Global Issues News Headlines for “Rights of Indigenous People”

Chile: Mapuche Detainees Claim They Were Framed

2009-11-20T00:00:00-08:00

'This lie has got to end,' said a sobbing Luisa Marilef, a 55-year-old Mapuche woman who says her son's arrest and prosecution under Chile's anti-terrorism law was part of a set-up by the police and prosecutors.

Environment: Listen to the Earth, Say Indigenous Peoples

2009-11-19T00:00:00-08:00

The idea of wilderness is 'an interesting concept; it is a Western concept. Our people have always lived and interacted in the environment,' said Illion Merculieff, an environmental activist from the Aleut community in the north-western U.S. state of Alaska.

Sri Lanka: Plans to Release Tamils ‘Nothing But a Political Ploy’

2009-11-18T00:00:00-08:00

By January 2010 they will be returning to their homes in war-torn areas.

Climate Change: Small Islands Fear Going the Way of Atlantis

2009-11-17T00:00:00-08:00

The world's small island states, most of which are painfully vulnerable to the ravages of climate change, have put the United Nations on notice.

Philippines: Storm-Hit City under Constant Threat of Landslides

2009-11-17T00:00:00-08:00

The storm has long subsided, and the torrential rains—which battered this city known for its pristine charm and stately pine trees last month—have been gone for weeks.

U.S.: Supreme Court Punts on 'Redskins' Case

2009-11-16T00:00:00-08:00

The ongoing drive to purge derogatory American Indian nicknames and mascots from U.S. sports and schools took a minor hit Monday when the U.S. Supreme Court declined, without comment, to hear an appeal challenging the trademark protecting the name of the National Football League's Washington Redskins.

Chile: Mapuche Voices from Prison

2009-11-16T00:00:00-08:00

'If the government says let's sit down and try to reach a solution, we'll be there,' Héctor Llaitul, a leader of the radical Mapuche organisation Coordinadora Arauco Malleco (CAM), who is in prison in the southern Chilean region of Bío-Bío, told a group of foreign correspondents.

Climate Change: Signs and Portents of a Hostile New World

2009-11-12T00:00:00-08:00

Lawrence Amos travelled from the Arctic at the top of the world to the tropical middle to recite in a soft voice the ongoing destruction of his home by climate change.

Paraguay: Indigenous Women Leaders Buck Discrimination

2009-11-12T00:00:00-08:00

More and more indigenous women in Paraguay are overcoming sexist resistance in their communities and emerging as leaders within and outside of their villages, fighting for the rights of their people and against discrimination.

India/china: Dalai Lama’s Border State Visit: Purely Spiritual?

2009-11-11T00:00:00-08:00

It is hard to say whether the Dalai Lama’s sojourn this week in India’s Arunachal Pradesh state—which China claims as southern Tibet—is a purely spiritual exercise or a trip with a deep political mission.