Indigenous Peoples' Scissor-Sharp Words Slice Through Failures at the United Nations 2026
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| Indigenous representatives from Mexico, Hawai'i, New Zealand, and Vietnam deliver the fire of their words, in defense of their people, at the U.N. Permanent Forum of Indigenous Issues in New York. Images by Censored News |
By Brenda Norrell, (c)Censored News, April 24, 2026
NEW YORK -- Cristina Bautista was murdered after she testified at the U.N. Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. A young Native Hawaiian family ran for their lives from the fires in Hawai'i as their ancestral homeland burned to the ground. In the MeKong Delta of Vietnam, Buddhist Monks and women rights defenders are imprisoned, and the government of New Zealand is imprisoning Maori women and stealing the future of Maaori children.