News headlines for “Rights of Indigenous People”, page 96
BURMA: Pressure Mounts on Energy Giant Chevron to Disclose Revenue
- Inter Press Service
When shareholders of the multinational company Chevron gather for their annual meeting in the U.S. city of Houston in late May, they will come face to face with Naing Htoo, whose community has suffered due to the exploits of the energy giant in military-ruled Burma.
ASIA: Journalists Lament Media Bias vs Ethnic Minorities
- Inter Press Service
Despite issues of discrimination and violence hounding ethnic minorities, they continue to lack ‘voice’ in the mainstream press and suffer prejudices from journalists themselves.
Protesters Call Dam Project a 'Disaster' for Brazil's Native Communities
- Inter Press Service
A modest protest gathered outside the Permanent Mission of Brazil in New York on Wednesday to oppose the controversial Belo Monte dam project in Brazil.
Q&A: 'It's a Complete Reboot of How We See Things'
- Inter Press Service
The blockbuster, critically acclaimed film 'Avatar' portrays the ruthless plundering of a pristine ecosystem on a distant planet by greedy corporate interests — a scenario that is all too familiar to many indigenous communities here on Earth.
CLIMATE CHANGE: Forests Not for Absorbing Carbon, Say Activists
- Inter Press Service
The UN-led global initiative to use forest conservation as a way to offset greenhouse gas emissions heated things up at the people's summit against climate change in Bolivia. In the end, the participants reached a consensus - and rejected the plan.
U.S. to Face Litany of Complaints at UN Human Rights Council
- Inter Press Service
Human rights groups are telling the United Nations that the United States is failing to hold corporations, including private government contractors, accountable for human rights abuses ranging from human trafficking to murder.
RIGHTS-AUSTRALIA: Plan For Nuclear Waste Dump Faces Backlash
- Inter Press Service
Aboriginal landowners in Australia’s far north are battling government plans to construct this country’s long-term nuclear waste storage facility on their land.
ARGENTINA: We're Drowning in Sadness' - Native Group's Land Flooded
- Inter Press Service
The legal battle waged by an indigenous community in northern Argentina against the government over a project that flooded half of their territory highlights the fact that legal title to their land is not enough to overcome the marginalisation they have faced for centuries.
Wanted: World Referendum, Climate Justice Tribunal
- Inter Press Service
A world people's referendum on climate change will be held in April 2011 for the earth's peoples to decide how to address this global problem.
BOLIVIA: Save the Planet from Capitalism, Says Morales
- Inter Press Service
Activists meeting at the people's conference on climate change in this Bolivian city booed a message from United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon but cheered at host President Evo Morales's chant of 'planet or death!'
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