News headlines for “Rights of Indigenous People”, page 49
‘Humanitarian Crisis’ for Ogaden Living Near Ethiopia’s Oil Fields
- Inter Press Service
ADDIS ABABA, Feb 23 (IPS) - New allegations of scorched earth evictions of the Ogaden people have raised concerns that a lack of benefit sharing could escalate instability in the region and reinforce separatist tensions as foreign energy companies prepare to extract oil and gas from troubled southeastern Ethiopia.
Chagos Islanders ‘Will Not Give Up’ Fight to Return Home
- Inter Press Service
PORT LOUIS, Feb 20 (IPS) - "The Marine Protected Area (MPA) created around the Chagos archipelago is a new obstacle that the British government has placed in our path to prevent us from going back to our homeland," claims Olivier Bancoult, leader of the Chagos Refugees Group (CRG).
Bolivia’s Anti-Racism Law – Not Worth the Paper It’s Written On?
- Inter Press Service
LA PAZ, Feb 13 (IPS) - Three years ago Bolivia passed a law to combat discrimination and racism, but no one has been convicted as a result, in spite of hundreds of legal complaints.
Tragic Case of Industrial Pollution in Brazil’s Amazon Region
- Inter Press Service
PIQUIÃ DE BAIXO, Brazil, Feb 10 (IPS) - "My nephew was eight years old when he stepped in the ‘munha' and burned his legs up to the knees," said Angelita Alves de Oliveira from a corner of Brazil's Amazonia that has become a deadly hazard for local people.
After Slowdown, Global Fight for Land Rights at Tipping Point
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Feb 05 (IPS) - Global trends towards a strengthening of legal rights over land for local and indigenous communities appear to have slowed significantly in recent years, leading some analysts to warn that the fight for local control over forests has reached an inflection point with a new danger of backtracking on previous progress.
Prosecution of Forced Sterilisations in Peru Still Possible
- Inter Press Service
LIMA, Feb 03 (IPS) - Shelving the case of the forced sterilisation of more than 2,000 women in Peru during the Alberto Fujimori regime was a surprise move by the prosecutor in charge. What happened? An IPS investigation found that legal avenues to pursue justice have not been exhausted.
U.S. Tightens Development Safeguards
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jan 28 (IPS) - Development activists and rights watchdogs are applauding a surprise strengthening of environmental and human rights policies governing U.S. development funding and overseas financial assistance.
Kenya’s Scorched Earth Removal of Forest’s Indigenous
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Jan 24 (IPS) - Kenyan government security forces are forcefully evicting thousands of people, including the indigenous Sengwer tribe, from the Embobut forest in western Kenya by burning homes and possessions in an effort to promote forest conservation, safeguard urban water access and "remove squatters".
Dammed Rivers Create Hardship for Brazil’s Native Peoples
- Inter Press Service
FOZ DO IGUAÇU/PAULO AFONSO, Brazil, Jan 22 (IPS) - The Itaparica hydroelectric power plant occupied land belonging to the Pankararu indigenous people, but while others were compensated, they were not. They have lost land and access to the São Francisco river, charge native leaders in Paulo Afonso, a city in northeastern Brazil.
Africa’s Billions that the Poor Won’t Touch
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI/HARARE, Jan 17 (IPS) - With its two-trillion-dollar economy, recent discoveries of billions of dollars worth of minerals and oil, and the number of investment opportunities it has to offer global players, Africa is slowly shedding its image as a development burden.
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