On 24 April, the Ethiopian government signed a deal with Hong Kong-based multi-billion dollar Chinese petroleum and natural gas developer, GCL-Poly Energy Holdings Limited. According to the agreement, the company will construct a pipeline to make the natural gas available to the domestic and international market. As a consequence, gas and oil exploration is underway in the Ogaden region. Looking at...
On 24 April, the Ethiopian government signed a deal with Hong Kong-based multi-billion dollar Chinese petroleum and natural gas developer, GCL-Poly Energy Holdings Limited. According to the agreement,...
Indonesia is bringing coal mining to West Papua despite an independence movement that has contested Jakarta’s claims to the region’s resources for almost 60 years and faced violent repression....
As the coronavirus spreads in Russia-occupied Crimea, Crimean Tatar activists are being warned not to cover their faces by the Russian authorities in the name of counter-extremism, which conversely comes...
The Russian-Azerbaijani border, which runs straight through Lezghin territory, remains closed until 4 May, cutting off Lezghins in Dagestan and Azerbaijan from each other. Many Azerbaijanis have been stranded...
Security firm Volexity discovered that a new iOS exploit was being used to spy on China’s oppressed Uyghur minority. The exploit is believed to have been deployed by the Evil Eye group, an alleged...
Sixty three political prisoners charged with treason in Indonesia have appealed to the United Nations for immediate release. Among the prisoners are 56 West-Papuans, five Moluccans, one Indonesian...
According to a statistical report by Aso Newsagency, last week a number of Kolbars were killed by Iranian border guards in Iranian Kurdistan. The Kolbars are widely known for smuggling goods across borders,...
In the latest newsletter of the Balochistan Human Rights Group, human rights abuses against the Baloch people by the Iranian authorities are brought to light. Cases of persecution of Baloch people continue,...
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