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• A New Day for Indigenous Rights in Kenya

  

  August 11, 2010  157 views 0 Comments Share

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  As the United States considers its support of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, and Australia moves toward amending its constitution in favour of Indigenous Rights, the people of Kenya took their own step forward this month took, akin to the patient but sturdy march we saw in 2009 with the [...]

  Filed Under Africa • Indigenous Peoples • Kenya • referendum • Successes

• Underreported Struggles #32, November 2009

  

  November 30, 2009  1,290 views 0 Comments Share

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  In this month's Underreported Struggles: Chile’s Supreme Court Upholds Indigenous Water Rights; Tzotzil overtake UN office in Chiapas, Mexico; Police in Panama destroy Naso village, Mindoro Hunger strike temporarily shuts down mine; Paraguayan village sprayed with toxic chemicals Nov 30 - Chile’s Supreme Court Upholds Indigenous Water Use Rights - Chile’s Supreme Court last week [...]

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• Ogieks will not be evicted from the Mau forest

  

  November 1, 2009  1,347 views 0 Comments Share

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  It is emerging that members of the Ogiek community will not be evicted from the forest after all. The Secretariat of Mau task force committee said last week that the Indigenous Ogieks will not be evicted from their ancestral land in Kenya's Mau forest. As reported by NTVKenya, the announcement came as Prime Minister Raila [...]

  Filed Under conservation • evictions • forestry • Indigenous Peoples • Kenya • Ogiek

• Underreported Struggles #30, September 2009

  

  September 30, 2009  1,244 views 0 Comments Share

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  In this month's Underreported Struggles: Canadian mining company bows out of Chiapas; Malaysian police tear down Penan blockades; Ecuador’s Indigenous movement Mobilizes for the Water; Landowners threaten to shut down Barrick mine; Algonquins blockade logging companies. Sept. 30 - Recent killings linked to Canadian-owned nickel mine in Guatemala - Two Maya Qeqchi have been killed [...]

  Filed Under Indigenous Peoples • struggles • underreported

• Underreported Struggles #29, August 2009

  

  September 1, 2009  1,475 views 0 Comments Share

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  In this month's underreported struggles: Mapuche communities mobilize to reclaim land; Tens of Thousands Join Protests for Democracy in the Forests; Tobique First Nation blockade enters third month; 20,000 Ogieks facing eviction from the Mau forest; Logging protests spread in Borneo. Aug 30th - Return to Tarmageddon - You’ve likely heard about the tar sands [...]

  Filed Under Indigenous Peoples • underreported

• Maasai evicted and imprisoned for hunting concession

  

  August 24, 2009  2,824 views 8 comments Share

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  The Hadzabe community of Yaeda China valley, Tanzania, aren't the only ones facing eviction and starvation so the commercial sport hunting industry can make a name for itself. According to Survival International, eight Maasai villages were burnt to the ground last month---leaving 3,000 people without any food, shelter, or water. "On 4 July, heavily armed [...]

  Filed Under Africa • ALERT • evictions • Indigenous Peoples • Maasai • Tanzania

• Emergency Support needed for the Ogiek

  

  August 7, 2009  9,891 views 7 comments Share

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  Unless the international community can pressure Kenya to respect Indigenous Rights, in the coming month (September) as many as 20,000 Ogiek People will be evicted from their traditional lands in the Mau Forest. AUGUST 14:Yesterday, President Kibaki ordered everyone to be arrested, telling MP's to "stop whining" about the eviction. "The government shall take action [...]

  Filed Under Africa • ALERT • displacement • evictions • Indigenous Peoples • Kenya • Ogiek • petition