15 Western ambassadors in Beijing, spearheaded by Canada, are requiring an explanation on the severe human rights violations reported against the ethnic Uyghur population in the Xinjiang region. The move is an unusually broad, coordinated action, which represents the significant and growing pressure being put on China over the issue. Many governments are still afraid of speaking out against China due...
15 Western ambassadors in Beijing, spearheaded by Canada, are requiring an explanation on the severe human rights violations reported against the ethnic Uyghur population in the Xinjiang region. The move...
Amid Kremlin opposition, the UN General Assembly’s Third Committee approved a resolution condemning human rights violations in Crimea with the support of 67 member countries of the UN, 26 in opposition...
As negotiations between the ONLF and the Ethiopian government continue, so does progress for holding account relevant parties for past crimes within the country. Among those being prosecuted for committing...
Despite criminialising slavery throughout the country in 2007, Mauritania has yet to fully implement such legislation in practise. While on paper slaver is outlawed, an estimated 90,000 Mauritanian citizens...
Representatives from the German and Belgium governments came together with Cameroonian officials to voice their support for finding solutions to end political and linguistic tensions in the southwest and...
Recently, China has taken its scare tactics to a new extent by actively monitoring the Uyghur community in Sweden. Both the Chinese embassy and the Swedish officials have been reluctant to comment - the...
On Friday 9 November 2018, United States (US) officials urged Beijing to take a step back in militarising the South China Sea, which is disputed between China and many neighbouring countries. Chinese officials...
After the recent conference of delegates of the Qurultay (Assembly) of the Crimean Tatars took place on 12 November 2018, the former Chairman of the Mejlis, Mustafa Dzhemilev, said that due to the current...
The Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) is an international, nonviolent and democratic membership organisation. Its Members are indigenous peoples, minorities, unrecognised States and occupied territories that have joined together to defend their political, social and cultural rights, to preserve their environments and to promote their right to self-determination.