Mar 20, 2017

UNPO Concludes Third Joint Fact-Finding Mission to Iraq

Between 27 February and 13 March 2017, the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO), the Institute for International Law and Human Rights (IILHR), Minority Rights Group International (MRG) and No Peace without Justice (NPWJ) went on a joint fact-finding mission to Iraq to reassess the state of the country’s minorities since the fall of Mosul. The successful mission was a follow-up...

Mar 20, 2017

UNPO Concludes Third Joint Fact-Finding Mission...

Between 27 February and 13 March 2017, the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO), the Institute for International Law and Human Rights (IILHR), Minority Rights Group International...

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Mar 20, 2017

Balochistan: Coordinated Series of Abductions...

Photo courtesy of Shah Murad Allanl @flickr.com On 16 and 17 March 2017, in the Panjgur and Turbat regions more than seven individuals belonging to the Baloch minority were forcibly taken from their homes...

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Mar 20, 2017

Crimean Tatars: USA and European Parliament Condemn...

Photo courtesy of Istanbul Kırım Derneği @flickr.com On the occasion of the third anniversary of the illegal Russian takeover of Crimea, on 18 March 2017, the government of the United States...

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Mar 20, 2017

East Turkestan: Chinese Authorities Offer Rewards...

Photo courtesy of Richard Towell @flickr.com The Chinese authorities have been beefing up their repressive policies against members of the Uyghur minority in many places across their home region of East...

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Mar 17, 2017

Tibet: 58th Anniversary of the Uprising Against...

Photo courtesy of Spenser Heaps, Deseret News    Every 10th March, on the anniversary of the 1959 Tibetan uprising against Chinese occupation, supporters around the world commemorate the date...

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Mar 17, 2017

Iraqi Turkmen: A Semi-Autonomous Region to Protect...

Photo courtesy of REUTERS / Youssef Boudlal    The idea of establishing a semi-autonomous region in northwestern Iraq has emerged in the minds of the Assyrian Christians, Yazidis and other...

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Mar 16, 2017

Ethiopia: Human Rights Watch Denounces Ethiopian...

Photo courtesy of Human Rights Watch    Human Rights Watch’s Ethiopia and Eritrea Researcher, Mr. Felix Horne, addressed the US Congress on 9 March 2017, shedding light on government...

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Mar 16, 2017

Barotseland: Kuomboka Ceremony in 2017 Expected...

Photo courtesy of The Barotseland Post    The annual festivities of ‘Kuomboka’ will start on  8 April 2017, from the Royal Capital of Lealui, and will conclude in the Summer...

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