‘Rage, despair, disgust’: Canada reels from killings of Indigenous women
Serial killing of four women prompts anger at failure of politicians to keep promise to protect Indigenous women and girls The arrest of an alleged...
Category : Indigenous peoples
Tanzania drops murder charges against 24 Maasai leaders
The pastoralists had been detained over the death of a police officer during protests against government plans to evict them from ancestral land Prosecutors in...
Canada supreme court refuses to hear appeal in blow to residential school survivors
Survivors of St Anne’s Indian residential school allege government withheld key evidence in determining compensation for victims Canada’s supreme court has declined to hear an...
‘I’d eat an Indian’: rivals seize on unearthed Bolsonaro cannibalism boast
In a now viral video of a 2016 interview, the Brazilian president claims he would eat human flesh It was a shocking statement, even for...
‘Shocking blow to Indigenous land rights’ as court dismisses Maasai herder claim
Herders lodge appeal against ruling in their case against the Tanzanian government, which they say is violently evicting them from ancestral land Lawyers for Maasai...
Indigenous leaders urge businesses and banks to stop supporting deforestation
Amazon ecosystem is on verge of collapse, leaders tell brands such as Apple and Tesla as UN gathers in New York Indigenous leaders from the...
Anglo-French oil firm threatens Amazon reserve for isolated Indigenous people
Perenco sues Peru government for repeal of law that offers recognition to proposed Napo-Tigre reserve Isolated Peruvian tribes face a threat to their existence from...
Leading grain traders ‘sourcing soy beans from Brazilian farm linked to abuse’
Bunge and Cargill, behind more than 30% of soy exports to EU and UK, accused of exposing suppliers to link with indigenous rights violations Two...
Trudeau nominates Indigenous woman to Canada’s supreme court
Michelle O’Bonsawin’s appointment to the court would address longstanding criticism over lack of First Nations representation Justin Trudeau has nominated an Indigenous woman to Canada’s...
Five more people arrested in Brazil over murders of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira
Suspect already in custody is likely leader of illegal fishing mafia based in Amazon region, police say Brazilian police arrested another five people in connection...
