Dear UNPO members and friends,The month of October held several major events relating to our members and the rights of indigenous people worldwide. UNPO was present in Amsterdam for the beautiful and sombering 522 Years of Indigenous Resistance, an event set on the date that Columbus landed in the Americas, that lifted the negative aspects of this historical landmark. We represented UNPO at the Arctic...
Dear UNPO members and friends,The month of October held several major events relating to our members and the rights of indigenous people worldwide. UNPO was present in Amsterdam for the beautiful and sombering...
In an interview published by The Diplomat, activists living in the Balochistan region of Pakistan talk about recent developments in the region, and their background, that has led to an increase in violence...
A farmer died under suspicious circumstances in prison. Prison authorities claim the Muslim Uyghur farmer died from several serious health issues. He had been sentenced for 10 years on charges of ‘illegal...
The Indonesian government has vowed to continue the controversial transmigration program in West Papua. The program entails relocating people from the highly populated areas of Indonesia to less populated...
Next Saturday, 8 November 2014, the Hmong people will vote for a new Governor for the Hmong 18 Council – a nonprofit organization promoting and defending Hmong culture.
On 4 November 2014, UNPO presented the findings from its Election Observation Mission (EOM) to Abkhazia in August 2014, at the European Parliament in Brussels. Apart from the mission delegates Frank...
In a bid to improve relations with the Chinese Government, Nepal will start denying official documents to Tibetan refugees who try to enter the country. Nepal has also announced it will crackdown...
Photo courtesy of: Global Panorama@flickr A Kurdish delegation visited the Netherlands in October with the purpose of asking for the International Criminal Court (ICC) to recognize the Yazidi genocide...
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