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Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) @unpointl.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A look back at UNPO’s Re-Imagining Self-Determination conference, held in The Hague on 27–28 August 2026, marking 35 years since the organisation was founded in the city. Read more here: unpo.org/re-imagining...
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Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) @unpointl.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
UNPO’s XXI General Assembly took place in The Hague on 29–30 August, bringing members together to reflect on the organisation’s work, adopt resolutions and elect a new Presidency for 2026–2028. Read more here: unpo.org/unpo-holds-x...
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Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) @unpointl.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
UNPO’s new report, “Disappearing Peoples and Voices,” examines how enforced disappearances and transnational repression are used against unrepresented nations and peoples, drawing on testimonies from seven UNPO member communities. Read the full report here: unpo.org/disappearing...
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Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) @unpointl.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
UNPO’s latest analysis examines how ordinary UN procedures can become barriers for unrepresented peoples, from accreditation and speaking time to the shrinking capacity of the UN human rights system Read the full article here: academy.unpo.org/compromised-...
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Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) @unpointl.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
“UNPO has acted as an important bridge between the Khmer-Krom, an oppressed Indigenous community, and the international community.” For 25 years, the Khmers Kampuchea-Krom Federation (KKF) and UNPO have worked together to amplify the Khmer-Krom. #UNPO35 #35Voices
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Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) @unpointl.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
What happens when a people’s homeland is divided by borders they never chose? Our latest article explores the history of Zambesia, the legacy of colonial borders, and the unfinished struggle for self-determination. Read the full article: academy.unpo.org/zambesia-dra...
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Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) @unpointl.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
The countdown is on! Don’t miss UNPO’s 2nd Conference on Re-Imagining Self-Determination in The Hague, 27–28 August 2026 Communities, academics, policymakers & practitioners will come together to ask: What does self-determination mean in today’s changing world? 🎟️ Register: unpo.org/2026-confere...
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Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) @unpointl.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
"When peoples unite in defence of shared values and rights, they become a voice that is harder to ignore." In this edition, Catalonia reflects on the importance of solidarity, international advocacy, and defending the fundamental right to self-determination. #UNPO35 #35Voices #Catalonia
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Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) @unpointl.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Did you know? The most important thing UNPO created in 1991 wasn't just an organisation, it was a community For 35 years we have stood together to amplify each other's voices, share knowledge, and advance the right to self-determination 💛 Donate today: stockcrowd.com/form-c711b76...
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Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) @unpointl.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
The #SouthMoluccas have been part of UNPO's since 1991. As a founding member, they continue to work with UNPO to bring international attention to human rights, political representation, and environmental protection, while strengthening solidarity among unrepresented nations and peoples
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Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) @unpointl.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
How are Hongkongers preserving their identity and democratic voice in the face of shrinking political freedoms? Listen to our conversation with Amy Siu of the European Hong Kong Diaspora Alliance. 🎧 Listen now: open.spotify.com/episode/3Yc1... #HiddenGeopolitics #HongKong #UNPO
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Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) @unpointl.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Every donation helps create space for unrepresented nations and peoples to be heard. Support UNPO's work to strengthen solidarity, advance advocacy, and amplify voices around the world. 💛 Help us reach our €5,000 goal by the end of August. 👉 www.stockcrowd.com/form-c711b76...
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Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) @unpointl.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
A new article explores the historical foundations of the Naga people's pursuit of self-determination, the impact of militarisation and political marginalisation, and why meaningful recognition remains essential to achieving a just and lasting peace. Read more: academy.unpo.org/voices-from-...
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Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) @unpointl.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
The Uyghur people have been part of UNPO's story since its founding in 1991. Together with the @uyghurcongress.bsky.social (WUC), we continue to amplify Uyghur voices, advance international advocacy, and strengthen solidarity among unrepresented nations and peoples. #UNPO35 #35VOICES
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Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) @unpointl.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
35 years. Countless voices. Our new 35 Voices series celebrates the people and communities that have shaped UNPO's journey. Stay tuned 👀
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Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) @unpointl.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Nearly three decades after the 1997 Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord, many of its key commitments remain unfulfilled. Satej Chakma examines the history of the Accord, the challenges that continue to affect Indigenous communities in the CHT. Read more: academy.unpo.org/re-examining...
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Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) @unpointl.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
At the Fourteenth Global Minority Rights Summer School, UNPO joined partners and experts to explore the relationship between self-determination and minority rights, highlighting why these concepts should be understood together. Read more: unpo.org/tom-lantos-i...
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Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) @unpointl.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
For 35 years, UNPO has worked alongside unrepresented nations and peoples to advance human rights, self-determination, and peaceful solutions to conflict. Learn more about who we are: unpo.org/who-we-are/ Help shape the next chapter of UNPO's story: www.stockcrowd.com/form-c711b76...
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Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) @unpointl.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
🎙️ New episode of Hidden Geopolitics is out now. In this episode, we speak with a Crimean Tatar human rights advocate, about the realities of life under Russian occupation, and the ongoing repression of the Crimean Tatar people. Listen now: open.spotify.com/episode/4szw...
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Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) @unpointl.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
The 2026 Conference on Re-Imagining Self-Determination is bringing together global voices to explore new approaches to representation, solidarity, and self-determination. 🎟️ Register: unpo.org/2026-confere... As UNPO marks its 35th anniversary, support our work: ❤️ www.stockcrowd.com/form-c711b76...
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Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) @unpointl.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
35 Years. Countless voices To mark our 35th anniversary, we are launching a campaign to raise €5,000 by the end of August and help UNPO continue creating opportunities for unrepresented communities to advocate, connect and be heard. 👉 www.stockcrowd.com/form-c711b76...
