Tag: Indigenous Rights
AIPP Expresses Concern on the attempt of Datu Seri Musa Aman to discredit Partners of Community Organizations in Sabah (PACOS)
The Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP) is deeply concerned by the statement of Datuk Seri Musa Aman, the Chief Minister of Sabah, against the Partners of Community Organizations in Sabah (PACOS).
Published: Friday, 14 November 2014
The Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP) is deeply concerned by the statement of Datuk Seri...
Myanmar: Serious risk of further human rights abuses at controversial Letpadaung mine
Two years after police used incendiary weapons against monks and villagers protesting a mining project in central Myanmar, no one has been held accountable, Amnesty International said ahead of the anniversary of the attack.
27 November 2014
Two years after police used incendiary weapons against monks and villagers protesting a mining...
Protecting profits over people
By KEVIN WOODS AND DANIEL AGUIRRE
30 November 2014
Myanmar is in the process of formulating an investment law and a land use policy that when combined will lay the foundations of development for the country. As it stands, these proposed instruments could have an adverse impact on human rights,...
Forest groups want climate schemes that violate rights to be suspended
Indigenous people warn during Lima climate talks that they are being ignored over exploitation of lands and are critical of pledges to stop deforestation
John Vidal
Monday 8 December 2014 14.13 GMT
Human rights are being systematically violated in the world’s tropical forests as conservationists, big business and governments ignore indigenous people...
Fresh unrest rocks Indonesia’s Papua province
At least four teenagers killed after protesters clash with security forces, as rights groups accuse police of brutality.
Last updated: 09 Dec 2014 07:14
At least four teenagers have been shot dead in Indonesia's restive Papua province in clashes with security forces, authorities said, as human rights groups accused police of...
Indonesia: Security Forces Kill Five in Papua
Indonesian authorities should promptly and impartially investigate the apparent use of unnecessary lethal force by security forces against peaceful protesters in Papua on December 8, 2014, Human Rights Watch said today.
Investigate Deadly Shooting of Peaceful Protesters
December 10, 2014
The Indonesian government needs to investigate why security forces found it necessary...
Indigenous peoples call for end to human rights violations
The Moro Christian Peoples’ Alliance (MCPA) said human rights abuses by state forces continue in the Bangsamoro areas, despite the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (Cab) signed this year by the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF)
10 December 2014
On Dec. 10, International Human Rights Day, the indigenous...
Indonesia’s police chief denies force fired fatal shots in Papua
Indonesia’s National Police chief yesterday denied the police were behind a fatal shooting in Papua that killed at least four people and injured more than 20.
Published: 4:03 AM, December 11, 2014
JAKARTA — Indonesia’s National Police chief yesterday denied the police were behind a fatal shooting in Papua that killed...
Dam projects on mighty Salween River threaten to re-ignite Myanmar’s civil war
Myanmar's government calls them signposts of modernity: a string of huge dam projects along the mighty Salween River, one of Asia's last untamed waterways, needed to meet economic goals and energy demands as the country opens its doors to the outside world.
Published December 11, 2014 | Associated Press
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Dam Projects Risk Reigniting Burma’s Civil War
Burma’s government calls them signposts of modernity: a string of huge dam projects along the mighty Salween River, one of Asia’s last untamed waterways, needed to meet economic goals and energy demands as the country opens its doors to the outside world.
By DENNIS D. GRAY / THE ASSOCIATED PRESS|...
