801. No rethinking of press censorship in China – Ongoing repression of journalists and bloggers   The fact that Zhang Miao, employee of the German magazine "Die Zeit", was released does not mean that China is about to ease its press censorship.  

802. The German Federal Government should lift the ban on the PKK   On Thursday, the Society for Threatened Peoples (STP) sent an appeal to the German Federal Government to lift the ban on the PKK in Germany in order to set an example against the destructive policy  

803. Japan should officially apologize to women who were forced into prostitution during World War II   70 years after the war in East Asia, Japan’s government should unambiguously apologize for the abuse of about 200,000 women from Korea, China and other countries, and offer financial compensation to  

804. Brazil: Merkel should take a stand for the persecuted and endangered Indians!   Shortly before Angela Markel’s departure to Brazil, the Society for Threatened Peoples (STP) sent an urgent appeal to the chancellor to use the first Brazilian-German intergovernmental consultations  

805. Turkey: No support for Erdogan's war against the defenders of the Christian and Yezidi minorities!   Erdogan promotes escalation of violence! No support for his war against the defenders of the Christian and Yezidi minorities in Iraq and Syria!  

806. Central African Republic: 21 killed in inter-religious conflicts   Even after the end of the ethnic cleansing in the Central African Republic, there are repeated outbreaks of violence between Christian and Muslim militias.  

807. Middle East: Islamists distribute schoolbooks that promote intolerance and hostility towards Christians   According to information by the Society for Threatened Peoples (STP), extremists of the “Islamic State” (IS) are providing students in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul with textbook containing  

808. DATE: Demonstration against Germany’s former Chancellor Gerhard Schröder's trip to China   The Society for Threatened Peoples (STP) sharply criticizes the planned visit of Germany’s former Chancellor Gerhard Schröder to Beijing, where he will take part in a military parade to commemorate  

809. A mockery of the victims: Human rights activists recall the massacre at Tiananmen Square   On Thursday, while the massive military parade took place in Beijing, the Society for Threatened Peoples (STP) held a human rights vigil in front of the Chinese Embassy in Berlin to commemorate the  

810. Arrest of Kurdish politician Abdullah Demirbas increases tensions in southeast Turkey   The Turkish government decided to arrest elected Kurdish representatives, among them the popular former mayor Abdullah Demirbas.