Kenya: William Sipai’s Fight for Maasai Land Rights in Kedong On 14 September 2025, government surveyors escorted by a police battalion arrived in Kedong to install boundary markers on land claimed by the Maasai. Community members moved quickly..
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The ongoing displacement of the Marihangin community and their fight for land recognition in the Philippines
For the Marihangin Indigenous community in the Philippines, legal protection of their territory was meant to safeguard them against dispossession. In practice, the more than two-decade wait for recognition of their ancestral lands has coincided with escalating corporate..
Silencing Voices: The Case of 11 Indigenous Rights and Forest Peoples’ Defenders Charged in Thailand
Photo credit: Network of Indigenous Peoples in Thailand (NIPT). Indigenous people and forest-dwelling communities gathered in front of Chiang Mai Provincial Hall to demand amendments to forestry laws that affect forest-dwelling communities. Deputy Prime Minister Prasert Chantawongthong met..
Defending Life in Nahuatzen, Mexico: The cost of autonomy and freedom in the face of organized crime
José Antonio Arreola remembers the early morning when he had to leave his home, his wife, and his young children, with only a fellow activist by his side for support. Threats from organized crime forced him to flee..
Oil Extraction in Turkana: Community Rights, Broken Promises, and the Fight for Justice
In 2012, the discovery of oil in the Lokichar oil basin of Turkana County, northwestern Kenya, was heralded as a milestone for national development. Tullow Oil Company, granted extraction rights under a Compulsory Land Acquisition process led by..
