Mr Yousef Silavi, an activist for the rights of Ahwazi Arabs, was abducted in an ‘enforced disappearance’ in 2009. On Thursday 24 September 2015, during the XXX session of the UN Human Rights Council, the case was raised, and the Ahwaz Human Rights Organisation appealed to all NGOs and to the UN to put pressure on the Iranian government to reveal Mr Silavi’s whereabouts. Read...
Mr Yousef Silavi, an activist for the rights of Ahwazi Arabs, was abducted in an ‘enforced disappearance’ in 2009. On Thursday 24 September 2015, during the XXX session of the...
Those fleeing poverty and unemployment in Kosova face new troubles, as thousands are being deported from Europe and denied the right to stay. Four out of 10 people in Kosova live below the poverty line,...
An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.6 hit the West Papuan towns of Sorong and Manokwari at around 4pm GMT on Friday, causing hundreds to flee their homes. 39 are reported dead. Read the full article,...
The Chinese authorities have issued a ban on 22 common Muslim names, in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region [East Turkestan]. Children who have these names are reportedly being kept out of school....
Following continuous human rights violations in the region of the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT), the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) urges all its supporters...
Afumba Mombotwa, Sylvester Kalima Inambao, Likando Pelekelo and Masiye Masiyalet have been charged with treason and continue to await their trial as Zambia’s Kabwe High Court adjourned their case...
6,730 more eligible voters have been added to the voters list of the highly anticipated Chin State elections scheduled to take place on 8 November 2015. This is one of many achievements and democratic...
Rafis Kashapov was sentenced to three years in jail on 15 September 2015 by the Russian Chally City court for allegedly inciting ethnic hatred. Kashapov, chairman of the Tatar Public Centre, had been vocal...
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