Criminalization of Indigenous Land Defenders on the Rise, Says UN Report – Mother Jones
“This is what brings fear” to their communities and thwarts “their right to self-determination.”
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UN puts spotlight on attacks against Indigenous land defenders
When around 70,000 Indigenous Maasai were expelled from their lands in northern Tanzania in 2022, it didn’t happen in a vacuum. For years, the Tanzanian government has systematically attacked Maasai communities, imprisoning Maasai leaders and land defenders on trumped-up charges, confiscating livestock, using lethal violence, and claiming that the Maasai’s pastoralist lifestyle is causing environmental […]
Source: mongabay.com
Eight years after Berta Cáceres' murder is there new hope for justice? | Global development
The Honduran Indigenous and environmental leader was shot in 2016 for her opposition to an internationally financed dam, but despite violence and threats, the net is closing on the murder’s alleged ‘mastermind’
Source: theguardian.com
UN puts spotlight on attacks against Indigenous land defenders
Indigenous peoples around the world are harassed and killed at alarming rates. Will the world act?
Source: grist.org
On the trail of a killer: Eleven years after Berta Cáceres' murder is there new hope for justice? | Global development
The Honduran Indigenous and environmental leader was shot in 2016 for her opposition to an internationally financed dam, but despite violence and threats, the net is closing on the murder’s alleged mastermind
Source: theguardian.com