“The government of the U.S. has repeatedly failed to protect the human rights of the Gwich'in"
New York, NY -- In a submission sent on October 3 to the United Nations Human Rights Council, Indigenous rights groups raised concerns about human rights violations against the Gwich’in Nation as a result of the Trump administration’s push to sell off the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for drilling.
It has been three months since the construction of the 30-meter observatory was planned to begin on the Mauna Kea summit and has since been blockaded by the mobilization of Indigenous Hawaiian and allied peoples to protect the right to maintain their practices that would be jeopardized by the observatory.
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For eight days Indigenous Peoples have been in the streets of Ecuador leading protests against the neoliberal government of Lenin Moreno. While protests have been largely peaceful, protesters have clashed with riot police in the largest civic mobilization since 2005 as thousands call for repeal of austerity measures. President Moreno left Quito on Monday, October 7, moving his government to the port city of Guayaquil.
7 de octubre, 2019—Puyo, Pastaza
A la opinión pública y al Pueblo Ecuatoriano.
Cities and towns across Massachusetts are joining a national movement to start celebrating Indigenous Peoples Day on the second Monday of October. Cultural Survival has joined a coalition of groups led by Indigenous Peoples Day MA to successfully lobby for a name changes across Massachusetts.
Varias organizaciones en Guatemala han rechazado las políticas antidemocráticas del presidente Jimmy Morales, a raíz de en lugar de luego de los allanamientos del Ministerio Público hacia la emisora comunitaria Xyaab’ Tzuultaq’a del Estor, en el departamento de Izabal el 26 de septiembre del año en curso.
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We acknowledge that we are headquartered on Massachusett land, in Cambridge, MA, and we thank the past, current, and future Indigenous stewards of this territory.
