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• Date: 19/01/2009

  Food and medical aid to reach Gaza after ceasefire

  Israel and Hamas agree to a ceasefire · First dead bodies under rubble are being recovered by Palestinian medical crews · Israel starts withdrawing its forces · Hamas demands full Israeli withdrawal · At least 1,300 people have been killed and 5,100 have been injured

• Date: 15/01/2009

  The right to self-determination in the World Social Forum 2009, with a Catalan accent

  

  CIEMEN invites representatives of 30 nations to discuss about collective rights and self-determination · The Catalan organization coordinates one of the biggest tents in the WSF 2009 · During the event, activities are to be followed on a blog · Self-determination will be among the main topics for the first time.

• Date: 14/01/2009

  The Imazighen people wishes you a happy new year 2959!

  The Imazighen celebrate their New Year, Yennayer · For the last years members of the Northern Africa people have called the date to be declared official bank holiday or World Heritage Day · MAK party demonstrates calling for self-government in Kabylie.

• Date: 13/01/2009

  Macedonia naming dispute, a destabilizing factor in the Balkans

  

  International Crisis Group calls for Greece to acknowledge Macedonian national identity and stresses its serious “regional implications” · Officials from both States to resume talks in New York next February · Greece opposes the use of the name Macedonia by its neighboring republic as it considers it to be part of its own Hellenic heritage.

• Date: 09/01/2009

  China arrested almost 1,300 Muslim Uyghur last year

  

  Chinese authorities admit they have arrested 1,295 citizens from East Turkistan on suspicion of 'endangering state security' · Most of detainees have been formally charged with terrorism, separatism or religious extremism · The wave of arrests was particularly high during the Olympic Games last August.

• Date: 09/01/2009

  Peoples and nations today: Sardinia

  

  DOSSIER. Sardinia is a crossroads in the Mediterranean Sea, and one of the European islands with the highest degree of linguistic and cultural diversity. Even though Italy has entered into the island with the force only a State can have, Sardinians have gained for themselves the legal status of People instead of that of Region, and enjoy a significant degree of self-government which provides for some protection of their languages (particularly Sardinian) and singularities.

• Date: 08/01/2009

  United Nations urges Nepal to end exploitation of indigenous girls

  

  Girls from the ethnic Tharu community are sent away to work into domestic service where they are exploited and abused · Despite prohibition of such practice by the Nepalese Supreme Court in 2006, there are still girls gone missing · UN urges to ensure justice for those who have been abused.

• Date: 07/01/2009

  Israel and Hamas to consider Egypt’s truce proposal

  The offensive by the Israeli army is already claiming more than 600 dead Palestinians, most of them civilians · United Nations and US government to back Egypt’s initiative · Tel Aviv to stop air strikes three hours a day to allow the passage of humanitarian aid through corridor.

• Date: 07/01/2009

  Cypriot leaders keep on building consensus

  NEWS IN BRIEF. Greek and Turkish Cypriot representatives are about to reach an agreement on relations between federated states and the hierarchy of norms

• Date: 02/01/2009

  Peoples and Nations today: Sápmi

  

  DOSSIER. Sámi people –traditionally known as Lapps– are often considered as Europe’s only indigenous people. They live in a territory encompassing four Nordic States and have a shared identity with about ten languages in the verge of extinction. They enjoy autonomy on cultural affairs in three States –Norway, Sweden and Finland– whereas Sámi living under the administration of the Russian Federation are expecting to get it soon.