In recent years, Bangladesh has witnessed an alarming increase in religious discrimination against the Buddhist community. In Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT), one of the country’s poorest regions, indigenous Buddhists have become the latest victim of religious discrimination.

Below is an article published by Uyghur Human Rights Project. Today U.S. president Donald Trump signed the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2020, making it the first law anywhere in the world to address the human rights crisis in East Turkistan.

Below is an article published by The Heritage Foundation:. Piracy off the Horn of Africa increases every year due to constant instability in the region. In 2008, 111 vessels were attacked.

The Bellah people have been a member of the UNPO since 2017. The Bellah people are a marginalized group within the Kel Tamasheq society, facing ongoing discrimination because of their historical status in a caste system tied to descent-based slavery.

Below is an article published by Somaliland Press:. Struggling to rebuild its infrastructure after years of civil war with Somalia, Somaliland saw its first university inaugurated in 1998 and has been steadily building its higher education system ever since.

Given the aforementioned violations of the rights of the Hmong, UNPO strongly condemns the military violence against the ChoaFa indigenous civilians in the Special Zone of Xaisomboun as well as the intimidation, harassment and persecution of human rights defenders, journalists, and members of minority communities through arbitrary arrests and enforced disappearances.

Below is an article published by the Guardian. As the humanitarian crisis in southern Somalia threatens millions of lives, Somalia's little-known northern neighbour, Somaliland, is doing so well that its government recently offered to send aid across the border.That a small and relatively poor country that is also suffering from the ongoing drought would be in a position to help Somalia is ...

21 June 1993 – Saro-Wiwa and other members of MOSOP are arrested.Beatings and arrests of other Ogoni are also reported amidst widespread protest. 4 January 1993 – A further 300.000 Ogoni protest the activities of Shell Oil in light of environmental degradation of Ogoniland.Shell would suspend their operations in Ogoniland for a short period of time as a result.

Jun 14, 2017 · This article, written by Mikael Torstensson, Somaliland’s Special Envoy to the EU, explains why it is time for the international community to officially recognise Somaliland. Not only has it implemented a strong model of democracy that distinguishes it from other countries of the Horn of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, but it has also “embraced the UN’s Universal Declaration of Human ...

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