Papuans 'vanishing' after mine protest By Andra Jackson April 3, 2006 At least 11 West Papuans have disappeared during reprisals by Indonesian authorities...
BBC NEWS Basques march for more autonomy Tens of thousands of people joined a march in northern Spain urging greater self-determination for the Basque region...
Very slightly interesting from a Sandzak point of view. http://www.birn.eu.com/insight_29_4_eng.php Possibly a little belated, seeing as it will likely be a...
BBC NEWS Basque leader released from jail A man regarded as a key figure in possible negotiations between the Spanish government and armed Basque separatists...
BBC NEWS Canada puts Tigers on terror list The Canadian government has said it is listing Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels as a terrorist group. The government,...
Indonesia clamps down on reporting of West Papua By John Martinkus April 13, 2006 I was last in West Papua in early 2003, reporting on the rise of Islamic...
[Just as Nazi Germany's Abwehr Abteilung II exploited minority movements in western Europe before World War Two, so US intelligence is seeking to undermine...
Following on from the previous post, two images have been added to the Photos section: Ethnic map of the Caucasus region; Ethnic map of Iran (Both found at...
BBC NEWS Guantanamo Uighur appeal rejected The US Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by two Chinese Muslims who are seeking release from the US detention...
BBC NEWS Morocco orders captives' release Morocco's King Mohammed has ordered the release of 48 Sahrawi activists jailed last year for demonstrations demanding...
A few days ago (April 13) there was a discussion on the subject of partitioning the Philippines. David Martinez, author of "A Country of Our Own:Partitioning...
It's the sort of thing I'd love...and yet there's something about the idea which doesn't quite seem right. What if four of the areas vot for independence and...
-- Books / Russification put into reverse / Lost Cosmonaut by Daniel Kalder / Reviewed by Dusko Doder Lost Cosmonaut: Travels to the Republics That Tourism...
-- Outlook / Battle for the Bush / Ben Flanagan is concerned that British politicians are being 'taken in by Kalahari PR campaign' A British parliamentary...
Based on the book itself, some of the borders are actually based on assumptions that may or may not come to pass. Like the assumption that Muslim Mindanao...
-- Sri Lanka on brink of war / Refugees tell of butchery and rape as separatist violence flares / Randeep Ramesh in Trincomalee The last time Sinnathurai...
BBC NEWS Albania takes Guantanamo Uighurs Five Chinese Muslim men have been released from the US detention centre in Guantanamo Bay and flown to Albania for...
Italian election result should lead to improvements for language communities Monday, 24 April 2006 The Parliamentary elections in Italy have brought few...
Downer 'unaware' of Papua killings claims Foreign Affairs Minister Alexander Downer says he is not aware of claims by Papuan student activists that the...
BBC NEWS Chagos islanders win court battle The UK High Court has ruled that families exiled from the Chagos Islands by the British government decades ago have...
Well, it is outrageous that Chagos is still British Territory and the UK can still say who can settle and who cannot . The British governement obviously do...
BBC NEWS EU slams Tigers over sea attacks The European Union has branded the Tamil Tiger rebels "reckless" after a sea battle that killed at least 17 Sri...
Turkey's Detente With Kurds Wavers Repression of the minority was reduced as the nation sought to woo the EU, but a wave of nationalism is holding back reform...
BBC NEWS South Russia blast kills minister The deputy interior minister of the southern Russian republic of Ingushetia is among at least seven people killed in...
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