Mar 14, 2022

Crimean Tatars : More Reports of Russian Military "Crackdown" on ethnic Crimean Tatars

As Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues, Crimean Tatars in occupied territories are having their properties raided and activists are beginning to rounded up and arrested. This is in light of the Crimean Tatars objection to the 2014 annexation of Crimea by Russia during the prelude to the war, the Euromaidan revolution in Ukraine. Since 2014, the Crimean Tatars have claimed that the annexation ignored...

Mar 14, 2022

Crimean Tatars : More Reports of Russian Military...

As Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues, Crimean Tatars in occupied territories are having their properties raided and activists are beginning to rounded up and arrested. This is in light of the Crimean...

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Feb 28, 2022

Biafra : BIM/MASSOB Leader Interviewed On Igbo...

The leader of UNPO member BIM/MASSOB, Ralph Uwazuruike, conducted an interview with the Sun Nigeria on his work as head of the Biafrian group that advocated for self-determination.  Topics discussed...

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Feb 21, 2022

Minorities in Europe : UNPO welcomes CJEU decision...

The UNPO welcomes the decision of the CJEU rendered on 20 January 2022 which reaffirms for the third time that the protection of linguistic and cultural diversity falls within the competence of the European...

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Feb 18, 2022

European Parliament Passes Resolution Backing...

UNPO welcomes the decision by the European Parliament to pass a resolution demanding Iran stop summary executions, with clauses in it indicating that this request comes directly from citizen’s initiatives...

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Feb 10, 2022

Kabylie : Algeria Taken To Task Over "Anti-Terrorism"...

Five Special Rapporteurs for the UN addressed a letter in December 2021 to the Algerian government expressing concern over the undermining of fundamental human rights. The majority of the victims...

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Feb 09, 2022

Operation Sky Net and China's Growing Transnational...

Official data claims that China had successfully kidnapped and returned nearly 10,000 people who had fled overseas through its aggressive repatriation program, Operation Sky Net. Seeking to extend the...

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Feb 07, 2022

Guam : Commission on Decolonization Creates a...

As one of UNPO's newest members, the Government of Guam is currently investigating how the right to self-determination applies to its particular case: The CHamoru people of Guam in particular feel that...

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Jan 12, 2022

Ahwazi refugee Abdolkhezer Dorghi with his seven...

The UNPO joins the Ahwaz Human Rights Organization (AHRO) in expressing its deep concern over the imminent refoulement of Mr. Abdolkhazar Doraghi, along with his seven children, to Iran after the Government...

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