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…
‘I will not be silent’: Australia censures senator for King Charles protest | Indigenous Rights News
Indigenous Senator Lidia Thorpe says she has no regrets as Senate expresses disapproval of protest against the monarch.Australia’s Senate has voted to censure Indigenous lawmaker…
Thousands march on New Zealand capital against Indigenous treaty overhaul | Protests News
Controversial legislation revises the 184-year-old Treaty of Waitangi granting Maori tribes land rights.Thousands of people have joined a nine-day march towards New Zealand’s capital over…
Why New Zealand’s PM has apologised to 200,000 abused in state care | Civil Rights News
New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon on Tuesday made an unprecedented formal and “unreserved” apology to survivors of abuse in state and church care over…
Canada remembers Murray Sinclair, trailblazing Indigenous judge and senator | Indigenous Rights News
Relatives, friends and leaders say Sinclair, who died this week aged 73, and his legacy will ‘never be forgotten’.Canada is holding a national memorial for…