By: Chris Arsenault
Date: August 4th 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
RIO DE JANEIRO (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - More than 20 land rights activists have been killed in Brazil so far this year, with most deaths linked to conflicts over logging and agribusiness, data on Thursday showed, reinforcing the country's reputation for being dangerous for environmentalists.
By: Shondiin Silversmith
Date: August 3rd 2016
Source: PRI.org
The country’s President Tsai Ing-wen gave an official apology this week outside her office building in Taipei.
By: Shadrack Kavilu
Date: July 31st 2016
Source: Reuters
KITENGELA, Kenya, July 31(Thomson Reuters Foundation) - It's just before sunset, the time of day when Maasai herdsman Josphat Ole Tonkei would have been counting his herd of cows after hours in the grazing fields, a few years ago.
Source: The Guardian
Author: Helen Davidson
The Land Rights Act is “fast asleep”, and it continues to be easy for non-Indigenous people and groups to claim a share of Aboriginal land, the Gumatj leader Galarrwuy Yunupingu has said.
By: Rina Chandran
Date: 14 July 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
India's drive to ramp up coal output to meet growing energy needs has resulted in members of the Adivasi tribe being displaced from their ancestral lands and forced to wait years to be resettled, Amnesty International said on Wednesday.
Source: South China Morning Post
Author: Raissa Robles
When 18-year-old Michelle Campos last saw her father, Dionel, they had little time to chat. He was busy with an uncle’s wake and Michelle was caught up celebrating her school foundation day.
By: Reuters
Date: Tuesday, 21 June 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
By: Sharon Ling
Date: June 21st 2016
Source: The Star Online
KUCHING: PKR politician Bill Kayong, who was shot dead in Miri on Tuesday morning, was a “fearless” advocate of native land rights.
Sarawak PKR chairman Baru Bian (pic) said Kayong, 43, was a vocal activist for Sarawak’s indigenous communities and passionate about their rights.
By: Chris Arsenault
Date: June 14th 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
RIO DE JANEIRO (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - An indigenous community in southwestern Brazil faces imminent eviction from its traditional territories, Amnesty International said on Tuesday, in a case exemplifying ongoing land conflicts in South America's largest country.
By: Anthony Kuhn
Date: June 11th 2016
Source: NPR.org
On a busy Taipei street corner, students in tribal tunics, bare feet and temporary facial tattoos are taking part in an impromptu ceremony.
The students, aboriginals at National Taiwan University, line up and shout out their names and the names of their tribes. Recounting their hardships, some of them weep.
