Tanzania wants to evict Maasai for wildlife – but they’re fighting back
Community members are on a campaign to get international donors to defund their government and stop rights violations.
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Community members are on a campaign to get international donors to defund their government and stop rights violations.
The World Bank has suspended funding for a tourism project in Tanzania that caused the suffering of tens of thousands of villagers, according to a U.S.-based rights group that has long urged the global lender to take such action.
U.S. sanctions imposed in 2022 against Nicaragua’s mining industry were supposed to help combat a bloody wave of human rights abuses against local communities. But several years later, some aspects of the sanctions still aren’t being enforced, allowing mining companies to continue operations and even expand into new parts of the country.
திருகோணமலையில் அதிகரித்துவரும் சிங்களக் குடியேற்றங்கள்: தமிழ், முஸ்லிம் மக்களின் சரித்திரம் மற்றும் கலாசாரத்தை அழிப்பதே பிரதான நோக்கம் - 'த ஒக்லன்ட் இன்ஸ்டிடியூட்' வெளியிட்டுள்ள புதிய ஆய்வறிக்கையில் சுட்டிக்காட்டு
By Rodney Reynolds NEW YORK, 12 September 2024 (IDN) — As the 57th session of the Geneva-based UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) addresses the human rights situation in Sri Lanka next week, a new report from the Oakland Institute, Trincomalee Under Siege: Land Grabs Target the Tamil Homeland in Sri Lanka uncovers the rapidly escalating...
By Rodney Reynolds As the 57th session of the Geneva-based UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) addresses the human rights situation in Sri Lanka next week, a new report from the Oakland Institute, Trincomalee Under Siege: Land Grabs Target the Tamil Homeland in Sri Lanka uncovers the rapidly escalating colonization of Tamil and Muslim lands in...
By Rodney Reynolds As the 57th session of the Geneva-based UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) addresses the human rights situation in Sri Lanka next week, a new report from the Oakland Institute, Trincomalee Under Siege: Land Grabs Target the Tamil Homeland in Sri Lanka uncovers the rapidly escalating colonization of Tamil and Muslim lands in...
திருகோணமலையில் அதிகரித்துவரும் சிங்களக் குடியேற்றங்கள்: தமிழ், முஸ்லிம் மக்களின் சரித்திரம் மற்றும் கலாசாரத்தை அழிப்பதே பிரதான நோக்கம் - 'த ஒக்லன்ட் இன்ஸ்டிடியூட்' வெளியிட்டுள்ள புதிய ஆய்வறிக்கையில் சுட்டிக்காட்டு
Maasai lifestyles aren’t a threat to conservation. They’re actually an asset.