Indigenous Peoples
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Controversial Canadian Silver Mine ‘Likely’ To Reopen in Guatemala Despite Opposition
Tags Share For years, the Xinka people – an Indigenous nation in Guatemala – have opposed a massive silver mine that threatens their culture and territory. Speaking with BIV and the Pulitzer Center, our VP of International Advocacy & Litigation Angelita Baeyens details the Xinka people’s ongoing battle against one of the biggest companies in…
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Rigoberta Menchú Tum
Interview: Struggles for the rights of poor people, for dignity, for human life, seem to be very, very dark tunnels, but one should always try, in that struggle, to find some light and some hope. The most important thing to have is a great quantity of positive feelings and thoughts. Even though one can easily…
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Indigenous women victims of sexual violence, tortured by Mexican Army
When Mexico’s war on drugs turns on its most vulnerable: sexual violence perpetrated by members of the Mexican army against a 73-year-old Indigenous woman.
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40th Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights award goes to Xinka Parliament, in the name of peaceful resistance
Tags Share On Tuesday June 6, the same day as the 55th anniversary of the death of Robert F. Kennedy also marked the 40th Human Rights Award bestowed by his namesake organization. This year’s honoree? The Xinka Parliament, the official representative of the Xinka People, and the second-largest Indigenous nation in Guatemala. Among the distinguished…
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International organizations Stand in Solidarity with Indigenous Peoples of Brazil
Tags Share Washington D.C., London, Rio de Janeiro,June 7, 2023 On May 30, the Lower House of the Brazilian Congress passed Bill 490/2007, which aims to establish restrictions on the demarcation process of Indigenous lands. These territories hold critical importance in safeguarding the Amazon rainforest and other Brazilian biomes, as well as the rights and…
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Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Announces 2023 Human Rights Award Laureate
Tags Share WASHINGTON, D.C., May 15, 2023 – Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights today announced the Guatemalan organization Parlamento del Pueblo Xinka (Parliament of the Xinka People) as the recipient of its 40th annual Human Rights Award. A ceremony honoring Xinka Parliament will take place Tuesday, June 6 at 11 am in the Kennedy Caucus…
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Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights anuncia al ganador del Premio de Derechos Humanos de 2023
Tags Share WASHINGTON, D.C., 15 de mayo de 2023 – Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights anuncia hoy la selección de la organización guatemalteca Parlamento del Pueblo Xinka como ganadora de su 40º Premio Anual de Derechos Humanos. La ceremonia de homenaje al Parlamento Xinka tendrá lugar el martes 6 de junio a las 11 de…
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Honduras: Judicial Delay Violates Access to Justice in “Gualcarque Fraud” Case
Tags Share Europe/The Americas, December 1, 2022.- The national and international organizations that make up the Expert Observation Mission in the Berta Cáceres Case call on the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice of Honduras to promptly resolve the consultation on the amparo action that has suspended the trial in the process for…
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Honduras: Retraso judicial vulnera acceso a la justicia en caso “Fraude sobre el Gualcarque”
Tags Share Europa/Las Américas, 1 de diciembre de de 2022.- Las organizaciones nacionales e internacionales que componen la Misión de Observación Calificada en la Causa Berta Cáceres, llaman a la Sala de lo Constitucional de la Corte Suprema de Justicia a decidir prontamente la consulta sobre la acción de amparo que suspende el juicio oral…
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Brazil: Civil Society Organizations Denounce Human Rights Violations of Indigenous Peoples in Brazil before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
Tags Share Brasilia, Washington D.C.October 28, 2022 As the context for indigenous peoples in Brazil is increasingly hostile and adverse as the State continues to direct efforts to infringe on their territorial rights threaten the legitimate and safe occupancy of their territories, the organizations Articulação dos Povos Indígenas do Brasil (APIB), Coordenação das Organizações Indígenas…
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Brasil: Organizações da Sociedade Civil Denunciam ante a Comissão Interamericana de Direitos Humanos as Violações Contra os Direitos Humanos dos Povos Indígenas no Brasil
Tags Share Brasilia, Washington D.C.28 de Outubro 2022. O contexto para os povos indígenas no Brasil é cada vez mais hostil e adverso, na medida em que o Estado direciona esforços para violar seus direitos territoriais por meio de medidas fáticas e jurídicas que ameaçam a habitação legítima e segura de seus territórios. Além disso,…
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Brasil: Organizaciones de la Sociedad Civil Denuncian Violaciones a los Derechos Humanos de los Pueblos Indígenas en Brasil ante la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos
Tags Share Brasilia, Washington D.C. 28 de octubre de 2022. El contexto para los pueblos indígenas en Brasil es cada vez más hostil y adverso en la medida en la que el Estado dirige esfuerzos para infringir sus derechos territoriales a través de medidas fácticas y legales que amenazan la habitación legítima y segura de…
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