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Nicaragua: UN expert urges to improve protection of environmental rights defenders GENEVA (1 February 2021) – A UN human rights expert has condemned the murder of indigenous environmental defender Nacilio Macario on Nicaragua's northern Caribbean coast, urging the Government to investigate his killing and bring those responsible to justice. Mr. Macario, an indigenous Mayangna, was originally from the Autonomous Region of the Northern Caribbean Coast and campaigned against illegal gold mining and logging taking place in his community. He was allegedly killed by settlers on 14 November 2...

February 02, 2021 File photo shows a farmer feeds her animals on a family farm in Nicaragua. — courtesy FAO/Saul Palma GENEVA — An independent UN human rights expert condemned on Monday the murder of an indigenous environmental defender in Nicaragua, calling for those responsible to be “duly investigated and brought to justice”. Mary Lawlor, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, explained that Nacilio Macario was slain on Nov. 14, allegedly killed by settlers while taking water and food to communities protecting their land on Nicaragua's no...

Nicaragua: UN expert urges to improve protection of environmental rights defenders GENEVA (1 February 2021) – A UN human rights expert has condemned the murder of indigenous environmental defender Nacilio Macario on Nicaragua's northern Caribbean coast, urging the Government to investigate his killing and bring those responsible to justice. Mr. Macario, an indigenous Mayangna, was originally from the Autonomous Region of the Northern Caribbean Coast and campaigned against illegal gold mining and logging taking place in his community. He was allegedly killed by settlers on 14 November 2...

The United Nations An independent UN human rights expert condemned on Monday the murder of an indigenous environmental defender in Nicaragua, calling for those responsible to be “duly investigated and brought to justice”. Mary Lawlor, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, explained that Nacilio Macario was slain on 14 November, allegedly killed by settlers while taking water and food to communities protecting their land on Nicaragua’s northern Caribbean coast. The UN expert urged the Government to investigate his killing, saying it has a responsibility “to ens...

A new beginning Ponggal celebrated at the Kuil Viswanathar Visalachi, Jalan Bayan Baru in Penang in 2020. – Bernama Mohan says Ponggal is to thank Surya Deva, the Sun God. – Bernama VARIOUS communities in the Indian subcontinent look forward to Makar Sankranti as it marks a new beginning. Many Indian communities honour this time of the year with their own celebrations (Lohri in Punjab, and Ponggal in Tamil Nadu). While it is generally celebrated by people of all religions in India to mark the winter solstice, it is also an occasion to offer prayers to the Hindu sun god Surya to pr...