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• Date: 23/10/2009

  Dozens of Uighurs still disappeared after July riots in East Turkistan

  

  Human Rights Watch has criticized the Chinese government for dismissing accountability of 43 detainees arrested by police last summer · The international organization suspects the cases documented are only the top of the iceberg · 12 Uighur people have already been sentenced to death by China.

• Date: 21/10/2009

  Turkish court releases PKK fighters who crossed the border from Iraq

  It is a new step towards the end of the Kurdish conflict · The judge ruled on Tuesday rebels could not be held 'because they returned under their own free will' · 8 rebels crossed the border from PKK bases in Northern Iraq alongside a group of Kurdish refugees · They arrived in a gesture of commitment with the peace process.

• Date: 19/10/2009

  Rally to protect Galician language records top attendance

  

  A crowd took to the streets of Santiago de Compostela bearing slogans in favour of the 'right to live in Galician' and against the autonomous government's language policies · Galician media highlight the plurality within the march, which was attended by all political parties in opposition.

• Date: 16/10/2009

  Peoples and nations today: Gagauzia

  

  DOSSIER. DOSSIER. The Gagauzians are the only people in the world that is granted a 'conditional' right to self-determination: as an autonomous entity within Moldova, Gagauzia can freely break away if Moldova eventually decides to merge into Romania.

• Date: 15/10/2009

  Pro-indigenous and anti-capitalist Week comes to an end in South America

  

  Thousands of South American indigenous people have demonstrated in Colombia, Bolivia, Ecuador, Chile, Argentina and Uruguay from 12 to 16 October as part of the 'minga global' call for Mother Earth · The global event, called by CAOI, protested against 'capitalist aggression, expressed in the pillage and commodification of life'.

• Date: 14/10/2009

  Basque parties criticize arrest of 10 leftist pro-independence leaders

  

  Batasuna’s top leader, Arnaldo Otegi, trade-union leader Rafa Diez and Rufi Etxeberria, among others, have been accused of organizing a new political group, allegedly successor of Batasuna · Basque Nationalist Party official Joseba Egibar has said arrested leaders “have opted for peaceful means”, and Aralar says that “nobody can be imprisoned for being into politics”.

• Date: 14/10/2009

  'Italy infringes minority rights', says Slovenian MEP

  NEWS IN BRIEF. Jelko Kacin, member of the Liberal Democrat Party of Slovenia, says Slovenian theater in Trieste lacks State-funding.

• Date: 12/10/2009

  30 speakers urge UN’s Fourth Commission to find a solution for the Western Sahara

  Catalan deputy Miquel Carrillo (Catalan Republican Left, ERC) has requested the international organization 'not to allow Morocco to violate existing international agreements' · The Fourth Commission is the international body monitoring remaining decolonization processes.

• Date: 08/10/2009

  Scottish LibDems to discuss stance on Scotland’s referendum for independence

  

  The Scottish Liberal Democrats will held a special close-door session to agree on a joint stance on the referendum for independence proposed by the First Minister Alex Salmond · A number of party officials have declared recently they are in favour of holding a plebiscite as soon as possible · Green light by LibDems would allow Salmond to pass the proposal in the Scottish Parliament.

• Date: 06/10/2009

  Indigenous peoples from Brazil get ready to enter federal parliament

  

  Councils and assemblies are looking for leaders to run 2010 legislative elections · Around 700,000 indigenous people live in Brazil, which accounts for 220 ethnic groups and 180 different languages · They expect to obtain 5 seats and representation in most of state-level parliaments.