Mar 27, 2017

Gilgit-Baltistan: Pakistan Criticised by UK Parliament for Claims over Disputed Region

Photo courtesy of the Huffington Post The British Parliament has denounced Islamabad, following its assertion that Gilgit-Baltistan is Pakistan’s fifth province. Members of Parliament acknowledged that Pakistani-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan is a disputed territory where local populations suffer human rights abuses and vocal dissent is repressed through violence. Concerns extended to the building...

Mar 27, 2017

Gilgit-Baltistan: Pakistan Criticised by UK Parliament...

Photo courtesy of the Huffington Post The British Parliament has denounced Islamabad, following its assertion that Gilgit-Baltistan is Pakistan’s fifth province. Members of Parliament acknowledged...

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Mar 24, 2017

Urgency of Addressing the Plight of Women Belonging...

  On 22 March 2017, the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO), in collaboration with the People’s Alliance for Freedom and Democracy (PAFD) and Mrs Liliana Rodrigues, Member...

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Mar 24, 2017

Crimean Tatars: Deputy Chairman of the Mejlis...

Photo courtesy of Alina Smutko/krymr.org (RFE/RL) Ilmi Umerov, the current deputy chairman of the top legislative body of the Crimean Tatars, the Mejlis, has recently been accused of acts of separatism...

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Mar 24, 2017

Balochistan: Hundreds of Baloch Civilians Continue...

Photo courtesy of Beluchistan @flickr.com The situation of the Baloch people has been deteriorating in the past few weeks. NGOs and local media sources have observed several human rights violations in...

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Mar 23, 2017

Hmong: Newspapers Apologise after Falsely Accusing...

Photo courtesy of Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai The British newspaper the Sun as well as the Australian Daily Mail apologized [21 March 2017] after falsely accusing two Hmong girls of theft. The accusation...

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Mar 23, 2017

Sindh: Repercussions of CPEC Project for Indigenous...

Photo Courtesy of Peter Morgan @Flickr UNPO Member and Secretary General of the World Sindhi Congress, Mr Lakhumal Luhana, sheds a light on the controversial China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), focussing...

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Mar 23, 2017

Southern Mongolia: Herders Protest Lack of Subsidies...

Photo Courtesy of Radio Free Asia Approximately 200 ethnic Mongolian herders in Southern Mongolia have been protesting in front of government offices, demanding to be paid the subsidies they had been...

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Mar 23, 2017

Assyria: Documentary on Genocide to Be Screened...

Photo Courtesy of AINA Cypriotic state broadcaster CYBY announced that it will air the documentary “Seyfo 1915 – The Assyrian Genocide”, directed by Assyrian filmmaker Aziz Said and...

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