News & Articles

May 22, 2013

On Monday, May 20, 2013, Anselmo Xunic (Kaqchikel Maya), Guatemala Community Radio Program Manager for Cultural Survival and longtime Indigenous community radio activist, meet with James Anaya, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples during the 12th Session of the UN Perman

May 22, 2013

On May 20, the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Peoples (UNPFII) commenced its 12th annual session.

May 21, 2013

On Monday, May 20, just ten days after the historic conviction of ex-dictator José Efraín Ríos Montt to 80 years in prison for genocide and crimes against humanity, the Constitutional Court of Guatemala has thro

May 20, 2013

Free, Prior and Informed Consent  (FPIC)  is the principle that a community has the right to give its consent to proposed projects that may affect their lands, resources, livelihoods, and communities.

May 17, 2013

A Coalition of 50+ Indigenous Groups Host #Proud2BIndigenous Week during UNPFII

 First Peoples Worldwide

New York, NY

May 16, 2013
May 15, 2013
On May 29-30, the case of Mapuche Political Prisoners will be presented before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights by the Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL), based in Washington D.C., and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), based in Europe. 
 
May 13, 2013
On April 23, 2013 in recognition of her work with Adivasi (Indigenous) communities in India, Dayamani Barla was chosen by Cultural Survival, an Indigenous Peoples rights organization, as the winner of the 2013 Ellen L. Lutz Indigenous Rights Award.
May 10, 2013

 

May 9, 2013

On the anniversary of the death of Andres Fransisco Miguel, community leader of Santa Cruz Barillas, Huehuetenango, the people of Huehuetenango and neigboring areas in Guatemala came together in protest May 1st.

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