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By Rick Kearns, Today correspondent Published 2 Apr 09; Updated 6 Apr 09 WASHINGTON - Indigenous leaders from four Latin American countries came to Washington D.C. last month to assert that their respective governments are criminalizing their right to protest, preventing them from seeking justice. Testifying before the IACHR. Shayda Naficy photo. In what they called an Indigenous Diplomatic Mission...
Two more Awa leaders were killed this month by an unknown armed group. On May 10, Ademelio Servio Bisbicus and Marco Antonio Taicuz were shot to death in their homes. Bisbicus' wife, Bertha Taicuz was wounded by the gunfire. READ MORE Wider Drug War Threatens Colombian Indians New York Times, by SIMON ROMERO April 21, 2009. Colombian rebels admit killing...
OAS Secretary General José Miguel Insulza meets with Armstrong Wiggins and a delegation from the Haudenosaunee Confederacy WASHINGTON, D.C. - Indigenous leaders from North and South America met with White House Counsel Gregory B. Craig and other State Department officials last month, praising President Obama's platform of change and expressing their hope that change will bring long overdue improvements in...
Department of Economic and Social Affairs New York,NY Robert T. Coulter, Executive Director of the Indian Law Resource Center, presents "Indigenous Peoples’ Right Of Free Prior Informed Consent With Respect To Indigenous Lands, Territories and Resources," during a workshop on Free, Prior, and Informed Consent for the United Nations' Department of Economic and Social Affairs.
CENTRO DE RECURSOS JURÍDICOS PARA LOS PUEBLOS INDÍGENAS INDIAN LAW RESOURCE CENTER Derecho de Los Pueblos Indígenas Al Consentimiento Previo Libre e Informado Respeto a Tierras, Territorios y Recursos Indígenas El propósito de este documento es aclarar que quiere decir para nosotros, y como entendemos, la ley en relación a la demanda de los pueblos indígenas por “consentimiento libre previo...
Missoulian article by Gwen Florio, who discusses the most recent resolution in US Congress concerning a long-awaited apology towards Native American and Alaska Natives.
United Nations adopts Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoplesin an Historic Vote on Thursday, September 13, 2007 Read more... Indian and Alaska Native nations and tribes have long used international law, especially human rights law, to challenge the discrimination and injustice that affect them. International human rights offer some real hope for overcoming the severe unfairness of the laws...
Article by Gwen Florio May 10, 2009 Twenty-one years ago, Congress apologized to Japanese Americans for interning them during World War II. Sixteen years ago, Congress apologized for the "grave injustice" of overthrowing the Kingdom of Hawaii a century earlier. Last year, the House - though not the Senate - apologized for "the fundamental injustice, cruelty, brutality and inhumanity of...
It's 2009 and Indian people are still being killed for their land and natural resources. After 56 days of peaceful protests by indigenous people struggling to protect their land from oil drilling, mining and other mega-developments, President Alan Garcia sent troops to Bagua Grande, 870 miles north of Lima. On June 5, police opened fire on the protesters at Devil's...