Aug 23, 2022

Iran: UNPO welcomes the UN Special Rapporteur on Iran's key report, highlighting the human rights situation of minorities in the country.

On 23 August 2022, the UN Special Rapporteur on Iran released a new key report on the ‘situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran’. Within this report, Mr. Javaid Rehman raises human rights abuses against minorities in the country such as the death penalty, excessive use of force against border couriers, arbitrary detention, rights to freedom of expression, association and...

Aug 23, 2022

Iran: UNPO welcomes the UN Special Rapporteur...

On 23 August 2022, the UN Special Rapporteur on Iran released a new key report on the ‘situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran’. Within this report, Mr. Javaid Rehman raises...

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Aug 17, 2022

Chittagong Hill Tracts : The UN calls on the Government...

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michael Bachelet concluded her official visit to Bangladesh on 17 August 2022 in Dhaka. During the press conference that followed the visit, Ms. Bachelet underlined...

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Aug 12, 2022

Acheh Representative ASNLF Set To Protest in Finnish...

The Acheh-Sumatra National Liberation Front has called for a protest in Helsinki on the 15th of August in light of a state banquet between the governments of Finland and Indonesia. The banquet falls on...

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May 09, 2022

Haratin : IRA-Mauritania President Biram Dah Abeid...

The Special Rapporteur on Modern Slavery for the United Nations Mr Tomoya Obokata has met with the President of IRA-Mauritania Biram Dah Abeid in the offices of the UN OHCHR. The meeting took place in...

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Mar 16, 2022

IRA Mauritania convenes antislavery movements...

Between March 16-19 over one thousand members of antislavery movements from across West Africa and the Sahel regions convened at the Palais de Congress of Mauritania. The meeting was convened by UNPO member...

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Mar 15, 2022

Compromised Spaces : Uyghur Activist Recounts...

Norway is the world's top ranking democracy according to many indexes and lives up to its reputation by accepting thousands of refugees every year. Among these are UNPO diaspora such as the Uyghurs, who...

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Mar 14, 2022

Crimean Tatars : More Reports of Russian Military...

As Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues, Crimean Tatars in occupied territories are having their properties raided and activists are beginning to rounded up and arrested. This is in light of the Crimean...

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Feb 28, 2022

Biafra : BIM/MASSOB Leader Interviewed On Igbo...

The leader of UNPO member BIM/MASSOB, Ralph Uwazuruike, conducted an interview with the Sun Nigeria on his work as head of the Biafrian group that advocated for self-determination.  Topics discussed...

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