Resisting Desert Rock
By Nathan Coe, gnn.tv
March 5, 2007

Indigenous resistance against the proposed Desert Rock coal-fired power plant continues despite intimidation and harassment.

On the Navajo Reservation of New Mexico, indigenous elders and youth have been battling energy giants and their plan to construct a new coal-fired power plant on Navajo lands in an attempt to protect their lands and traditions. In December of 2006, resisters erected a barricade and engaged in a tense standoff with law enforcement. Though the barricade has since been removed, indigenous resisters remain on site to vigil and protest against the destruction of their sacred

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Stop the Clash of Civilizations
from: www.avaaz.org
March 5, 2007

From New York to Baghdad, Madrid to Beirut, talk is rising of a ‘clash of civilizations’ between he West and Islam — no end in sight to the catastrophe in Iraq, war brewing between the US and Iran, Lebanon torn apart again, and still no real Israeli-Palestinian talks. But we know this clash is not about religion or culture. The real cause is politics - the politics of divide-and-rule, on all sides.

This is not the world we want. But it’s the world we’ll end up with, unless we act now. It’s …

Please find enclosed the press release regarding Harriet Nahannee’s death as a direct result of her incarceration. The call for a public inquiry to answer the below questions has gone out and we are also forwarding it to the European Support groups, who are looking into a campaign on Human Rights and Indigenous Peoples especially in light of the 2010 Olympics being railroaded into Aboriginal Territories and Harriet losing her life trying to stop it.

As you all know elder and environmental activist, Betty Krawczyk, 78, will be sentenced by the same judge, Mme Justice Brown, who sent Harriet to jail …

(Duckwater — February 2007) The Western Shoshone Nation responds to the threat of another explosion at the Nevada Test Site code named “Divine Strake” intended to simulate effects of a nuclear weapon. The Western Shoshone government calls attention to the legacy of adverse health impacts and disproportionate burden of risk borne by the people downwind. The US has conducted more than 1000 explosions for development of weapons of mass destruction within the boundaries of the Western Shoshone Nation identified by the Treaty of Ruby Valley in 1863, killing thousands of Americans and Western Shoshone nationals alike. The potential for …

Greetings Black Mesa Supporters & all who care about our planet. Please support a “NO ACTION” decision in solidarity with indigenous Dineh and Hopi communities.

It is urgent that as many people as possible send in a letter right away to stop Peabody Coal’s Black Mesa Project (BMP)! A Sample is accessible below. Peabody’s plans call for more relocation, water depletion, and global warming. The deadline to make your comments be heard, Feb. 6, is swiftly approaching!! Click here to send in your letter electronically or print it out and mail it. We must use this window to voice …

THE WOMEN´S DEMANDS

On the 31st of August APPO´s Coordination of Women of Oaxaca (COMO 1st August) was formed. It raised that: “At present and due to the extreme poverty, the conditions for having so many children do not exist, in addition the struggle demands that we should be participating in other areas.”

On the basis of documents from the conference and what the women told us, we have assembled the following demands.

- Equal participation of women and men.
- Reclaim the Indigenous traditions, unless they undermine the human dignity of women.
- The right to land for Indigenous women: the majority …

Here is a petition to save Spaet (Bear) Mountain. See here for background info

We ask for the full and unmitigated protection of and access to SPAET Mountain in perpetuity including all remaining sacred sites, lands, habitat and watersheds, especially our sacred cave, from further damage. We ask for the respect due and implementation of the full force and intent of pertinent international, Canadian, and British Columbian legislation. Further, the restoration of any damage to sacred sites, surrounding environment and especially the cave and karst.

We ask for all those addressed in this petition to respectfully …

(petition below) Crown V Hurley - NIHRCA Rejects DPP Hand Down. Black Friday for Aboriginal Peoples and another Black mark on the history of the Crown, Commonwealth and the Australian Justice System.

The hand down from the DPP in relation to the indictment of QLD Police Officer, Chris Hurley, for the murder of Palm Islander, Kumuntjuy Mulrunj Doomadgee has been rejected by the NIHRCA, accusing the QLD government with the offence of perverting the course of justice. The Commonwealth, their state governments and Territories have been rejecting …

Brisbane, Australia:The Queensland Dept of Public Prosecution’s disgusting decision to ignore the Deputy Coroner’s findings that the Qld police killed Mulrinji,an indigenous man, in November 2004 while he was in police custody –has been met with community disbelief. The DPP wants us to believe that Mulrinji “fell” (getting 4 broken ribs and a liver split in two through the “fall”)and that the cop who arrested him — the 6?7? tall Chris Hurley — played no role in his death.

(1) Messages of support
(2) On line petition
(3) Background resources on the murder

(1) Messages of support to the local Murri community can be …

Phra Supoj Suvacano, a Buddhist monk, was killed for challenging the efforts of businessmen to take control of forest lands belonging to the temple and his local community. One year after his death, there have been no signs of progress. He is one of more than 20 defenders killed in the last five years.

This month, Human Rights First released a report documenting these attacks on defenders as well as arbitrary arrests and disappearances in the conflict area of southern Thailand. It’s called Losing Ground: Human Rights Defenders and Counterterrorism in Thailand.

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End Impunity for the Murder of Thai Rights Defenders

One …