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Satoshi Hatakeyama-Ekashi faces criminal charges for catching salmon in Mopetsu River of Japan’s Hokkaido Prefecture. In September 2019, the 78-year-old chairman of the Monbetsu Ainu Association organised kamuycepnomi, an annual Ainu ceremony to welcome the return of salmon..

Amid the pandemic, six Indigenous villagers, including Kinipan community leader Effendi Buhing, and two Indigenous youth, were arrested by the Central Kalimantan Police, in Indonesia, for defending their customary forest against the expansion of PT Sawit Mandiri Lestari..

The Indigenous Peoples Rights international (IPRI) raises serious concern at the escalating and brutal attacks against Indigenous Peoples in the Philippines amidst the covid 19 pandemic. It strongly condemns the series of attacks against Indigenous Peoples communities in..

The Indigenous Peoples Rights International (IPRI), a global indigenous organization championing indigenous rights, fully supports its partner indigenous organizations in its fight against the Philippines’ new anti-terror law. On August 7, various Philippine-based Moro and Indigenous Peoples organizations..

Visit to Peru, 21 January – 3 February 2020 Good morning ladies and gentlemen, Introduction I would like to start by warmly thanking the Government for inviting me to undertake an official mission, which took place from 21..

In performing my mandate as the UN Special Rapporteur on Indigenous Peoples’ Rights since 2014, I have received many reports and heard testimonies from indigenous individuals, communities and organizations of how they and their organizations have been vilified..

Around 1,500 indigenous Lumad children and youth were denied their right to education when the Department of Education (DepEd) ordered the closure of 55 Lumad schools in September of this year.¹ DepEd acted on the recommendation of the..