‘No land, no home, no future’: Himalayan Lepchas fear new dam | Floods
Sikkim, India – It was the middle of the night when Tashi Choden Lepcha was jolted awake by the tremors that shook her mountainside home…
On huge river island in India’s Assam, annual floods threaten local arts | Arts and Culture
Assam, India – Makon Kumar’s wrinkled fingers are covered in dried-up clay. She squats on the damp dirt outside her one-room, bamboo-stilted home and spins…
Where is Liberia, whose president Trump praised for his ‘good English’? | International Trade News
United States President Donald Trump has drawn mockery after he complimented the president of Liberia for speaking English “beautifully”, even though it is the country’s…
Australian inquiry says racism behind police shooting of Indigenous teen | Indigenous Rights News
Coroner’s finding comes five years after acquitted policeman Zachary Rolfe fatally shot 19-year-old Kumanjayi Walker.An Australian police officer who shot dead an Indigenous teenager was…
New Zeland Maori MPs suspended for parliamentary haka protest | Human Rights
NewsFeedThree Maori Party MPs were suspended from New Zealand’s Parliament for performing a haka in protest of a bill backed by a far-right coalition partner…
US Supreme Court rejects Native American case against large copper mine | Indigenous Rights News
The high court has declined to hear a bid to block a project that Indigenous groups say would destroy a site of religious significance.The United…
‘Warzone’: Why Indian forces have launched a deadly assault on Maoists | Conflict News
Raipur, Chhattisgarh – Indian security forces have launched an all-out war against Maoist fighters in Chhattisgarh state, as the federal government aims to “wipe out”…
With song and seed, Brazil’s Indigenous Maxakali confront climate change | Climate Crisis News
Maxakali territory once spanned at least three large valleys in the Atlantic Forest. Elders in the village remember how the forest supplied food, medicine and…
Fact-checking Trump’s claims at 100-day rally in Michigan | Donald Trump News
Donald Trump’s speech in Warren, Michigan, marking his 100th day in office sounded a lot like something the United States president clearly loves: a good…
Ecuador’s Indigenous movement splinters over presidential election support | Elections News
Still, Gonzalez’s Indigenous supporters emphasise that she is not Correa. And Noboa, they say, has the potential to do worse. “Noboa is a neoliberal fascist,”…
Aboriginal group seeks $1.1bn in damages over Australia mining project | Indigenous Rights News
The Yindjibarndi Ngurra Aboriginal Corporation filed the landmark case against Western Australia’s state government.An Aboriginal group is seeking 1.8 billion Australian dollars ($1.15bn) in damages…
Native American activist Leonard Peltier released from US prison | Indigenous Rights News
Native American activist Leonard Peltier has left a Florida prison after nearly five decades behind bars, following a commutation from former United States President Joe…
‘Our lifeline’: Kashmiris fear losing orchards, land to mega Modi projects | Indigenous Rights News
Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir – Malik Haroon crouches on the ground covered with white frost on an early winter morning in Dafferpora village in Indian-administered Kashmir’s…
‘Denying our truth’: Fighting residential school denialism in Canada | Indigenous Rights News
While Indigenous communities have long known about deaths at residential schools and the existence of unmarked burial sites, for much of Canada’s history, the residential…
A ray of sunshine for Myanmar’s wounded rebels as civil war rages | Conflict News
Mae Sot, Thailand - Within an old wooden house in the Thai border town of Mae Sot, wounded revolutionary fighters lie side by side. Many…
Thousands protest ‘Invasion Day’ in Australia | Indigenous Rights
NewsFeedThousands of people protested Australia’s national day, marking the arrival of the first British colonisers in 1788, with ‘Invasion Day’ rallies in support of Indigenous…
Captain Cook statue vandalised again before controversial ‘Australia Day’ | Indigenous Rights News
A statue of the British explorer is splashed with red paint and vandalised in Sydney’s eastern suburbs.A statue of Captain James Cook in Sydney’s eastern…
An Indian state used citizens’ data on political beliefs to deny benefits | Business and Economy
Vijayawada, India – As soon as Meda Ramana was elected the head of Garapadu village council in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, several residents…
Why are New Zealand’s Maori protesting over colonial-era treaty bill? | Civil Rights News
A fight for Maori rights drew 42,000 protesters to the New Zealand Parliament in the capital Wellington on Tuesday. A nine-day-long hikoi, or peaceful march…
Thousands protest as Maori rights march reaches New Zealand parliament | Protests
NewsFeedTens of thousands of protesters gathered in front of New Zealand’s parliament as a march against proposed changes to Maori rights reached the capital. Al…