Feb 21, 2022

Minorities in Europe : UNPO welcomes CJEU decision in favor of the Minority Safepack European Citizen's Initiative

The UNPO welcomes the decision of the CJEU rendered on 20 January 2022 which reaffirms for the third time that the protection of linguistic and cultural diversity falls within the competence of the European Union. In the face of the Commission's initial refusal to register the citizens' initiative to protect European minorities, Romania's appeals, and the Commission's subsequent inaction, the UNPO...

Feb 21, 2022

Minorities in Europe : UNPO welcomes CJEU decision...

The UNPO welcomes the decision of the CJEU rendered on 20 January 2022 which reaffirms for the third time that the protection of linguistic and cultural diversity falls within the competence of the European...

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Feb 18, 2022

European Parliament Passes Resolution Backing...

UNPO welcomes the decision by the European Parliament to pass a resolution demanding Iran stop summary executions, with clauses in it indicating that this request comes directly from citizen’s initiatives...

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Feb 10, 2022

Kabylie : Algeria Taken To Task Over "Anti-Terrorism"...

Five Special Rapporteurs for the UN addressed a letter in December 2021 to the Algerian government expressing concern over the undermining of fundamental human rights. The majority of the victims...

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Feb 09, 2022

Operation Sky Net and China's Growing Transnational...

Official data claims that China had successfully kidnapped and returned nearly 10,000 people who had fled overseas through its aggressive repatriation program, Operation Sky Net. Seeking to extend the...

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Feb 07, 2022

Guam : Commission on Decolonization Creates a...

As one of UNPO's newest members, the Government of Guam is currently investigating how the right to self-determination applies to its particular case: The CHamoru people of Guam in particular feel that...

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Jan 12, 2022

Ahwazi refugee Abdolkhezer Dorghi with his seven...

The UNPO joins the Ahwaz Human Rights Organization (AHRO) in expressing its deep concern over the imminent refoulement of Mr. Abdolkhazar Doraghi, along with his seven children, to Iran after the Government...

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Dec 23, 2021

Members of European Parliament submit written...

18 Members of the European Parliament have submitted a formal written question on the 22 December 2021 to the European Commission on the question of foreign state reprisals occurring in Europe by countries...

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Dec 22, 2021

ChaoFa Hmong : UNPO Calls on International Community...

  UNPO expresses strong concerns in relation to the recent announcement by the Lao government about their intention to tighten security in the Xaysomboun in the name of economic development as this...

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