Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has compromised proper and efficient health care in responding to the pandemic that has affected the country’s Indigenous Peoples disproportionately.1 From February 28 to August 3, 2020, 4,178 Indigenous Peoples have contracted COVID-19..
Without any prior coordination with the Chief Ministers of State, Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared the nationwide lockdown on March 23, 2020. The immediate shutdown of business industries resulted in about 400 million laborers becoming jobless in one..
The Philippines has the most dismal government response to the pandemic in the Southeast Asian region.1 President Rodrigo Duterte’s militaristic approach has only tightened what little democratic space there is rather than curb the spread of COVID-19.2 In June..
Good Morning Today is a historic day for indigenous peoples. On the date that marks the International Day of Indigenous Peoples, the Articulation of the Indigenous Peoples of Brasil (APIB) has presented a Communiqué to the Attorney’s Office,..
Legally established in 2019, IPRI is an indigenous-led global organization that responds to the global crisis of widespread human rights violations against Indigenous Peoples. It leads and coordinates the Global Initiative to Address and Prevent the Criminalization and..
Indigenous representatives and their lawyers file petition at the Supreme Court to junk the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020. (Photo: Tony La Viña) The Philippines has the most dismal government response to the pandemic in the Southeast Asian region.1..
Adivasi Bhil Peoples from Gujarat are released on bail following their arrest. They were protesting against the acquisition of their lands by the hydropower and construction company, Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Ltd. (SSNNL). (Photo: Rajendra Tadavi) Without any..
In Carrizalillo, Guerrero, Mexico, lands were leased to a Equinox Gold for 13 years. The town is located just 600 meters from the Bermejal mine’s first toxic waste deposit. (Photo: Centro de Derechos Humanos de la Montaña Tlachinollan)..
