In the Al-Ahwaz (or Khuzestan) province of south-western Iran, recent prison riots at the Sepidar and Sheiban prisons in the city of Ahvaz resulted in the deaths of an estimated 35 Ahwazi Arab inmates. Protests in the prison began reportedly because the prison authorities "reneged on earlier promises to release prisoners who the authorities do not have specific security concerns...
In the Al-Ahwaz (or Khuzestan) province of south-western Iran, recent prison riots at the Sepidar and Sheiban prisons in the city of Ahvaz resulted in the deaths of an estimated 35 Ahwazi...
The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) recognises and condemns the Stigmatization of Religious Minorities during the COVID-19 Pandemic
West Papua has begun to initiate a lockdown in order to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in a region that is seriously unprepared for a health epidemic. There have already been nearly 2500 confirmed...
The World Bank has announced the allocation to Pakistan of a $200 million aid package for coronavirus relief through its Pandemic Response Effectiveness Project. However, minority religious groups...
Abkhazia is beginning to suffer the negative economic impact of the Coronavirus. The territory, which lies in the Black Sea coast between Georgia and Russia, is heavily economically dependent on tourism,...
The lack of international recognition is forcing Somaliland to tackle coronavirus on its own. Yet despite that it has been successful in taking a proactive approach to the crisis. After the World Health...
Excluded from participation in international governance mechanisms, states with limited recognition are responding bravely, but alone, to COVID-19. Marginalized at home, unrepresented peoples are struggling...
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