The European Union (EU) has agreed to start working on legislation that will allow the EU to sanction individuals accused of human rights abuses worldwide, mirroring the Magnitsky Act in the United States, which has already been in place since 2012. With such a sanctions regime, the EU is able to hold individuals accountable over human rights abuses without having to target a specific country. Accordingly,...
The European Union (EU) has agreed to start working on legislation that will allow the EU to sanction individuals accused of human rights abuses worldwide, mirroring the Magnitsky Act in the United States,...
The UNPO welcomes the resolution adopted 19 December 2019 by the European Parliament denouncing the disproportionate use of force by Iranian security forces against civilians during the nationwide protests...
According to experts, the Iranian regime is blaming minority groups for the current unrest in the country. At least 100 protesters have been killed by security forces and more than 1,000 people have been...
The failure of the United Kingdom to hand the Chagos Islands to Mauritius has led to widespread condemnation by Mauritius and exiled islanders who are expected to organize a protest outside the UK High...
Initially a reaction against the rise of the gas price, protests in Iran have escalated to a new level yesterday. On the fourth day of protests, authorities have closed schools and the subway system. Access...
Today [14 November 2019], Tina Muña Barnes, a Guamanian politician, presented the Resolution 255-35 following the decision to seek UNPO membership. The act aims to recognize the lack of international...
In a recent Opinion concerning the question of parliamentary immunity for jailed Catalan leader Oriol Junqueras, the Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the European Union, Maciej Szpunar, has...
The 2019 Geneva Forum on China's High-Tech Repression and Freedom of Religion was inaugurated today [14 November 2019] by Chief Guest Hon’ble Sikyong Dr. Lobsang Sangay, President of Central Tibetan...
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