George Floyd: one year on, MRG stands with all minority victims of police violence and their families minorityrights.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from minorityrights.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
SEATTLE, Washington Latin America has a history of not extending basic services to the indigenous communities that many countries have pushed to the fringes. To this day, indigenous communities lack access to essential services, especially healthcare. The reasons behind this absence vary from the notion that indigenous communities wish to remain distanced from modern societies to systemic issues of racism and prejudice against indigenous peoples.
Barriers to Healthcare
In 2015, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean found that infant mortality was 60% greater in indigenous groups than non-indigenous groups. According to the advocacy group Minority Rights Group International, discrimination is the biggest barrier for indigenous groups in Latin America to access healthcare services.
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In Myanmar where opposition to the military junta that overthrew the elected government has raged from the Himalayan foothills to the tropical Andaman Sea coast – people in the poor landlocked state of Chin stand out for the fierceness of their fight against regime troops.
The volunteer militiamen of Chin, the poorest of Myanmar’s 14 states and regions, have reported killing 100 junta soldiers in clashes since late April in response to brutal military repression of peaceful protests that erupted soon after the Feb. 1 coup d’état that toppled national leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s civilian government.
MRG stands in solidarity with Palestinians and denounces all violence against civilians minorityrights.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from minorityrights.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.