Press Releases

Mar 16, 2021

Un nouveau rapport expose les investisseurs qui financent le vol de terres et les violations des droits humains en République démocratique du Congo

Contact média :Frederic Mousseau, [email protected]; +1 510-530-5126 Déplacées par les autorités coloniales belges en 1911 pour établir des plantations de palmiers à huile, les communautés de Lokutu, Yaligimba et Boteka en RDC continuent de souffrir de la faim et de la pauvreté, ainsi que d’atteintes graves aux droits humains et à l'environnement.
Mar 12, 2021

Nicaragua: la CIDH celebrará audiencia pública sobre la colonización de tierras indígenas en la costa caribe

Contacto de prensa: Sofía Espinal Oficial de comunicación, Centro por la Justicia y el Derecho Internacional (CEJIL) Correo: [email protected] Teléfono: +506 8333 3275 El 18 de marzo de 2021, la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH) celebrará una audiencia pública sobre los impactos de la colonización de las tierras indígenas en la costa caribe de Nicaragua, en el marco de su 179º período de sesiones.
Mar 12, 2021

Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to Hold Public Hearing on Colonization of Indigenous Lands in Nicaragua

On March 18, 2021, the IACHR will hold a public hearing on the impacts of the colonization of Indigenous lands on the Caribbean coast of Nicaragua.
Mar 9, 2021

ශ්‍රී ලංකාව: වර්ගතාන්ත්‍රික රාජ්‍යයක් දෙමළ ඉඩම් සිංහලකරණය සහ ජනපදකරණය ගැන නව වාර්තාවකින් අනාවරණය වෙයි

2021 මාර්තු 9මාධ්‍ය සම්බන්ධීකරණය:අනුරාධා මිත්තල්, [email protected] +1 510-530-5126
Mar 9, 2021

ශ්‍රී ලංකාව: වර්ගතාන්ත්‍රික රාජ්‍යයක් දෙමළ ඉඩම් සිංහලකරණය සහ ජනපදකරණය ගැන නව වාර්තාවකින් අනාවරණය වෙයි

2021 මාර්තු 9මාධ්‍ය සම්බන්ධීකරණය:අනුරාධා මිත්තල්, [email protected] +1 510-530-5126
Mar 9, 2021

இலங்கை: ஒரு இனநாயக அரசு இலங்கையில் தமிழ் மக்களின் நிலங்கள் சிங்களமயமாக்கப்படுவதையும் ஆக்கிரமிக்கப்படுவதையும் அம்பலப்படுத்தும் புதிய அறிக்கை

உடனடி வெளியீட்டுக்காக- மார்ச் 9 2021 காலை 8.00 மணிஊடக தொடர்பு : Anuradha Mittal; [email protected] +1 510-530-5126
Mar 9, 2021

இலங்கை: ஒரு இனநாயக அரசு இலங்கையில் தமிழ் மக்களின் நிலங்கள் சிங்களமயமாக்கப்படுவதையும் ஆக்கிரமிக்கப்படுவதையும் அம்பலப்படுத்தும் புதிய அறிக்கை

உடனடி வெளியீட்டுக்காக- மார்ச் 9 2021 காலை 8.00 மணிஊடக தொடர்பு : Anuradha Mittal; [email protected] +1 510-530-5126
Mar 8, 2021

Endless War: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

These Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) summarize some of the key findings and analysis of the Oakland Institute’s new report, Endless War: The Destroyed Land, Life, and Identity of the Tamil People in Sri Lanka. Why is the conflict in Sri Lanka characterized as an “Endless War?” The ethnic conflict that erupted after Sri Lanka's independence from Britain in 1948 escalated into an armed conflict in the 1980s.
Mar 7, 2021

Sri Lanka: An Ethnocratic State

The Destroyed Land, Life, and Identity of the Tamil People in Sri Lanka

The Destroyed Land, Life, and Identity of the Tamil People in Sri Lanka ---FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE--- March 7, 2021; 10:00PM PT Media Contact:Anuradha Mittal, [email protected]; +1 510-530-5126 As the 46th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) prepares to address the situation in Sri Lanka, a new report details how 12 years after the brutal end of the civil war, the island nation is increasingly an ethnocratic state — intensifying the colonization and Sinhalisation of Tamil lands.
Feb 18, 2021

New Report Calls on the Biden Administration to Put an End to Close-to-Slavery Conditions of the H-2A Guest Worker Program

---FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE--- February 18, 2021 Media Contact:Anuradha Mittal, [email protected]; +1 510-530-5126 The H-2A “guest worker” program, which allows US firms to recruit farmworkers from other countries has grown dramatically in recent years to reach over 250,000 workers in 2020. Contract workers under the program face living and working conditions that have been called “close to slavery,” with their basic rights denied by their status.