Just one day after we condemned the violent assault against William Sipai, an elected Maasai community leader and Indigenous land rights defender, we have received confirmation that he has now been arbitrarily arrested and detained. On 30 July..
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URGENT ALERT | Violence against Maasai Indigenous land defender William Sipai in Kenya
IPRI condemns the violent assault against William Sipai, an elected Maasai community leader, who was attacked while peacefully protesting the installation of boundary markers on the disputed Kedong ancestral lands—a process the Maasai community argues advances the exclusion..
EMRIP Side event: Defending Territories, Protecting Defenders: The role of Indigenous-Led Documentation and Data Sovereignty
EMRIP Side Event “Defending Territories, Protecting Defenders: The role of Indigenous-Led Documentation and Data Sovereignty” Tuesday/Thursday, 16 July 2026, 14:00 to 15:00 Room XI (ENG/SPA/RUS) 1. Background Indigenous Peoples Rights International (IPRI) is an Indigenous-led international organization that..
Kenya: William Sipai’s Fight for Maasai Land Rights in Kedong
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..
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..
Call for signatures – Solidarity with Indigenous woman defender Silvia Pérez Yescas in Mexico
MEXICO || Historical violence in Chiapas: We demand peace for Tsajalch’en
To the supportive public. To the media. To international human rights organizations. To the Indigenous Peoples of Chiapas, Mexico, and the world. Brothers and sisters, In the Altos region of Chiapas, there is an indigenous Tsotsil community that..
IPRI calls for an immediate cessation of unprecedented repression against Indigenous Peoples in Panama
Indigenous Peoples Rights International (IPRI) makes an urgent call to stop the violent police raids and arbitrary arrests of indigenous leaders in the communities of the Ngäbe-Buglé Comarca in Panama, which have left at least one young indigenous..
INDIA || IPRI urges to stop violence and violations of Indigenous Peoples’ rights in tiger conservation projects