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Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) @unpointl.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
At the Geneva Press Club, UNPO highlighted how child marriage and forced conversion in Sindh are not separate issues, but two interconnected dimensions of the same human rights crisis. Read more: unpo.org/two-faces-of...
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Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) @unpointl.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
UNPO and Assemblea have submitted a new communication to three UN Special Rapporteurs, urging renewed action and calling on Spain to ensure accountability, transparency, and effective remedies for those affected. Read more: unpo.org/assemblea-an...
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Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) @unpointl.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Baloch human rights defender and 2025 Nobel Peace Prize nominee Dr. Mahrang Baloch has been sentenced to life imprisonment in Pakistan following her arrest during a peaceful protest in March 2025. Read more here: unpo.org/baloch-human...
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Uyghur Human Rights Project @uhrp.org · 25/06/2026
📖In a moving reflection, Rizwana Ilham writes about growing up in a generation of Uyghurs told they were the future – only to later see their culture and community systematically dismantled. @unpointl.bsky.social www.peoplesrepresented.com/we-were-call...
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We Were Called the Future Before We Knew What Was Being Taken
Before there was vocabulary for politics, there was already a language of absence: unanswered calls, lowered voices, a syllable in Uyghur that could feel like a small homeland. Identity is not somethi...
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Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) @unpointl.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Archives are more than records of the past. For unrepresented nations and peoples, they preserve collective memory, support advocacy, document human rights abuses, and help safeguard identity across generations. Read more here: unpo.org/unpo-secreta...
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Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) @unpointl.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
What happens when cultural rights frameworks are built around states, but many communities remain unrecognised by them? Read more here: unpo.org/unpo-submits...
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Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) @unpointl.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
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. Écoutez l’épisode ici : open.spotify.com/episode/4Lqz...
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Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) @unpointl.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
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. Read more: unpo.org/unpo-submits...
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Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) @unpointl.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
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. Subscribe at peoplesrepresented.com to be the first to read.
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Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) @unpointl.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
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. unpo.org/the-unpo-cal...
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Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) @unpointl.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
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: unpo.org/unpo-submits...
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Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) @unpointl.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
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. unpo.org/unpo-raises-...
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Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) @unpointl.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
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. Subscribe to get it first: www.peoplesrepresented.com
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Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) @unpointl.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
No state. No citizenship. No protection. And still, Rohingya women are holding their community together. Read why in the latest edition of Peoples Represented: www.peoplesrepresented.com/the-architec...
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Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) @unpointl.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
UNPO, @assembleaint.bsky.social & 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. Read more: unpo.org/unpo-anc-and...
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Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) @unpointl.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
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 www.peoplesrepresented.com/even-one-is-...
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Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) @unpointl.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
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 peoplesrepresented.com
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Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) @unpointl.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
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. Read full article here: academy.unpo.org/determining-...
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Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) @unpointl.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
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. Read more here: unpo.org/unpo-on-balo...
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Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) @unpointl.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
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. Read the article in the latest edition of Peoples Represented and subscribe: peoplesrepresented.com/when-the-sta...
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Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) @unpointl.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
UNPO warns that digital technologies are increasingly used to target human rights defenders from unrepresented communities. Surveillance, shutdowns, and restrictive laws are shrinking civic space and silencing dissent. Read more here: unpo.org/unpo-calls-f...
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Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) @unpointl.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
China’s new “Ethnic Unity” law raises concerns about its potential impact on cultural and linguistic diversity, particularly for communities such as #Uyghurs, #Tibetans, and #SouthernMongolians, who have already been affected by restrictive policies. Read more here: unpo.org/new-ethnic-u...
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Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) @unpointl.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Rising human rights concerns in #GilgitBaltistan demand attention. Denied medical care and the use of anti-terrorism laws against political expression point to a shrinking civic space, amid broader challenges of limited representation. More here: unpo.org/unpo-raises-...
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Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) @unpointl.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
📣 Edition No. 3 of Peoples Represented is coming soon: Women. Their stories. Their communities. Their voices. Subscribe so it lands straight in your inbox → www.peoplesrepresented.com
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Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) @unpointl.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Nearly 30 years after the 1997 Chittagong Hill Tracts Accord, many of its provisions remain unimplemented. A new analysis examines the gap between national reform narratives and the realities faced by Indigenous Jumma communities in the CHT. Read more: academy.unpo.org/between-refo...
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Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) @unpointl.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
UNPO is pleased to welcome Hong Kong as part of its Peoples’ Friends framework. We will work together with the European Hong Kong Diaspora Alliance (EHKDA) to strengthen international awareness, dialogue, and solidarity. Learn more about Hong Kong here: unpo.org/unpo-expands...
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Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) @unpointl.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
21 youth advocates. 16 unrepresented communities. One shared goal: making their voices heard in digital spaces. Watch what a week with the UNPO Youth Network and the Council of Europe looked like. 🔗Read the full story: unpo.org/unpo-youth-b...
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Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) @unpointl.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
💧 Water doesn't just sustain life — it carries identity, memory, and belonging. The new issue of Peoples Represented, "Water", is here. 📖 Read. Share. Make their voices heard. 🔔 Subscribe: peoplesrepresented.com
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Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) @unpointl.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
In honour of International Women’s Day, the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) is organising a webinar bringing together women leaders from Sindh, Somaliland, and Iranian Kurdistan. 📅 Tuesday, 10 March 2026 🕘 17:00 CET 💻 Online: meet.google.com/bpm-yuuw-ibq
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