Mar 02, 2017

East Turkestan: Beijing Continues to Display Troops as Counter-Terrorism Measures

Photo by The Guardian This week the Chinese Government have poured a large number of troops into East Turkestan’ capital Urumqi, under the usual pretext to combat Islamic terrorism. The adoption of the law on counter-terrorism in January last year (2016), which was also covered UNPO’s recent event at the European Parliament, might lead to even harsher consequences for the Uyghur. UNPO...

Mar 02, 2017

East Turkestan: Beijing Continues to Display Troops...

Photo by The Guardian This week the Chinese Government have poured a large number of troops into East Turkestan’ capital Urumqi, under the usual pretext to combat Islamic terrorism. The adoption...

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Mar 02, 2017

Brazil: Soya and Oil Threaten Rainforest and Indigenous...

Photo by MONGABAY   The Amazon is under a serious threat due to the soy agribusiness and the oil companies, as was also highlighted during UNPO fact-finding mission to Brazil in December 2016.The...

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Mar 02, 2017

Ethiopia: Merera Formally Charged of Support to...

  Photo by Free Merera   The political leader of the Oromo Federalist Congress (OFC), Prof Merera Gudina, has been officially accused of supporting terrorism. He was imprisoned in November...

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Mar 02, 2017

West Papua: Vanuatu Calls for More Attention to...

  Photo by Free West Papua On 1 March 2017, Vanuatu's Justice Minister Ronald Warsal addressed the Human Rights Council bringing the audience to reflect on the current situation in West Papua....

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Mar 01, 2017

Taiwan: February 28 Massacre Stories Emerge

Photo courtesy of Chiang Ying-Ying/AP A new generation is starting to publicly speak about the massacre of about 20,000 Taiwanese civilians which begun 70 years ago, on 28 February 1947. After several...

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Mar 01, 2017

Ahwazi, Iranian Kurdistan & West Balochistan:...

Photo courtesy of the Ahwaz Human Rights Organisation On 27 February 2017, the Middle East Forum for Development held an event at the House of Commons in order to discuss the relentless persecution of...

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Mar 01, 2017

Tibet: Severe Restrictions on Religious Freedom...

Photo courtesy of Gilles Sabrie for The New York Times         Six of the United Nations (UN) experts and special rapporteurs have expressed grave concerns about severe violations...

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Feb 28, 2017

Crimean Tatars: Society for Threatened Peoples...

Photo courtesy of Adam Jones @Flickr The Berlin-based Society for Threatened Peoples (STP) released a 27-page report on the persecution and discrimination of Crimean Tatars in 2016. According to the human...

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