A Chilean navy ship, the Esmeralda, has been allowed to dock in London. The ship was used during Augusto Pinochet’s dictatorship in Chile as an interrogation centre. The decision by the British government to allow the Esmeralda to dock within their shores has caused huge offence and in response, the Chilean political refugee community is organizing a demonstration to raise awareness of the ship’s...
A Chilean navy ship, the Esmeralda, has been allowed to dock in London. The ship was used during Augusto Pinochet’s dictatorship in Chile as an interrogation centre. The decision by the British government...
Choemei; a website popular amongst young Tibetans within the western region of China has been closed down. The Chinese authorities have allegedly instructed the owner of the website to re-register with...
Gender equality advocates in the region believe that public opinion is shifting as they make a renewed push for the adoption of a gender quota for the government. Advocates of the quota still have to overcome...
Dr Muyoba Macwani, the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Barotseland has asked the government for further investment in education to assist rural students as a means of empowering citizens and developing...
In a letter published by Freedom House on 26 August 2015, UNPO, along with IRA Mauritania, SOS-Esclaves, Anti-Slavery International and many other prominent anti-slavery organisations, strongly condemned...
On 26 August 2015, one of the most renowned Azerbaijani Turk human rights activists and journalists, Mr Said Matinpour, was finally set free. He was serving an eight-year term in Evin Prison of Tehran,...
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has released a statement strongly condemning the human rights abuses taking place in Azerbaijan, particularly with regards to the...
Mr Behrouz Alkhani was executed on Wednesday 26 August. This action has been condemned by Amnesty International, who had called on Tuesday [25 August] for the execution to be suspended, as grossly unjust....
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