Bangladesh military opens fire on Indigenous Jumma People
Eight people are dead and more than two dozen have been injured after the Bangladesh military, on Feb. 20, 2010, opened fire on a group of Indigenous Jumma villagers in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) of Bangladesh. Four villages sponsored by the United Nations were also burned to the ground by a group Bengali settlers [...]
Pregnant Anti-Mining Activist Murdered in El Salvador
On December 26, Dora “Alicia” Sorto Recinos, an active opponent of Pacific Rim’s El Dorado gold mine in El Salvador, was shot and killed as she returned home from doing her laundry. Sorto Recinos was eight months pregnant and carrying her two-year old child at the time. The child was also shot, in the foot, [...]
Amazon natives move to evict U.S. Oil company
Some three hundred indigenous people from the Peruvian Amazon region of Madre de Dios are on their way to the town of Salvacion to evict the Texas-based company Hunt Oil from their ancestral territory. According to reports on mongabay.com, hundreds of Peruvian police officers are waiting in the town for their arrival. Last month, Indigenous leaders [...]
Comments needed: Stop the Expansion of Peterborough Nukes!
Comments are urgently needed on the “Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) Screening Report” for GEHitachi’s nuclear expansion project in Peterborough, Ontario. Last week, the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) extended the comment period to October 21 because the CNSC received no comments from the general public or from the indigenous communities that the CNSC reportedly contacted: [...]
A Critical Time for the Lubicon Cree Nation
CORRECTION: Some concerns were recently brought to my attention regarding the accuracy of the original article, dated October 15, in which I explored an “unresolved political dispute” on Lubicon Territory. Given the history of Canadian intervention, and numerous complications surrounding band councils and leadership challenges (in a climate of unending hostility and coercion on part [...]
Mobilization in Defense of Water and Life, Day 3
A violent police confrontation has ended with three reported deaths and dozens more injured in the Shuar region of Morona Santiago, Ecuador, on Sept. 30, 2009. Indigenous communities had gathered in Morona Santiago three days ago, on Sept. 28, as part of the “Mobilization in Defense of Water and Life,” which was called on by CONAIE president [...]
Mapuche seeking solidarity over “imminent eviction”
The Mapuche community of Lonko Purran may now be facing eviction after a peaceful confrontation last week with the US-based company Apache Oil. Apache tried to enter their oil concession, a part of Lonko Purran’s territory in the Neuquen district of Argentina, on September 14. However, upon their arrival they encountered a roadblock setup by the [...]
Another company faces eviction from the Amazon
On August 25, Indigenous leaders in the Cordillera del Condor region of Peru issued an “ultimatum” to the Canadian gold mining company Dorato Resources Inc., giving them 15 days to exit their territory. The leaders pointed out at the time that Dorato failed to gain their consent before entering the region. Earlier this week, a second [...]
Maasai evicted and imprisoned for hunting concession
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 Tanzanian [...]
Emergency Support needed for the Ogiek
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 against [...]
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