22:30

Impact of colonialism

Virtual Museum dedicated to the impact of colonialism opens in Azerbaijan's Baku

The Baku Initiative Group hosted an international conference in Azerbaijan’s capital under the title “Neocolonialism and Global Inequality,” bringing together political movements from different parts of the world that said were still confronting both the legacy and modern forms of colonial rule.

12:16

Sikh equality

Sikh Federation UK raises equality concerns in India at international conference in Baku

The Executive Director of the Sikh Federation (UK) has highlighted concerns about equality, religious rights and historical injustices faced by Sikhs since the partition in 1947. He made the comments during Azerbaijan's first international conference that's dedicated to India.

13:11

Decolonisation push

Baku Initiative Group cited in UN report on African diaspora

The Baku Initiative Group has been recognised in a UN report as the only NGO among global civil society actors advocating for decolonisation and island sovereignty.

17:41

Baku Initiative Group

The Kingdom of Gureshaba, located in New Caledonia, has applied to join the Baku Initiative Group

The King of the Kingdom of Gureshaba, Doku Hmaiai Hippolyte Sinewami Htamumu, has formally applied to join the Baku Initiative Group. The Kingdom of Gureshaba is located on Nenon Island in New Caledonia.

11:36

South Caucasus

Baku hosts conference on "Colonialism: Erasure of Religious and National Identity"

The "Colonialism: Erasure of Religious and National Identity" conference in Baku gathers leaders of independence movements and political prisoners' families to discuss the suppression of identity under colonial rule, global anti-colonial movements, and reparations.