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Brazil: Infrastructure project aims to restrict NGOs
The Brazilian government has initiated another infrastructure project in the Amazon, and several indigenous communities see it as a targeted attack on their rights. In an article, project leader
Date: 27-05-19
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Death of a prominent political prisoner in Algeria
Yesterday, the Algerian human rights activist Dr. Kamel Eddine Fekhar died from the consequences of a hunger strike. The fact that he died in the custody of the authorities highlights the
Date: 29-05-19
1953.
30 years after the Tiananmen Square massacre
On June 4, 1989, hundreds (or perhaps thousands) of people got killed in the bloody crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrations. The government in Beijing is still trying to suppress commemorations of
Date: 04-06-19
1954.
Impunity in Burma
Still no legal consequences for the massacres of the Muslim Rohingya minority in Burma: A few soldiers were sentenced to ten years imprisonment, but were secretly released shortly after. Several
Date: 05-06-19
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Serious human rights violations in Sudan
Sudan's ruling military council is using systematic disinformation to avoid international protests against the brutality of the militia groups and the regular army. Today, Sudan's army stated that
Date: 11-06-19
1956.
Ultimatum by the terrorist group Boko Haram
An ultimatum by the terrorist group Boko Haram in Niger: The Christian population is ordered to leave the region of Diffa until today, or they would be killed. The three-day ultimatum was handed over
Date: 14-06-19
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EU Foreign Ministers discuss situation in Sudan
Following the violent death of 130 people in brutal crackdowns on public protests in Sudan, the Society for Threatened Peoples (STP) calls on the European Union (EU) to impose sanctions against the
Date: 17-06-19
1958.
Ratification of ILO Convention 169
Following Angela Merkel's recent praise of the International Labor Organization (ILO), the Society for Threatened Peoples (STP) demands the federal government to finally ratify ILO Convention 169. In
Date: 17-06-19
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37th Protestant "Kirchentag" in Germany
The Society for Threatened Peoples (STP) will publish a resolution on occasion of the 37th Protestant "Kirchentag" (Church Day) in Germany. The title will be "Save lives by means of an interreligious
Date: 19-06-19