An Indonesian military commander accused of crimes against humanity has been removed from his post in West Papua. Colonel Burhanuddin Siagian faces two indictments in the UN-backed courts in East Timor.
Protests by thousands of Indians across the Peruvian Amazon have led to the repeal of two controversial laws by the Peruvian Congress.
Italian film ‘Birdwatchers’, selected as one of the films in competition for the Golden Lion Award at the Venice Film Festival, highlights the plight of the Guarani-Kaiowá Indians in Brazil.
Renowned Brazilian lawyer and constitutional expert José Afonso da Silva has declared that reducing Indigenous land by dividing it into islands is unconstitutional.
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.