Category: Global Exchange
Indigenous Movements in the Americas: From Demand for Recognition to Building Autonomies
Latin America is living a time of autonomy movements, especially for indigenous autonomy. The demand became a central concern in national indigenous movements in the 1990s and intensified in the…
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India’s tribals: Caught in the crossfire
Land. Water. Minerals. Guns. They are all connected. In India
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RIGHTS-GUATEMALA: Legal Action by Activists Against Judges Stymied
GUATEMALA CITY, A Guatemalan court rejected accusations lodged by Coordinaci
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Indigenous Rights and the Mayan Victory in Belize
On 18 October 2007, the Supreme Court of Belize ruled in Cal v. Attorney General that the national government must recognize the indigenous Mayans
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Over Three Thousand People From Five Continents Danced and Partied with the EZLN on its 14th Anniversary
As the final moments of 2007 wound down, over three thousand attendees of the Third Encuentro of the Zapatistas with the People of the World, named
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Guess who wasn’t coming to dinner: The first ministers meeting in Ottawa left aboriginal leaders on the outside looking in
The Canadian government’s piecemeal approach to consultation does not respect constitutional norms about the participatory and consultative dimensions of indigenous rights.
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Papua (Indonesia): Genocide by Demographics
If present demographic trends continue, West Papua (formerly Irian Jaya) will be majority Indonesian (mostly Javanese) Muslim by 2011, and the indigenous Melanesian predominantly Protestant Christian Papuans will be a…
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BRAZIL: Land Shortage Provokes Murders of Indigenous People
RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan 14 (IPS) – At least 76 indigenous people were murdered in Brazil in 2007, 58 percent more than in 2006. The killings increased the most in…
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China: Resolution Places Human Rights At Centre
The European Parliament has passed a resolution that criticizes China for not addressing its human rights situation, especially in East Turkestan and Tibet, and urges the European Commission to take…
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UN votes for death penalty freeze
The UN General Assembly has passed a resolution calling for a moratorium on the death penalty, with the ultimate aim of abolishing capital punishment.
Read moreChief George Manuel Memorial Indigenous Library
The library is dedicated to the memory of Secwepemc Chief George Manuel (1921-1989), to the nations of the Fourth World and to the elders and generations to come.
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