Indigenous peoples
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Unstoppable movement: how New Zealand’s Māori are reclaiming land with occupations
Since 1975, Māori have been able to reclaim land through a tribunal – but its reach is limited and now they ar…
- Afghanistan, Americas, Asia Pacific, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Brazil, Europe, Greece, Indigenous peoples, Lebanon, Middle East and North Africa, Pakistan, Russia, South and Central Asia, Taliban, Thailand, Turkey, World news
Afghans reach Europe and buying burqas in Kabul: human rights this fortnight – in pictures
A roundup of the struggle for human rights and freedoms, from Afghanistan to Greece Continue reading...
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New Zealand health chief slams ‘gutless’ racism against Pasifika people over Covid cluster
Ashley Bloomfield urges everyone to be kind amid rise in online abuse after outbreak at Auckland church servic…
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Tiny New Zealand airport that tells Māori love story in running for global design award
Regional hub in New Plymouth – built on land seized from Māori in 1960 – is up against the likes of New York’s…
- Afghanistan, Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, Bangladesh, Belarus, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Europe, France, Human rights, Indigenous peoples, Kenya, Lebanon, Mexico, Middle East and North Africa, Rohingya, Russia, South and Central Asia, Thailand, World news
Belarus repression and the Taliban advance: human rights this fortnight – in pictures
A round-up of the coverage of the struggle for human rights and freedoms, from Thailand to Mexico Continue rea…
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Unesco urged not to give heritage status to Thai park amid claims of Indigenous abuses
UN human rights experts decry arrests and evictions of ethnic Karen from Kaeng Krachan national parkUN human r…
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Healing words: Taiwan’s tribes fight to save their disappearing languages
The island’s Indigenous people are in a race against time to save their native tongues before they are lost fo…
- Communities, Conservation and indigenous people, Environment, Global development, Housing, Indigenous peoples, Land rights, Pakistan, Protest, Society, South and Central Asia, World news
‘They fired at everyone’: peril of Pakistani villagers protesting giant luxury estate
Activists were shot and beaten at demonstration to stop property giant Bahria Town building on indigenous land…
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Yemen, Myanmar and George Floyd: human rights this fortnight in pictures
A roundup of the coverage on struggles for human rights and freedoms, from Cambodia to Peru Continue reading..…
- Animals, Biodiversity, Birds, Climate change, Conservation, Environment, India, Indigenous peoples, Mammals, National parks, South and Central Asia, Wildlife, World news
Leaf blowers and beating branches: the fight to stop India’s forest fires
Thousands of blazes in Similipal national park threaten indigenous peoples and wildlife such as tigers, elepha…
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New Zealand creates public holiday to celebrate Māori new year
Jacinda Ardern had pledged to make Matariki a holiday in the 2020 election; it will be celebrated for the firs…
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Jacinda Ardern faces Waitangi Day reckoning with Māori as progress stalls
Three years after the prime minister asked Māori to hold her to account, many are disillusioned with her gover…
- Asia Pacific, Fiji, Indigenous peoples, Māori, New Zealand, Pacific islands, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Tattoos, World news
‘We had no paper, no pens, but we had our bodies’: the sacred and symbolic in Pasifika tattoos | Lagipoiva Cherelle
The New Zealand foreign minister’s moko has become international news, but beyond an identifier, our tatau are…
- Activism, Africa, Americas, Bahamas, Climate change, Conservation, Ecuador, Environment, Environmental activism, Europe, France, Ghana, Indigenous peoples, Mexico, Myanmar, Plastics, Protest, South and Central Asia, World news
The Goldman environmental prize winners 2020 – in pictures
The Goldman environmental prize honours the achievements of grassroots activists in six continents, recognisin…
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Trail blazer: Nanaia Mahuta vows to transform New Zealand diplomacy
New foreign minister promises to carve a path for women, Māori and for the countryWhen Jacinda Ardern appointe…