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Forced Displacements Are Common in Southern Mexico Thousands of indigenous people were forced from their homes in Chiapas, Mexico’s southernmost state, in 2017. The displacement was part of a local, violent land dispute that has been going on for years, but similar…
10 years later Kandhamal Carnage Survivors still await Justice Written by Deborah Grey | Published on: August 25, 2018 facebook twitter email Anti-Christian violence broke out in Kandhamal district of Odisha in August 2008 following the brutal murder of Swami Lakshmanand Saraswati. The violence followed the path of…
Lumads Celebrate International Day on the World’s Indigenous Peoples through a Protest in Davao City August 9 is commemorated as the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples in recognition of the first meeting of the United Nations Working Group on Indigenous…
How the Yanadi, an Oppressed Indigenous People in India, are Reclaiming Their Rights One Village At a Time By Stella PaulReprint | | Print | Send by email Courtesy: Inter Press Service News Agency August 8, 2022 This article is part of a series of stories and op-eds…
All India Union of Forest Working People (AIUFWP) Press Release Dated: August 7, 2022 Van Gujjars, a nomadic tribe living inside the Rajaji National Park in the state of Uttarakhand are again facing eviction threat in this rainy season by Ranger…
Helping Indigenous Peoples Live Equal Lives By Emily ThampoeReprint | | Print | Send by email This article is part of a series of stories and op-eds initiated by IPS on the occasion of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, on August 9. Mapuche indigenous peoples…
IPS Inter Press Service News Agency Published on Aug 6, 2022 SUBSCRIBE 280 370 million self-identified indigenous peoples are spread across across the world, but continue to face discrimination and marginalization. Dispossessed of their lands, territories and ancestral resources, these people have increasingly…
Protecting the Rights of Indigenous Peoples as They are Forced to Move into Cities By Sopho Kharazi Courtesy: Inter Press Service News Agency Sharmila Munda, a woman from the Shantal indigenous community in Chatra, Bangladesh, collects wood for her livelihood. Credit: Rafiqul Islam…
A Slaughter in Silence: How Trump’s “America First” Policy Enabled Ethnic Cleansing in the DRC AUGUST 03, 2022 The Democratic Republic of Congo is facing one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world as a wave of extreme violence sweeps the…
Islam on Lands of Ancient Maya: Closer Look at Muslim Community in Mexico © AFP 2018 / Yuri Cortez LATIN AMERICA 18:04 29.07.2022(updated 18:21 29.07.2022) Courtesy: Sputnik International Few would be surprised at seeing a girl wearing a hijab in Mexico’s San…
