Freedom of Belief and Expression

West Papua: Indonesian Government Uses Intimidation Tactics to Silence Pro-Papua Female Human Rights Lawyer

As the Indonesian government intensifies its crackdown on peaceful Papua activists seeking their integral right to self-determination, the state authorities attempt to silence a female human rights lawyer through intimidation tactics. Veronica Koma, a pro-Papua human rights lawyer, has become the latest victim of online harassment and death threats by Indonesian authorities for merely disseminating...

Oct 04, 2019

West Papua: Indonesian Government Uses Intimidation...

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Oct 02, 2019

Protests Mark 70th Anniversary of PRC

On the 1st of October, which marked the 70th anniversary of the establishment of the People’s Republic of China, the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) together with the World...

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Sep 27, 2019

Tibet: Chinese Censorship of TikTok Extends to...

A leak revealed that the Chinese social network TikTok has clear instructions to censor videos mentioning certain topics sensitive to the Chinese government, amongst which “Tibetan independence”....

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Sep 23, 2019

West Papua: United Nations Experts Urge Indonesia...

Against the backdrop of a recent surge in protests in West Papua against the systemic oppression and marginalisation of West Papuans, Indonesian authorities have cracked down on the protest movement by...

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Sep 22, 2019

Compromised Space: Chechen Refugees at Risk in...

After surviving several assassination attempts over the past years, Zelimkhan Khangoshvili was killed in Germany last month [August 2019]. This is one example of the systemic threatening, torture and targeted...

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