Abkhazia Isolated

Amidts the global pandemic, Abkhazia, South Ossetia, and Nagorno-Karabakh have remained all officially remain coronavirus-free even as the proper states surrounding them have seen spikes...

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