Indigenous Peoples and Human Rights

March 3, 2009

Videos: Human Rights March in Phoenix


Video coverage of the February 28, 2009 Human Rights March in Phoenix

March against racist Maricopa Sheriff Joe Arpaio
Over 5,000 Peoples participating
Barriozona, grassroots journalism: http://www.barriozona.com/
Video #1 shows the march and starts by showing day laborers at the street corner on the morning of Saturday February 28 supporters clash around him at immigration's ‘ground zero’
http://barriozona.com/immigrants_counterculture_groups_rally_against_sheriff_arpaio_VIDEO.html Video #2 has interviews with participants in the march
http://barriozona.com/immigrants_counterculture_groups_rally_against_sheriff_arpaio_opinions_VIDEO.html Photo gallery with 123 photos
http://www.photoshopshowcase.com/ViewFlashMedia.aspx?AID=209012&AT=3
Human League 002 (Dennis Gilman), includes Akimel O'Otham member Shannon Rivers "welcoming all migrants"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PmhbUdGSvI
Huffington Post:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/03/02/protesters-take-on-americ_n_171091.html

United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Adopted by the UN General Assembly on September 13th, 2007
Article 36
1. Indigenous peoples, in particular those divided by international borders, have the right to maintain and develop contacts, relations and cooperation, including activities for spiritual, cultural, political, economic and social purposes, with their own members as well as other peoples across borders.
2. States, in consultation and cooperation with indigenous peoples, shall take effective measures to facilitate the exercise and ensure the implementation of this right.
Related Links:
http://www.puenteaz.org/
http://www.indigenasinfronteras.org/
http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unpfii/en/declaration.html
http://www.tonatierra.org/
http://www.cumbrecontinentalindigena.org/
Tupac Enrique Acosta
chantlaca@tonatierra.org

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