Feb 24, 2017

Batwa: New Documentary Highlights the Plight of Conservation Refugees

  Swedish journalist and documentary filmmaker Anna Bohlmark recently released a documentary on the Batwa who have suffered mass displacement by the Ugandan government to make way for nature reserves. When the Bwindi forest became a world heritage site, the indigenous people who lived on the land for centuries was thus evicted to protect gorillas threatened with extinction. Nowadays, deprived...

Feb 24, 2017

Batwa: New Documentary Highlights the Plight of...

  Swedish journalist and documentary filmmaker Anna Bohlmark recently released a documentary on the Batwa who have suffered mass displacement by the Ugandan government to make way for nature reserves....

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Feb 24, 2017

Barotseland: Renewed Calls for Independence

  Photo courtesy of Zambia Reports.   In 2012, the Barotse National Council (BNC) resolved for a free Barotseland and set into motion again the march to independence started in 1964. Former...

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Feb 23, 2017

Hmong: US Bill Proposes Including History of Community...

Photo courtesy of the Wausau Daily Herald A bill proposed by Representative Fred Kessler (District of Milwaukee) proposing that Hmong history be included in school curriculum has been re-introduced after...

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Feb 23, 2017

Balochistan: Minorities Protest Forceful Implementation...

Photo Courtesy of Asia Pacific Star Baloch activist Javed Mengal has stated that he believes Balochistan to be in a state of war, with the Pakistani authorities forcefully displacing people to clear land...

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Feb 23, 2017

Brazil: Hivos, Greenpeace and COICA Launch Programme...

Photo Courtesy of Hivos Hivos, Greenpeace Netherlands and the Coordinator of Indigenous Organizations of the Amazon River Basin (COICA) have launched a new campaign called “All Eyes on the Amazon”...

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Feb 23, 2017

West Papua: Man Fleeing Persecution Deported by...

Photo Courtesy of the Port Lincoln Times A West Papuan English teacher, who has requested for his identity to remain secret, is in limbo in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, waiting for his refugee status...

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Feb 23, 2017

34th Session of the Human Rights Council: An Overview...

  Photo by The Independent Next Monday, 27 February 2017, the thirty-fourth Session of the Human Rights Council will be inaugurated in Geneva by its new elected President, Ambassador Joaquín...

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Feb 22, 2017

Ahwazi: Protesters Demonstrate Against Poor Management...

Photo courtesy of Morteza Jaberian/Agence France Presse On 17 February 2017, Iranian security forces declared demonstrations illegal after days of protests in the city of Ahvaz, South-West Iran. The city...

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