Photo courtesy of Ocupa FUNAI CE The offices of the National Indian Foundation (FUNAI) in Brazil’s North-Eastern states of Ceará and Rio Grande do Norte have been occupied by indigenous peoples. By doing so, they protest against a decree launched in March 2017, which abolished 347 positions in the foundation and 50 Local Technical Coordination Offices (CTLs) throughout the...
Photo courtesy of Ocupa FUNAI CE The offices of the National Indian Foundation (FUNAI) in Brazil’s North-Eastern states of Ceará and Rio Grande do Norte have been occupied by...
Photo Courtesy of: Southern Mongolian Human Rights/AP 2011 On 10 April 2017, Chinese police cracked down on protestors in Southern Mongolia as they demanded compensation for land grabs and environmental...
Photo courtesy of Chính's news In East Turkestan, Chinese authorities have reportedly punished a local official for refusing to smoke in front of Muslim elders. The Communist Party head...
Photo Courtesy of AFP On 9 April 2017, members of Iraq’s Christian minorities in Qaraqosh celebrated Palm Sunday for the first time since the city had been retaken from ISIS late...
Photo courtesy of The Hindu As the implementation of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project moves forward, China continues to expand its presence in Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan,...
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health, Dainius Pura, has been given access to the provinces of Papua and West Papua from 31 March to 1 April 2017, which may indicate a slight improvement...
Ms Lee Ching-yu, the wife of human rights activist Lee Ming-cheh was recently prevented from entering China’s mainland without explanation. Her husband is unreachable since 19 March and suspected...
Photo courtesy of reurinkjan @Flickr This week [10-14 April 2017] a series of events is organised by the Human Rights Network for Tibet and Taiwan (HRNTT). Entitled “The Future of Tibet:...
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