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INDIA: Officials questioned by UN on Jarawa
By Survival International
March 1, 2007

Indian officials were questioned by the UN on Monday about India’s protection of the Jarawa tribe of the Andaman Islands.

The Indian delegation was questioned at the annual session of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. The Rapporteur to the Committee, Patrick Thornberry, asked the delegation to explain what measures had been implemented to protect the Jarawa.

Survival had submitted a report to the UN prior to the meeting, warning that the Jarawa tribe could be ‘wiped out’ unless the Indian government acts to protect …

Canadian Ambassador to Guatemala Spreads Misinformation About Mining Conflict
Written by Rights Action
Wednesday, 28 February 2007

A Public Letter To:

Peter MacKay, Minister of Foreign Affairs, MacKay.P@parl.gc.ca

James Lambert, Director General, Latin America and Caribbean Bureau, DFAIT, james.lambert@international.gc.ca

Kenneth Cook, Canadian Ambassador to Guatemala, kenneth.cook@international.gc.ca

RE: Canadian ambassador to Guatemala spreads misinformation about film documenting indigenous Mayan Q’eqchi’ communities forcibly evicted on behalf of nickel mining company Skye Resources

Dear Sirs,

We, the undersigned, write with deep concern over the recent conduct of Canadian ambassador to Guatemala, Kenneth Cook. Ambassador Cook has been misinforming people about the work of Canadian doctoral student Steven …

Vietnam’s Politburo Continues to Oppress Indigenous Peoples, Ethnic Minorities
By David M. Kinchen, Huntington News Network

February 25, 2007 - Hardliners in Vietnam’s politburo in Hanoi are obsessed with punishing, oppressing and even eliminating peoples — such as the Khmer Krom, Montagnards and Hmong Lao, that aligned themselves more than 30 years ago with the United States during the Vietnam War.

That’s the view of international human rights groups,and many others in Southeast Asia concerned with the rights of indigenous and ethnic peoples.

Founded by Ho Chi Minh, the Communist Party of Indochina is well-known in the public for the …

Karen Indigenous Women Directly Targeted in Burmese Regime’s Terror Campaign in Karen State
Press Release, February 12, 2007

State of Terror, a report launched today by the Karen Women’s Organization, provides graphic evidence of the widespread terror tactics being employed by the military regime’s troops against women across Burma’s Karen State.

As the atrocities continue, the KWO appeals for concerted international pressure on the regime to bring about an immediate nationwide ceasefire and withdrawal of Burmese Army Troops from the ethnic states.

“We deeply regret the veto by China and Russia and SouthAfrica’s vote against the UN Security Council Resolution on Burma …

The following article is a bit old now (from Nov 2006) but the matter’s still open… Nine years ago reforms steered the fund built up by CPP contributions into the stock market. Now your retirement nest egg includes nuclear-arms makers, top polluters and more than $350M in tobacco stocks.

The dark side of your Canada Pension Plan
Kelly Patterson, The Ottawa Citizen
Published: Saturday, November 04, 2006

If you chip in to the Canada Pension Plan every week, then your investment portfolio includes 15 of the world’s top 20 weapons-makers, tobacco giants such as Rothmans and Imperial Tobacco, and nine of the …

The following article was written by Arthur Manuel, and published in The First Nations Strategic Bulletin (see below)

Human Rights: Recognition and Coexistence of Aboriginal Land Rights in Canada

In order to better understand the federal Comprehensive Claims Policy, the British Columbia Treaty Process, Negotiation Loan Funding, the Agreements-in-Principles and the 3 initialed Final Agreements of the Lheidli T’enneh, Tsawwassen and Maa-nulth, it is important to know that regardless of wherever you go there will always be collaborators who will let Human Rights violations happen.

The Federal Comprehensive Claims Policy should not only be rejected based on the ‘common law’ recognition of Aboriginal …

Even though I admire and respect non-governmental organizations like Amnesty International, I’m continuously compelled to point out that they have a number of responsibilities which extend far beyond their mandate, whatever it may be.

Among others, this includes a social responsibility to act in the best interests of those effected by their actions; as well as to be fair and balanced/ to not take sides if there mandate is, for example, something as encompassing as protecting human rights.

Such organizations do not or should not have the luxury to pick and choose what they want to do, as they see …