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 honours outstanding civil society action in defence of human rights both in Europe and beyond, constitutes great recognition for his tireless work in raising the human rights concerns of the Uyghur...
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...
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...
On the occasion of the International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence based on Religion or Belief, High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini,...
Last month [July 2019], Taiwan President Tsai Ing-Wen stated that participants in the Hong Kong pro-democracy protests would be allowed political asylum in Taiwan. According to the Taiwan’s Mainland...
Ahead of the 2022 Winter Olympics that are scheduled to take place in Beijing, UNPO Member the World Uyghur Congress (WUC) has launched a campaign to call upon China to respect the human rights of Uyghurs...
On the 17th of August 2019, UNPO Member the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI) has sent an open letter to the Finnish, Swedish and Norwegian Ministries of Foreign Affairs on the occasion...
Tensions in West Papua are rising as many West Papuans have joined demonstrations to protest against the physical abuse and arrest of West Papuan students last week. During these arrests, the Indonesian...
United States policy with regards to China, which has predominantly focused on economic relations during recent times, might be increasingly directed towards addressing the human rights abuses in China’s...
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.