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What does an NGO do when its funds are tied to human rights abuses? Interview with John Knox
27 Jan 2025 20:03 GMT
… human rights abuses. For example, you’ll often see with Indigenous peoples … that previously expelled its Indigenous people, for example, and … make sense given the Indigenous people’s rights and … continued expulsion of the Indigenous people.
The question is, …
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Australian governments exposed for human rights violations on youth detention
27 Jan 2025 02:25 GMT
… state and territory governments for human rights violations including the treatment of … is despite the territory’s indigenous people only making up 26 percent … in police watch houses. Australian Human Rights Commissioner Lorraine Finlay also found …
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NTC contracts consultant to develop draft of Free, Prior & Informed consent guidelines for Indigenous peoples
25 Jan 2025 10:10 GMT
… Guidelines for stakeholder engagement with Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IPLCs … Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), International Labour Organization conventions, and other human rights … protecting the rights of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities …
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‘His liberation is our liberation’: Indigenous groups celebrate Leonard Peltier’s release from prison
27 Jan 2025 22:31 GMT
Among Joe Biden’s final actions as his presidential term wound to a close was the commutation of Leonard Peltier, an 80-year-old Indigenous activist who had been federally imprisoned for almost 50 years. Peltier was the longest imprisoned Native American …
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What About White Undocumented Immigrants? Critics Claim ICE Raids Are Racist
27 Jan 2025 22:13 GMT
… . “But all of a sudden Indigenous people who are trying to get … critic and outspoken advocate for human rights, also posted on X that …
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Human rights expert welcomes clemency for Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier
24 Jan 2025 19:57 GMT
… a statement.
The Human Rights Council-appointed expert Albert … toward the country’s Indigenous Peoples”.
Decades of advocacy
Mr … due process, with international human rights bodies, including the UN … calls for reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples in the US, …
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Advancing Indigenous Peoples’ rights for inclusive and sustainable environmental governance in ASEAN
24 Jan 2025 15:52 GMT
… and displacement. Human Rights Council, Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. https … Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples. Human Rights Council Forty-fifth session. https …
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Starmer hit with fresh blow to Chagos deal as indigenous people plan legal challenge
24 Jan 2025 10:54 GMT
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Bangladesh: Are human rights eroding under Muhammad Yunus?
23 Jan 2025 04:20 GMT
… respecting and protecting the human rights of all people, … Analysis Group (RRAG), a human rights watchdog, has criticized Yunus … of the rights of indigenous peoples and religious minorities.
Yunus … 1, at least four Indigenous people were killed, and more …
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The Arc of Justice Bends Toward Leonard Peltier
28 Jan 2025 01:18 GMT
… , former law enforcement officials, and human rights organizations, according to the White … to address historical wrongs against Indigenous peoples. Given that it was his … warrior spirit that has sustained Indigenous peoples for generations — the same spirit …