791. Protesters must be released immediately – 511 arrests in Hong Kong   The Society for Threatened Peoples (STP) demands the immediate release of 511 protesters who were arrested on Tuesday night, in the course of peaceful protests of more than half a million Hong Kong  

792. New human rights report documents the escalating situation of the Uyghur people – the Chancellor should advocate for a release of imprisoned human rights activists   This Thursday, in the course of a press conference in Berlin, the World Uyghur Congress (WUC) and the Society for Threatened Peoples (STP) will present the STP's new 40-page human rights report on  

793. Federal Government should help Refat Chubarov   On Monday, the Society for Threatened Peoples (STP) sent an appeal to the German federal government to protest against Russia's decision to issue an entrance ban to Crimea against one of the most  

794. Europe and United Nations should advocate for the release of political prisoners in Ethiopia   The Society for Threatened Peoples (STP) has sent an appeal to the European Union and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, to clarify the fate of missing Ethiopian  

795. Christians fear for religious freedom   In Indonesia, the religious minorities fear further restrictions of their freedom of religion in case ex-general Prabowo Subianto should win tomorrow's presidential elections. This was reported by  

796. Innocent Chechen human rights activist sentenced to four years in prison   According to the Society for Threatened Peoples, the judgment of the Chechen Court in Urus-Martan against the respected Chechen political scientist Ruslan Kutayev is to be seen as "inhuman and purely  

797. Somalia is threatened by a new famine – violence continues to increase – Bundeswehr instructors are not safe   According to the Society for Threatened Peoples (STP), Somalia is facing another famine and is therefore in desperate need of more humanitarian aid. About 850,000 people are in urgent need for help  

798. The scandalous judgment is a serious setback for the freedom of the press and the process of democratization in Burma/Myanmar   The Society for Threatened Peoples (STP) criticizes sentences against five journalists from Burma / Myanmar – ten years of imprisonment and forced labor – to be "outrageous" and "scandalous". The  

799. No sustainable peace in Mali – persistent danger caused by armed Islamists – Tuareg conflict unresolved   The Society for Threatened Peoples (STP) has published a critical statement concerning "Operation Serval" in the course of which the French troops in Mali had planned to put an end to the rise of the  

800. Beyond the violence caused by Boko Haram: 520 killed in clashes between farmers and cattle raisers in 2014   The Society for Threatened Peoples (STP) accuses Nigeria's government of reacting helplessly to the escalating violence between cattle raisers and farmers in the middle of the country. At the moment,