Jumma man Ladu Mani Chakma was hacked to death on Tuesday by a group of Bengali settlers at his home in the Sajek area of the Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh. His wife, Shanti Bala Chakma, was also attacked.
Protests by thousands of Amazon Indians across the Peruvian jungle have had major impacts on the Peruvian government.
Prof James Anaya, the recently appointed United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous people, is currently visiting Brazil.
British mining company Vedanta is under intense pressure over its plans to mine the Dongria Kondh tribe’s land in India, as a Scottish investment group sells its shares and Amnesty International joins the campaign in support of the tribe.
Thousands of Amazon Indians are protesting against the Peruvian government. Protests have been going on for more than a week and involve an estimated 14,000 Indians from all over the Peruvian Amazon.
Indigenous peoples and their supporters in Brazil have launched an urgent petition calling on Brazil’s Supreme Court to uphold the ratification of Raposa-Serra do Sol, an Indigenous territory in the Amazon region, northern Brazil. Link to www.makunaimagri
Indonesia's National Commission on Human RIghts is currently investigating human rights violations and atrocities in West Papua.
A group of NGOs is urging the Indonesian government not to permit any more oil palm plantations in West Papua.