Refugees dig for water in a dried up watering hole in Jamam camp, in South Sudan’s Upper Nile state. Credit: Jared Ferrie/IPS http://www.ipsnews.net/2012/06/sudanese-refugees-dying-of-thirst/ JUBA, Jun 14 2012 (IPS) - Sudanese refugees have started dying as a camp in South Sudan ran…
Mexico: Mexico Must Free Indigenous Activists Jailed On Trumped-Up Charges http://indigenouspeoplesissues.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=15344:mexico-mexico-must-free-indigenous-activists-jailed-on-trumped-up-charges&catid=30&Itemid=63 The Mexican authorities must immediately and unconditionally release two indigenous men imprisoned after an unfair trial in the central state of Puebla, Amnesty International said today. In a letter delivered on…
Nepal: Thousands Of Families Denied Access To Safe Water In Nepal http://indigenouspeoplesissues.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=15342:nepal-thousands-of-families-denied-access-to-safe-water-in-nepal&catid=33&Itemid=66 Indra Maya Shankar, 2012 Life like hell in the place like heaven — Mountainous region As a right to food activist for the last five years, I had a dream…
West Papua: Assassination Of Leading West Papua Leader - Country Now In State Of Emergency http://indigenouspeoplesissues.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=15356:west-papua-assassination-of-leading-west-papua-leader-country-now-in-state-of-emergency&catid=32&Itemid=65 Dear friend of West Papua, It is with a tear in my eye, that I inform you of the assassination earlier today of the leader of…
Indonesia: The Indonesian Government Must Take Action To Address Serious Violations Of The Freedoms Of Assembly And Expression In The Papuan Provinces http://indigenouspeoplesissues.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=15348:indonesia-the-indonesian-government-must-take-action-to-address-serious-violations-of-the-freedoms-of-assembly-and-expression-in-the-papuan-provinces&catid=32&Itemid=65 The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) wishes to alert the Human Rights Council (HRC) to the human rights situation…
Colombia: Complaint Filed Against World Bank Group For Funding Eco Oro Minerals Gold Mine In Fragile Colombian Wetlands http://indigenouspeoplesissues.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=15345:colombia-complaint-filed-against-world-bank-group-for-funding-eco-oro-minerals-gold-mine-in-fragile-colombian-wetlands&catid=23&Itemid=56 Downstream community submits complaint to the IFC’s Ombudsman Today, local groups in Bucaramanga, Colombia filed a complaint against the World Bank Group’s…
Quebec: Quebec Recognizes Aboriginal Customary Adoption http://indigenouspeoplesissues.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=15355:quebec-quebec-recognizes-aboriginal-customary-adoption&catid=22&Itemid=55 Ghislain Picard, Chief of the Assembly of the First Nations of Quebec and Labrador, is pleased that the Government of Quebec has officially recognized the customary rules of adoption of the First Nations and Inuit….
Hundreds of Kumyks are holding out in a peaceful protest camp in the volatile Russian republic of Dagestan, which is close to civil war. In April, The Kumyk set up the protest camp just north of Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan, to demonstrate…
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