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Indonesia’s Indigenous Akit community faces exploitation & land loss (commentary)
For the Akit tribe of Bengkalis and Pelalawan districts in Riau province, on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, land is more ...
Ruling on Indigenous peoples’ rights strikes at oil industry
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights ordered the Ecuadorian government to protect uncontacted Indigenous groups from oil ...
Indigenous peoples’ rights: The Asean paradox
Speaking up: An Orang Asli women’s collective, Apa Kata Wanita Orang Asli, standing up for their rights. Ideally, South-East ...
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Mining persists on Indonesia’s Gebe Island despite Indigenous, legal resistance
Local Indigenous communities say the mining sites have put their food security at risk, with pollution affecting fruit trees ...
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Indigenous people jailed over land dispute with Indonesian diocese
A court handed down jail terms on eight indigenous people in Indonesia’s Christian-majority East Nusa Tenggara province amid ...
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Indigenous peoples’ rights: The ASEAN paradox
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Indonesian court halts palm oil expansion but fails to uphold Indigenous land rights
Indonesia’s Supreme Court has upheld the government’s decision to block further expansion of the Tanah Merah oil palm project ...
GLOBAL INDIGENOUS: Funding for community policing program to end
The territorial government confirmed that federal funding for the Fort Liard pilot project will continue until its contract ...
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Land dispute with Indonesian diocese lands natives in jail
A court handed down jail terms on eight indigenous people in Indonesia’s Christian-majority East Nusa Tenggara province amid ...
Indigenous Groups Seek to Regain Control Over Ayahuasca Use
From January 25 to 30, 207 members of 34 ethnic groups from Brazil and seven other countries (Colombia, Peru, Mexico, ...
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AMAN Reports 110 Indigenous Land Conflicts in Early 2025, Largely Linked to Plantation
AMAN noted that these early-year land conflicts have worsened an already dire situation from the previous year.
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Women’s rights to forests and land remain weak in much of the Global South
A new report by the NGO Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI) reviewed national laws and regulations across 35 countries in ...