evictions
Philippines: Lumad communities set up blockades to resist relocation
Indigenous Lumad communities in South Cotabato have organized a set of blockades against an Australian-owned mining company that wants to relocate them to make way for a new copper-gold...
Chagos My Home 
In the 1960's, a group of indigenous people were evicted from their homeland in the Chagos Archipelago, Indian Ocean, to build a base for the U.S military. They have...
Australia: Nyoongar People Reject Billion Dollar Native Title Deal
A Nyoongar Tent Embassy was established on Perth’s Heirisson Island this month in response to a Billion dollar proposal by the Western Australia government that would force the Nyoongar...
Ethiopia’s tribes cry for help
A drive to become a world leading sugar producer threatens the livelihoods of thousands of people in rural areas. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - The Lower Omo Valley in south-western Ethiopia...
Urgent Appeal: Manipur police assault indigenous women at Loktak Lake
The Citizens' Concern for Dams and Development (CCDD) has issued the following urgent appeal concerning a brutal assault on a group of eleven Meitei women who were protesting against...
Massive Indonesian offensive displaces thousands in Paniai as helicopters attack and raze villages
Indonesian police and military forces have reportedly razed 26 villages and forcibly evacuated 130 more in a coordinated attack in Paniai Regency, West Papua. According to this initial report...
Ethiopia: government crackdown intensifies; Indigenous Peoples sound the alarm
Growing repression in southwestern Ethiopia is raising fears that soldiers--acting on behalf of Malaysian investors and the government--may soon start killing people for refusing to leave their traditional lands...
Israel to forcibly evict 40,000 Bedouins from ancestral land
The Israel government is preparing to evict as many as 40,000 Indigenous Bedouins from their ancestral lands in the Negev desert. Israel's adoption of the controversial "Prawer Plan" earlier...
!!!This land is ours!!! A tale of land theft through violence and laws
In this guest article, Frauke Decoodt examines the ever-growing land rights struggle of the Maya-Ixil Peoples in Guatemala. The Ixil's ancestral land was usurped by the State government in...
Open-cast Coal Mining Threatens Indigenous Villagers in Jharkhand, India
The expansion of open-cast coal mining operations in Jharkhand's Northern Karanpura Valley poses a major threat to the region's Indigenous population, their local environment and a precious cultural heritage...
Lawsuits Against Hudbay Minerals Will Continue Despite Sale of Fenix Project
Two separate lawsuits against the Canadian mining company HudBay Minerals, regarding the murder of Adolfo Ich and the rape of 11 Mayan-Qeqchi women by mine security personnel, will continue...
Costa Rica: Private security guards evict Bribri families on behalf of Italian businessman
Security guards working for the Italian businessman, Idolo Augustine Mastronei, have violently evicted a group of Bribri families from their territory in the Talamanca region of Costa Rica. On...
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