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GENEVA (28 January 2021) – UN human rights experts today called on Philippine authorities to drop a reportedly unwarranted murder charge against an indigenous rights defender who submitted himself to police after a “shoot to kill” order had..

The United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution proclaiming January 24 as International Day of Education, in recognition of the role of education for peace and development. The right to education is a universal human right. Yet, many..

Deadly operations through coordinated police and military actions on Indigenous Peoples under Duterte’s regime in the Philippines must stop We the undersigned organisations across the world condemn the apparently extrajudicial execution of 9 Indigenous leaders, and the illegal..

On December 30, nine indigenous Tumandok were killed and 17 others were arrested in an operation conducted by the Philippine police and military in various Tumandok communities in Tapaz, Capiz, and Calinog, Iloilo. These happened from dawn when..

In commemoration of the International Human Rights Day 2020, the Indigenous Peoples Rights International (IPRI), a global organization that champions Indigenous Peoples’ individual and collective rights, hosted the webinar “Living Under Threat: Responding to the collective impacts of the..

The Indigenous Peoples Rights International (IPRI) expressed its grave concern on the illegal arrest and continuing detention of Beatrice “Betty” Belen, an indigenous woman from indigenous Uma community in the Cordillera, Philippines. According to report submitted to IPRI,..

Bir Bahadur Ushwe Sing MP, MinisterMinistry of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs, BangladeshSecretariat Building, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh SUBJECT: PROTECT THE INDIGENOUS MRO PEOPLE FROM FORCED EVICTIONNovember xx, 2020 Honorable Minister Sing, With this letter we, the undersigned organisations,..