The case of Catalan leader Oriol Junqueras, who has been jailed by Spanish authorities for his involvement in Catalonia’s 2017 independence referendum, will be heard at the European Court of Justice (ECJ). In light of Spain’s efforts to prevent Junqueras from taking his seat in the new European Parliament (EP), to which he was elected in May 2019, the ECJ has now requested EP President...
The case of Catalan leader Oriol Junqueras, who has been jailed by Spanish authorities for his involvement in Catalonia’s 2017 independence referendum, will be heard at the European Court of Justice...
The Indonesian police is responding with increased violence to weeks of protests in West Papua that call for an end to the systemic discrimination and abuse of West Papuans by Indonesian authorities. Since...
According to various human rights watchdogs, hundreds of Baloch persons have been forcibly disappeared and killed by the Pakistani security forces as part of a state policy known as kill and dump. The...
One week after the violent suppression of demonstrations in the region, protesters gathered once again on Monday in order to denounce racism and reiterate demands for self-determination. While West Papuan...
Ilham Tohti, a Uyghur scholar who has been serving a life sentence in Chinese prison since 2014, has been chosen as a finalist for the Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize. Being a finalist for the prize, which...
The CHamoru, the indigenous inhabitants of the US-ruled island of Guam, are planning a demonstration to advance their claim of self-determination. Since the 1980s, the population of Guam has been confronted...
The inhabitants of Bougainville, the main island of the homonymous autonomous region also known as ‘North Solomons’, are set to vote on a referendum that will most likely result in their independence...
Against the backdrop of ongoing demonstrations by West Papuans, whose demands for a independence referendum have become increasingly vocal, Indonesian authorities have stepped up its efforts to quell the...
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