By Dev Kumar Sunuwar ((Koĩts-Sunuwar, CS Staff)
On February 20, 2022, the Patan Appellate Court sentenced Chiran Kumar Budha, a sergeant in the Nepal Army, to lifetime imprisonment (25 years as per Criminal Code 2017) for beating to death 24-year-old Raj Kumar Chepang (Chepang) from Pipal Milan Chowk Ward, Rapti Municipality-2, Chitwan, in 2020.
On March 14-29, 2022, the Convention on Biological Diversity's third meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation will be taking place in Geneva, Switzerland.
Today, March 8, is International Women's Day (#IWD), first celebrated in 1909. While too many women all over the world still suffer from violence and rights abuses, it is important to recognize the amazing work Indigenous women are doing to make change happen.
El 8 de marzo se conmemora el Día Internacional de la Mujer, un día para luchar por la igualdad, la participación y el empoderamiento de la mujer en todos los ámbitos, así como para visibilizar la desigualdad y discriminación que aún viven las mujeres y garantizar el respeto a sus derechos.
By Brandi Morin (Cree/Iroquois/French)
By Rebecca Kirkpatrick (CS Intern)
We are witnessing horrendous acts of violence and intimidation against Ukrainians meant to destabilize the State of Ukraine. Ukraine is home to a diversity of Peoples, including Indigenous Peoples such as the Crimean Tatar Peoples, Karaites, Krymchaks, and Gagauzes, Hutsuls, among others.
By Rebecca Kirkpatrick (CS Intern)
By Monica Coc Magnusson (Q'eqchi Maya, CS STAFF)