Environment

Jun 03, 2019

Gilgit-Baltistan: Project to Prevent Floods Enters Second Phase After Delay

With glacial melting on the rise due to climate change, the lives and livelihoods of millions of people in Northern Pakistan are threatened by the overflow of glacier lakes. The second phase of the Glacier Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF) Risk Reduction Project in Gilgit-Baltistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa intends to step up efforts to prevent this natural catastrophe and improve local communities’ capabilities...

Jun 03, 2019

Gilgit-Baltistan: Project to Prevent Floods Enters...

With glacial melting on the rise due to climate change, the lives and livelihoods of millions of people in Northern Pakistan are threatened by the overflow of glacier lakes. The second phase of the Glacier...

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May 28, 2019

Iran: Water Mismanagement Negatively Affects Ethnic...

On 22 May 2019, the Brussels International Center for Research and Human Rights (BIC) published a report titled Iran and Climate Refugees: An Alarming Situation. The report identified the severe environmental...

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May 17, 2019

Ogoni: Environmental Justice and Resource Equity...

Yesterday [16 May 2019], people in Niger Delta region commemorated Major Isaac Jasper Adaka Boro, one of the pioneers of minority rights activism in Nigeria who inspired thousands, including Ken Saro Wiwa,...

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May 09, 2019

Ogoni: Call for the Dissolution of HYPREP’s...

On the 9th of April 2019, UNPO member The Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) has issued a press release in which it calls for the dissolution of the governing body of the Hydrocarbon...

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May 02, 2019

Ogoni: Dutch Court Assumes Jurisdiction in Case...

A Dutch court has assumed jurisdiction to hear a lawsuit against Royal Dutch Shell, which has been accused to be complicit in the Nigerian government’s execution, in 1995, of nine Ogoni activists,...

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Apr 17, 2019

Ahwazi: Dissent Mounts in Flood-hit Regions

As witnessed in UNPO’s recent report on human rights situation in Iran, the Iranian province of Khuzestan has been facing environmental disasters for years. The regime’s water policies is causing...

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Apr 02, 2019

Documentary Screening at the European Parliament...

European Parliament | Brussels, Belgium 2 April 2019 | 18:30 – 21:00 | Room ASP 1G2 On 2 April 2019, MEP Marisa Matias (GUE/NGL) will host the documentary screening of Empate, with the participation...

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Mar 12, 2019

Ogoni: Cleanup Exercise by Authorities Questioned...

Eight years ago, recommendations were made to the Nigerian government to begin a cleanup of Ogoniland and a restoration of oil-polluted areas of the region. Today [12 March 2019], there are still proof...

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