721. Kurds in Afrin raise serious allegations   The Kurdish people in the embattled region of Afrin in north-western Syria are raising serious allegations against the German Federal Government.  

722. Repatriation of Rohingya refugees begins at the 23. January   According to the Society for Threatened Peoples (STP), the EU Foreign Ministers should – in the course of their meeting tomorrow – condemn the planned repatriation of Rohingya refugees from  

723. Northern Syria: Turkey’s war of aggression must be stopped!   Appalled by the Turkish army’s attacks on the peaceful Kurdish region of Afrin in neighboring north-western Syria, the Society for Threatened Peoples (STP) warns of a new humanitarian catastrophe.  

724. A promising new approach: European Parliament protects human rights of indigenous peoples by prohibiting palm oil to be used as biofuel   According to the Society for Threatened Peoples (STP), the European Parliament’s decision to prohibit the use of palm oil as a biofuel is a promising approach to protecting the human rights of  

725. The forgotten war in the Central African Republic   --- The Society for Threatened Peoples (STP) warns about a further escalation of violence in the Central African Republic, where 75,000 people were forced to flee from the clashes between different  

726. Yemen: Period of eased blockade about to expire at the 19. January   On Tuesday, the Society for Threatened Peoples (STP) sent an appeal to the European Commission, demanding an end to the blockade of Yemen by Saudi Arabia.  

727. Ethiopia is still far from a political spring and democratization   Despite an announcement regarding the release of political prisoners, Ethiopia again sentenced 13 dissidents to prison terms during the past two days – as the Society for Threatened Peoples (STP) in  

728. Burma: Indictment of Reuters Journalists is “dramatic decline in press freedom”   On occasion of the indictment of two imprisoned journalists from the Reuters news agency, the Society for Threatened Peoples (STP) criticizes the dramatic decline in press freedom in Burma.  

729. Secretary General of the World Council of Churches remains silent about violations of religious freedom during visit to China   The Society for Threatened Peoples (STP) accuses the World Council of Churches (WCC) of ignoring the fact that Christians in China are persecuted.  

730. Germany plans to establish vocational schools in western Sudan   The Society for Threatened Peoples (STP) criticizes Germany’s new development commitment in the genocide region of Darfur in western Sudan as “misleading and unsustainable”. “Development projects