Unrepresented youth carry a disproportionate share of the struggles facing their communities. Edition 5 is dedicated to amplifying their voices and the role they play within their peoples' fights for recognition.
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What happens when cultural rights frameworks are built around states, but many communities remain unrecognised by them?
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Malgré son abolition officielle, l’esclavage continue de toucher des milliers de personnes en Mauritanie.
Dans ce nouvel épisode de Hidden Geopolitics: Flash Edition, Biram Dah Abeid revient sur l’esclavage et la répression dans le pays.
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Religious repression remains a reality for many minority and unrepresented peoples worldwide, with states using security and administrative measures to restrict religious life and target community leaders.
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Assyrian communities in Iraq and Syria continue to face violence, displacement, and political marginalisation, threatening their survival.
UNPO calls for the protection of Assyrian rights, land, cultural heritage, and meaningful political inclusion.
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UNPO submitted input to the UN Expert Mechanism on the Right to Development, highlighting experiences from West Papua, Balochistan, Ogoniland, the Hmong, Acheh, the Chittagong Hill Tracts, and Somaliland.
More here: https://t.co/dkYqN0JoyI
A former Chinese police officer has exposed repression against Uyghurs in East Turkistan, including torture, forced labour, and deaths in custody.
At the same time Uyghurs abroad continue to face surveillance, intimidation, and transnational repression.
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UNPO Voices at the UNPFII
Sindhi representatives stressed that self-determination is essential for protecting Indigenous lands, culture, language, and resources.
“Self-determination is not merely a political aspiration, but an existential necessity.”
UNPO Voices at the UNPFII
CHT representatives stress lack of accountability and continued militarisation.
“What we do not have is implementation… Impunity is not an oversight, it is a pattern… Without implementation, rights remain words on paper.”
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UNPO Voices at the UNPFII
Khmer Kampuchea-Krom delegates highlighted lack of recognition and the need for meaningful protection and participation.
“We are not ethnic minorities, we are Indigenous Peoples.”
UNPO Voices at the UNPFII
The Uyghur representative called for urgent international action and independent monitoring
“More than one million Uyghurs have been arbitrarily detained in concentration camps”
“The international community must move from recognition to accountability”
Edition 4 is coming, featuring stories from the Naga, CHamoru, Khmer Krom, Jumma, and Papuans of West Papua. Indigenous voices remain one of most underrepresented in media, even as their fights for recognition grow more urgent.
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No state. No citizenship. No protection. And still, Rohingya women are holding their community together.
Read why in the latest edition of Peoples Represented: https://t.co/oQt0wnMgGN
UNPO, @assemblea_int & GDH submitted a report to CERD ahead of Spain’s 2026 review, highlighting systemic discrimination against Catalans, from language rights to political participation and surveillance.
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She survived FGM at eight. Built a hospital with her own pension. Served as minister, diplomat, and UNPO President. Dr. Edna Adan Ismail turned injustice into action. Read the full story and subscribe at https://t.co/qYijTDHpMV
In 1917, Crimean Tatar women won the right to vote before most of Western Europe. Over a century later, they're still fighting — this time against occupation, persecution, and erasure. Read the full story and subscribe at https://t.co/8I0P0iPTOD
Through a collaboration with the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, this research looks at how (mis)information, media, and framing impact self-determination movements—and how communities are reclaiming their voice.
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At #HRC61 and a conference on Balochistan, UNPO highlighted the lived realities of Baloch and Sindhi peoples.
Exclusion drives violations, and makes accountability harder to achieve.
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A mother sits on a cold road from morning till night, holding a photograph of her disappeared son. She doesn't demand power. She demands answers.
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