News headlines for “Rights of Indigenous People”, page 73
COLOMBIA: When Humanitarian Law Is Just Rhetoric
- Inter Press Service
The constant violations of international humanitarian law in Colombia claimed the life of an 11-year-old indigenous girl a month ago in the mountains of the southwest province of Cauca.
COLOMBIA: 'I Was Ready for Anything — Except for Mourning a Daughter'
- Inter Press Service
In the wooden, sheet-metal roofed house, the exact spot where Vanesa Coicué, an 11-year-old Nasa Indian girl, fell is marked by white and yellow chrysanthemums in a plastic soda bottle, along with a lit candle and an orange tree seedling.
PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Women Call the Shots on Mega Copper Mine
- Inter Press Service
Whether the world’s largest open-cut mine on this island territory of Papua New Guinea (PNG) will resume copper and gold production, after being mothballed for 22 years, will depend on how satisfied matrilineal landowners are with the proposals.
PERU: Campesinas Protect Traditional Diversity of Food Crops
- Inter Press Service
Dina Apomayta is heir to the 3,500-year legacy of the Andean cultures of Tiwanaku and Lupaca, which venerated the land. And she and many other rural women in Peru continue to nurture the agricultural biodiversity that has been handed down from generation to generation.
Women in Rural Argentina Speak Out on Climate Change
- Inter Press Service
Rural and indigenous women in northern Argentina, hit hard by the expanding agricultural frontier, deforestation and the spraying of toxic pesticides, spoke out about their problems and set forth proposals for discussion at the next global summit on climate change.
Liberian Muslims Allege Disenfranchisement
- Inter Press Service
It seems all of Liberia is paying close attention to the campaign for the Oct. 11 presidential and legislative elections. But Sekou Camara is one exception.
COLOMBIA: Nasa Indians: 'The Armed Groups Won't Let Us Live in Peace'
- Inter Press Service
Indigenous children in the southwestern Colombian province of Cauca do not know what peace is. For the government forces and the leftwing guerrillas, the territory of the Nasa people is a strategic battleground.
NAMIBIA: German Extermination Marginalised Ethnic Groups
- Inter Press Service
Over 100 years after the attempted extermination of Namibia’s indigenous men, women and children, 20 of the 300 skulls that had been stolen for racial research have finally returned home from Germany.
NAMIBIA: Skulls Repatriated - But No Official German Apology
- Inter Press Service
A delegation of Namibian government representatives and leaders of the indigenous Herero and Nama people who came to Germany to repatriate 20 skulls of their ancestors were once again disappointed in their hopes for dialogue and an official apology.
Moana Nui Set to 'Undress' APEC
- Inter Press Service
This November, when the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum holds its annual rotating summit in Honolulu, it will attract more than the attention of the world's media.
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