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Indigenous Communities in Belize Push Back Against Government Land Plans

John Ahni Schertow — Sat, 06 Jun 2026 16:52:23 +0000

Last Updated on June 6, 2026 Indigenous leaders in Belize are raising concerns over government initiatives they say could reshape control over traditional lands, intensifying a long-running debate over Indigenous land rights, development, and cultural survival along the country’s southern coast. The controversy centers on two separate but related issues involving Belize’s Maya and Garifuna […]

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The Penan are calling for a halt to logging in Magoh and Limbang as certification expires

Keruan — Sat, 06 Jun 2026 00:30:44 +0000

Last Updated on June 5, 2026 Twenty-two Penan communities in Sarawak, Malaysia, are urging the state government to halt logging in the Magoh and Limbang regions, following the expiration of a major forest certification. The certification for the Ravenscourt Forest Management Unit (FMU T/0294), one of the largest logging concessions in Magoh, expired on 3 […]

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Revamped EU-Mexico trade agreement exposes Indigenous communities to violence and destruction

Adam Termote — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 16:49:27 +0000

Last Updated on June 4, 2026 Seeking to deepen economic ties amid the turbulence of US trade tariffs, European and Mexican leaders have signed off on a revamped trade agreement. The EU-Mexico Modernized Global Agreement (MGA), signed by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Mexican President Claudia Shienbaum at a summit in Mexico […]

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Proposed Reform to Landmark Law Threatens Indigenous Land Rights in Chile

John Ahni Schertow — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 17:14:35 +0000

Last Updated on June 3, 2026 Indigenous organizations in Chile are sounding an alarm over President José Antonio Kast’s proposed overhaul of the country’s Indigenous Law, warning that the changes could weaken collective land protections and accelerate the privatization of Indigenous territories. The proposal targets Law 19.253, Chile’s Indigenous Law, enacted in 1993 following the […]

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Chilean Court Halts Copper Mine Expansion Over Indigenous Rights Concerns

John Ahni Schertow — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 17:20:37 +0000

Last Updated on June 2, 2026 A Chilean environmental court has struck down key portions of the environmental approval for the expansion of one of the world’s largest copper mines, in a decision hailed by Indigenous organizations as a significant victory for Indigenous rights and environmental oversight. The Second Environmental Tribunal ruled that the environmental […]

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International Tribunal Accuses Canada of ‘Genocide’ Against Indigenous Peoples

John Ahni Schertow — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 16:51:35 +0000

Last Updated on June 1, 2026 An international human rights tribunal has concluded that Canada committed genocide and crimes against humanity against Indigenous Peoples through its residential school system and related colonial policies. The preliminary findings were released Friday by the 57th session of the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal (PPT), an independent international opinion tribunal that […]

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Reko Diq Mine Threatens Indigenous Baloch Communities in Pakistan

John Ahni Schertow — Fri, 29 May 2026 14:24:43 +0000

Last Updated on May 29, 2026 The massive Reko Diq copper and gold mine in Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province is increasingly becoming a flashpoint in a growing international debate over Indigenous rights, militarization and the human cost of the global clean energy transition. The project, mostly owned by Canadian mining giant Barrick Mining Corporation, sits […]

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The Clean Energy Transition’s Indigenous Sacrifice Zones

John Ahni Schertow — Tue, 26 May 2026 17:12:26 +0000

Last Updated on May 27, 2026 It has become abundantly clear that the clean energy transition is “business as usual” for Indigenous Peoples. At least a dozen major cases have emerged where Indigenous rights are being overtly dismissed in order to secure supplies of lithium, nickel, copper, cobalt and other strategic minerals. The unprecedented demand […]

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Europe’s Green Energy Rush Sparks Another Conflict With Indigenous Sámi

John Ahni Schertow — Mon, 25 May 2026 16:55:42 +0000

Last Updated on May 25, 2026 A major mining project in Norway is drawing criticism from Indigenous Sámi (Saami) communities, who warn that the development threatens reindeer herding lands that have sustained their culture and livelihoods for generations. The proposed Nussir copper mine is being advanced in Norway’s far north, within the traditional territory of […]

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France Moves to Return Remains of Indigenous Peoples Displayed in Colonial “Human Zoos”

John Ahni Schertow — Fri, 22 May 2026 16:30:04 +0000

Last Updated on May 22, 2026 France is moving to return the remains of six Indigenous Kalina people who died after being exhibited in a colonial-era “human zoo” in Paris more than 130 years ago, in a landmark step toward confronting one of the darkest and most dehumanizing chapters of European colonial history. The French […]

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