“Even though I am already old, I still want to help our community in this struggle. I will contribute to the cause in my own ways, for the future generations,” said 84-year-old Rudy Taong, as he signed a..
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Uganda: Threats failed to stop struggle for Indigenous land recognition
Proactively Protecting Ancestral Land in the Philippines: A Tagbanua Community’s Fight for Justice
In early 2024, a Tagbanua Indigenous community faced a critical challenge when a retired soldier claimed ownership of five hectares of their ancestral land. The community, recognizing the potential loss of their homes and livelihoods, decided to take..
Alicia Tapuy: Memory, Action and Justice in Honor of Byron Guatatuca
Alicia Tapuy: Memory, Action and Justice in Honor of Byron Guatatuca On June 21, 2023, the death of Byron Guatatuca was commemorated in Puyo. It’d been a year since he was killed in a protest. His wife, Alicia,..
Tigers, Conservation, and Indigenous Peoples’ Rights
Tigers, Conservation, and Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Behind India’s active conservation and revival of the dwindling tiger population, issues and cases of reported anomalies, irregularities, and blatant violation of rights, custodial violence, torture, slapping of false cases on Indigenous..
Santa María Ostula: from violence and dispossession to the defense of the territory
Santa María Ostula: from violence and dispossession to the defense of the territory Pedro Mercado, a 23-year-old member of the indigenous Nahua community in Ostula, like many youth in his community, is heir to the struggles of his..
Impunity and Abuse of Power: Strategy of Violence Against the Indigenous Peoples of Colombia
IPRI was established to respond to the increased violence and criminalization inflicted upon indigenous peoples throughout the world. These human rights violations impact indigenous peoples, individually and collectively, as their collective rights as peoples and communities are also..
