May 08, 2017

Haratin: Arrest of IRA Leaders Part of Renewed Crack-Down on Anti-Slavery Movement

Photo Courtesy of RFI A renewed crackdown on the anti-slavery movement in Mauritania has taken place last week as many IRA activists have been forced to leave Nouakchott while preparing the upcoming visit of Mr. Biram Dah Abeid, the President and founder of IRA-Mauritania. This incident shows how strongly the Mauritanian government reacts to peaceful activists committed to abolishing slavery in the...

May 08, 2017

Haratin: Arrest of IRA Leaders Part of Renewed...

Photo Courtesy of RFI A renewed crackdown on the anti-slavery movement in Mauritania has taken place last week as many IRA activists have been forced to leave Nouakchott while preparing the upcoming visit...

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May 08, 2017

Oromo: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Renews...

Photo Courtesy of DW During an interview Deutsche Welle conducted with the United Nations High Commissioners for Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein calls on the Ethiopian government to ‘’open...

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May 05, 2017

Brazil: UN Demands Brasilia to Open Investigation...

Photo Courtesy of Le Monde    French newspaper Le Monde reported that on 4 May 2017 the United Nations have expressed their deep concerns about the alarming situation in Brazil. The UN statement...

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May 04, 2017

Members of European Parliament Request Reaction...

During the week of 24 April, Indigenous protesters have been met with tear gas and rubber bullets as they mobilised in Brazil´s capital to demand fulfilment of basic constitutional and internationally...

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May 03, 2017

Balochistan: Tortured and Mutilated Dead Bodies...

Photo courtesy of informatique via Foter.com / CC BY-SA On 27 April 2017, the dead bodies of five Baloch men have been found in a river in the Mand region of Balochistan. The five activists had been abducted...

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May 03, 2017

Gilgit-Baltistan: Pakistan Profits From Illegal...

  According to experts on the issue, the reason for Chinese presence in Pakistan – in particular in occupied Gilgit-Baltistan – is twofold: to counter US influence in the region, and...

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May 02, 2017

Oromo: Falsely Accused Activist Merera Gudina...

Photo courtesy of Africa News   In a court hearing, renowned academic and Chairman of the Oromo Federalist Congress (OFC), Dr Merera Gudina, rejected allegations of criminal and terrorist acts...

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May 02, 2017

Abkhazia: Chapter of Abkhazian Chamber of Commerce...

Photo courtesy of  ChristopherNul   On 29 April 2017, the inauguration ceremony of Abkhazia’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI) took place in the offices of the Confederation of...

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