• India extends ban on Assam's separatist group for 5 years

    Nov 26
    <p>India’s federal government has extended its ban on the separatist group known as the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) which has been operating in Assam, in India's&nbsp;northeast for the past five years.</p> <p>The NDFB is a militant organisation that has been fighting for an independent Bodoland for the Bodo people, an ethnolinguistic group in the Indian state of Assam.</p>
  • Bougainvilleans begin independence vote from Papua New Guinea

    Over 200,000 registered Bougainvilleans began casting their vote in a long-awaited independence from Papua New Guinea, as they gear up in hope of creating the world’s newest country.

    The people of the island of Bougainville, situated 1,000 miles northeast of Australia are now voting for a separate nation, breaking away from economically strained Papua New Guinea (PNG).

  • African Union urges UK to end “colonial administration” of Chagos Island
    <p>The African Union has urged the UK to bring an end to its “continued colonial administration” of the Chagos Islands following a ruling at the International Criminal Court against UK’s rule over the Chagos islands.</p>
  • Trump defends alleged US war criminal

     

    US President Donald J Trump has tweeted in defence of alleged war criminal and former Navy Seal Edward Gallagher.

    This statement follows senior defence officials statements that they would resign or be willingly fired if they were forced to keep Gallagher in his position.

  • Myanmar's Aung Suu Kyi to contest genocide allegations

  • UN approves Palestinian’s right to self-determination
    <p>The Palestinian Authority has welcomed a resolution adopted by the UN General Assembly reaffirming Palestinian’s right to self-determination.</p> <p>This resolution was adopted during a session of the third committee of the UN General Assembly and is considered a rebuke of the US’s decision to accept the legitimacy of Israeli settlements in the West Bank.</p> <p>In total, 165 states voted in favour of the resolution, five against, and nine abstained.</p>
  • Britain speaks against illegal Israeli settlements
    <p>Britain has urged Israel to cease the expansion of settlements on the West Bank, stating that it was opposed to international law and “counterproductive”.</p> <p>This statement from the Foreign Office follows the defence of Israeli settlements by the United States on Monday.</p> <p>In their statement the Home Office stated;</p> <blockquote><p>
  • Britain attempts to cover-up torture in Afghanistan and Iraq
    <p>Leaked documents have revealed British commanders, as well as the British government, have attempted to conceal evidence that British soldiers were engaged in the murder of children and torture of civilians whilst in Iraq and Afghanistan.</p>
  • Award-winning Kurdish journalist released after six years incarcerated in Australia off-shore detention centre

    Photograph: @BehrouzBoochani

  • Norwegian wealth fund blacklists British security firm accused of abuses against asylum seekers

    Shares in the British security firm G4S have been blacklisted by Norway’s sovereign wealth fund over concerns about the firm’s human rights violations against its workforce in Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.

  • Hamas calls on the ICC to investigate Israel for committing a war crime
    <p>Hamas has called on the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate Israel for committing a war crime in an airstrike that killed eight people.&nbsp;</p> <p>On Wednesday, a family of eight were killed in an Israeli airstrike which were aimed at ‘terror targets’. Israel has denied knowledge of any civilian presence.&nbsp;</p>
  • Catalan parliament passes defiant self-determination motion

     

    Catalonia’s parliament has passed a non-binding motion expressing the will to exercise self-determination despite previously warning from Spain’s Constitutional Court.

    Spain’s Constitutional Court had warned that there will be legal consequences if the motion passes. 

  • US calls for de-escalation in Hong Kong following pro-democracy protests

     

    The United States has called for a de-escalation of violence in Hong Kong following a violent crackdown on pro-democracy protesters.

    During the protests, a Hong Kong shot and critically wounded a protester and another man was set on fire. Carrie Lam, leader of Hong Kong, responded to this by denouncing protesters as “enemies of the people”. 

  • Genocide lawsuit against Myanmar filed at UN court

    A lawsuit accusing Myanmar of genocide for its treatment of the Rohingya people has been filed at the International Court of Justice.

    The case was filed at the highest UN court by Gambia on behalf of the 57-nation Organization of Islamic Cooperation.

  • Catalan separatists protests block major Spain-France road
    <p>Hundreds of pro-independence Catalonian protesters gathered on the AP-7 highway, a major traffic link between Spain and France, which could cost the Spanish economy 15 million euros on a daily basis, reports the Spanish Confederation of Goods Transport.&nbsp;</p>
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