Aug 31, 2022

Catalonia : UN Human Rights Committee Says That Spain Violated Catalan Leaders' Political Rights

The United Nations Human Rights Committee has found that the Spanish government and judiciary violated the political rights of the leaders of the Catalan self-determination movement following the referendum held in 2017. The Committee was charged with reviewing complaints filed by prominent organizers of the Catalan referendum, including Oriol Junqueras, Raul Romeva Josep Rull I Andreu and Jordi Turull....

Aug 31, 2022

Catalonia : UN Human Rights Committee Says That...

The United Nations Human Rights Committee has found that the Spanish government and judiciary violated the political rights of the leaders of the Catalan self-determination movement following the referendum...

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Aug 29, 2022

Zambesia: UNPO condemns oil and gas company ReconAfrica's...

The Canadian-based oil and gas company Reconnaissance Energy Africa, also known through its subsidiary ReconAfrica, has come under scrutiny since their 2020 announcement of drilling explorations in the...

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Aug 23, 2022

Iran: UNPO welcomes the UN Special Rapporteur...

On 23 August 2022, the UN Special Rapporteur on Iran released a new key report on the ‘situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran’. Within this report, Mr. Javaid Rehman raises...

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Aug 17, 2022

Chittagong Hill Tracts : The UN calls on the Government...

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michael Bachelet concluded her official visit to Bangladesh on 17 August 2022 in Dhaka. During the press conference that followed the visit, Ms. Bachelet underlined...

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Aug 12, 2022

Acheh Representative ASNLF Set To Protest in Finnish...

The Acheh-Sumatra National Liberation Front has called for a protest in Helsinki on the 15th of August in light of a state banquet between the governments of Finland and Indonesia. The banquet falls on...

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May 09, 2022

Haratin : IRA-Mauritania President Biram Dah Abeid...

The Special Rapporteur on Modern Slavery for the United Nations Mr Tomoya Obokata has met with the President of IRA-Mauritania Biram Dah Abeid in the offices of the UN OHCHR. The meeting took place in...

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Mar 16, 2022

IRA Mauritania convenes antislavery movements...

Between March 16-19 over one thousand members of antislavery movements from across West Africa and the Sahel regions convened at the Palais de Congress of Mauritania. The meeting was convened by UNPO member...

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Mar 15, 2022

Compromised Spaces : Uyghur Activist Recounts...

Norway is the world's top ranking democracy according to many indexes and lives up to its reputation by accepting thousands of refugees every year. Among these are UNPO diaspora such as the Uyghurs, who...

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