Refugees & IDPs

Sep 20, 2018

Ambazonia: Cameroon Authorities Prevent People From Escaping Humanitarian Crisis

As a result of decades of ethnic inequalities inherited from colonial era, the enduring persecution against minorities in Cameroon recently turned into a severe humanitarian crisis. Last March 2018, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) reported that the number of Anglophone Cameroonians who were seeking refuge out of Cameroon – in particular in Nigeria – reached more than 20,000 people. On 18...

Sep 20, 2018

Ambazonia: Cameroon Authorities Prevent People...

As a result of decades of ethnic inequalities inherited from colonial era, the enduring persecution against minorities in Cameroon recently turned into a severe humanitarian crisis. Last March 2018, the...

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Sep 19, 2018

Somaliland: The Forgotten Land Where It Never...

Corrado Formigli introduces the premier of a new season of the television show Piazzapulita, dedicated to Somaliland — shedding light on the various problems that plague the unrecognised country...

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Aug 09, 2018

UNPO Observes International Day of the World’s...

Today, Thursday 9 August 2018, is the 24th International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples since its creation by the United Nations in December 1994. The date was chosen because it marks the...

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Aug 02, 2018

Iranian Kurdistan: Kurdish Professor Awarded Prestigious...

This year [2018], the Fields Medal, one of the world’s most prestigious mathematical prizes, was handed to three individuals including Professor Caucher Birkar. An Iranian Kurd, Professor Birkar...

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Jul 27, 2018

Opinion: Once Again EU Fails to Adopt Resolution...

In this op-ed Shima Silavi, Executive Director of Ahwaz Human Rights Organisation (AHRO), gives her response to the recently published draft of the Annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy in the...

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Jun 14, 2018

Ambazonia: ACHPR Adopts Resolution 395 (LXII)...

The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR), met at its 62nd Ordinary Session in Nouakchott, Islamic Republic of Mauritania, from 25 April to 9 May 2018. During this session it adopted...

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Mar 29, 2018

East Turkestan: Chinese Government Continues Forcefully...

The issue of China’s intolerance towards the Uighur population is not often discussed, yet its diaspora of 1-1.6m is greater in size than the very vocal Tibetan diaspora. China’s disturbing...

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Mar 26, 2018

Ambazonia: Nigeria Hands over 47 Asylum-seekers...

In late January 2018, Nigeria forcefully returned 47 Southern Cameroonians asylum seekers to Cameroonian authorities. This decision constitutes a violation of the principle of non refoulement - enshrined...

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