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In Memoriam: Dr. Rudolph C. Rÿser, Founding Chair, CWIS

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Indigenous Women Seek Place in Constituent Assembly

Indigenous Women Seek Place in Constituent Assembly

February 26, 2007

Women from indigenous communities on Sunday said that there should be proportional representation of ethnic women in the constituent assembly on the basis of their population. Speaking at an interaction…

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Ecuadorian Native movements turn up the heat

Ecuadorian Native movements turn up the heat

February 22, 2007

On Jan. 15, Native leaders handed the ceremonial ”staff of power” to Ecuador’s new president, Rafael Correa. Now indigenous movements in Ecuador are putting the pressure on the Ecuadorian government…

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Indonesia: Free Political Prisoners in Papua

Indonesia: Free Political Prisoners in Papua

February 22, 2007

At least 18 Papuans are serving sentences in Indonesian jails simply for peaceful acts of freedom of expression and opinion, Human Rights Watch said in a new report released today….

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UN Rep Says Killings Hurting Arroyo

UN Rep Says Killings Hurting Arroyo

February 12, 2007

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Indigenous Peoples warns that the Arroyo government

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Peruvian Government to Exclude Isolated Indigenous Peoples Reserves From Amazon Oil Concessions, Amazon Watch Says

Peruvian Government to Exclude Isolated Indigenous Peoples Reserves From Amazon Oil Concessions, Amazon Watch Says

February 6, 2007

The Peruvian government’s announcement that it is revising three rainforest oil concessions to exclude official reserves intended to protect some of the last native Amazonian populations still living in isolation…

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'Taking a New Path instead of changing course' - Issue #19 FWEYE

‘Taking a New Path instead of changing course’ – Issue #19 FWEYE

February 6, 2007

Five and one-half years since the names Osama bin Laden and Al Qaeda became part of the language of fear in many parts of the world the global rein of…

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Nigeria: Corruption and Misuse Robs Nigerians of Rights

Nigeria: Corruption and Misuse Robs Nigerians of Rights

February 5, 2007

Local government officials in Nigeria

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Nigeria: Ojukwu Defends Massob

Nigeria: Ojukwu Defends Massob

February 5, 2007

Lagos — PRESIDENTIAL candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu has exonerated the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) from any…

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Indigenous communities take to streets demanding federal republic

Indigenous communities take to streets demanding federal republic

February 2, 2007

Even as agitation in Terai continued unabated, Nepal National Federation of Indigenous/Janajati community took to the streets of the capital demanding federal republic in the country. The demonstrations participated by…

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Chief 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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