Articles related to "Indigenous Rights"



Aboriginal Rights, CERD Findings
Has there been any improvement in Australian Aboriginal rights since the UN condemned Australia's racism and descrimination record nearly ten years ago?
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Batchuluun Indigenous Rights
Indigenous people the world over have a tough time reclaiming native lands, even through freehold title. Check out this story from Mongolia's aborigines.
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CAMPAIGN: INDIGINOUS RIGHTS - OGIEK & GWITCH
One of the GREEN HOME CAMPAIGN CLUB articles. In this one Linda looks at the human rights struggles of the Ogiek of Kenya and the Gwitch'in of Alaska and shows how we can support these people.
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Indonesian Indigenous Rights
There are considerable barriers to Indonesian indigenous rights. But are these blocks natural, or merely paternalism in disguise?
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Intervention for Indigenous Rights
Native groups have turned to the United Nations and international law to better protect their self-determination and group rights.
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Macedonian Indigenous Rights
"Macedonia" is the oldest surviving indigenous European nation by name, originating from 7000 BC. Today, they struggle for autonomy against Greek colonists.
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ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICE: Indigenous & Third World Rights
In the third of her series of articles on environmental injustice, Linda looks at indigenous and Third World rights, persistent organic pollutants, the WTO and unfair trading arrangements.
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President Evo Morales Ends Hunger Strike
President Morales ended his 5-day hunger strike on April 14, 2009 after Congress passed a new law allowing him to stand for re-election in December's general elections.
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Zapatistas 2.0
The EZLN announced a global campaign for the preservation of indigenous territory around the world along with unveiling techniques for new information operations.
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A Change of Date for Australia Day?
Australia Day is a contentious subject for the country's indigenous peoples. The current political debate is: should there be a change of date for Australia Day?
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Aboriginal Deaths In Custody
Aboriginal Deaths in Custody In Australia are higher than those of South Africa at the peak of Apartheid.
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Indigenous People and Conservation in Bolivia
In tropical Bolivia, indigenous people are taking charge of wildlife conservation and scoring key victories.
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Native Declarations and Charters
A summary of some indigenous statements and declarations for aboriginal intellectual and cultural property rights and ethical standards from around the world.
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Government Intervention in NT
The Howard Settler Government's invasion of the Northern territory is land-grabbing racism nothing more. Statement from activist Robbie Thorpe.
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Aborigines and Free Trade
In Australia a free trade agreement with the United States means bad news for Aboriginal communities, just as it was for First Nations in Mexico, Chile and Canada.
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Australia On UN's Black List
Since 1999, the Australian Government has been on CERD's agenda of urgent business, but the government has categorically failed to acknowledge this.
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Mexico's Magical Towns South of Mexico City
There's more to Mexico than just the big cities. Exploring small to medium towns help visitors get a complete understanding of all the cultural richness Mexico offers.
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Indigenous Cyprus
Native Cypriots have endured millennia of multiple invaders, yet retain their cultural integrity and claim to land, despite losing half their island to Turkish invaders.
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Military in Aboriginal Communities
In Australia, the military has been deployed in an Indigenous community in response to allegations of paedophilia.
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Terrorist Attack on Aborigines
Was Australia's first Governor, by empirical definition and his own admission, a terrorist? And how does our current government compare?
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The Ainu of Japan: The History, Culture, and Discrimination Against this Aboriginal Group
After years of discrimination and forced assimilation policies the Ainu culture is precariously close to extinction. It wasn't until 1991 that the Japanese government admitted that they were a distict ethnic minority. Still today, it is the perception of most of the Japanese people, and the position of the government, that there is no ethnic problem in Japan.
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