Honduras: Indigenous Peoples Ready to Mobilize Against Hydro Dams
October 29, 2010 2 comments 113 views
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Indigenous and Black Peoples from across Honduras have said they are ready to mobilize against 41 dam concessions which they say violate their rights, threaten the environment and endanger their communities. Representatives from several organizations and members of the Tulupanes, Pech, Miskito, Maya-Chortis, Lenca and Garifuna Peoples met from...Read more
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Wamena Bleeds Again: Defender of the Land of Papua killed by Indonesian Police
October 25, 2010 7 comments 219 views
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The West Papuan highlands have been plunged into a state of tension and fear, as Indonesian police shot dead a member of the indigenous community security group, Defenders of the Land of Papua. Indigenous Papuan activists are operating in a state of increased repression, surveillance and militarization backed by...Read more
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Indigenous Wixarika People Demand a Moratorium on Mining
October 19, 2010 2 comments 464 views
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The Indigenous Wixarika People have issued a statement demanding the cancellation of 22 mining concessions and a moratorium on any future exploration or extraction activities in the Real de Catorce, San Luis Potosi, Mexico. The Vancouver-based company First Majestic Silver purchased the concessions from another Canadian company in 2009,...Read more
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Lines in the Forest: Grassy Narrows, Weyerhaeuser and the CBFA
October 12, 2010 2 comments 443 views
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Less than five months ago, several large environmental groups and logging companies declared a truce to the "war in the woods", a long-standing campaign that frequently targeted customers and investors of companies like Weyerhaeuser, who have continuously pursued large-scale and damaging operations within the Canadian Boreal Forest. However, to...Read more
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Panama: Indigenous, Labor, Environmental Groups Need Your Support
October 7, 2010 1 Comment 206 views
Indigenous Peoples, environmental groups and labor organizations across Panama have turned to the international community for support in their growing nation-wide campaign to defend human rights, enact Indigenous Peoples' rights and restore environmental protections in the country. In June, 2010, the Panamanian National Assembly pushed through Law No. 30,...Read more
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Global Minga in Defense of Mother Earth, October 12, 2010
October 4, 2010 9 comments 460 views
From October 12-16, 2010, Indigenous Peoples, Social Movements, and Climate Justice Activists will converge in more than a dozen countries for the second Global Minga In Defense of Mother Earth. This year's primary focus will be Climate and Environmental Justice. Echoing the first Global Minga, which took place during...Read more
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Mapuche End Hunger Strike; Chile Agrees To Drop Terrorism Charges
October 2, 2010 No Comments 372 views
UPDATE, OCT. 5 - Mapuche in Angol Prison and 11 others (14 in total) have not ended the hunger strike due to some major concerns over the recent agreement. It has also been reported that "a representative from the Ministry of Health visited the 6 prisoners from Angol who...Read more
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Underreported Struggles #42, September 2010
September 30, 2010 1 Comment 589 views
In this month's Underreported Struggles: 20 thousand peasants mobilize for agrarian reform in Indonesia; Indigenous Peoples from Brazil, Peru and Bolivia declare a "state of emergency"; Uranium mines in Jharkhand exposed: Villagers are still being poisoned. A military plane was reportedly sent to Rapanui (Easter Isalnd) "with a contingency...Read more
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Authorities Order Total Evacuation of San Juan Copala, Oaxaca
September 24, 2010 No Comments 311 views
After months of paramilitary violence--including physical and verbal abuse, rape, kidnapping and murder--Indigenous authorities have ordered the total evacuation of the town of San Juan Copala. Kristin Bricker reports. Authorities of the autonomous municipality of San Juan Copala, Oaxaca, have ordered the total evacuation of the town, which has...Read more
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Troubling Developments for the Island of Palawan
September 20, 2010 No Comments 325 views
Government agencies in the Philippines are continuing to ignore provincial and state regulations to protect foreign mining interests in the island Province of Palawan; and now, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) steps in to the fray, announcing plans give mining firms, including some Canadian companies, direct military...Read more
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Six Dozen Guarani ‘Prisoners on Their Own Land’
September 15, 2010 4 comments 166 views
More than six dozen indigenous people from the Guarani Kaiowá Y'poí in Brazil have effectively been turned into prisoners on their land. According to the Indigenist Missionary Council (Conselho Indigenista Mission, CIMI), four weeks ago a group of gunmen hired by local landowners surrounded the Guarani, who set up...Read more
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