Indigenous Peoples and Human Rights
Showing posts with label Okinawa. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Okinawa. Show all posts

July 15, 2025

Poisoned Water and Oppression: Breaking the Silence in Russia, Amazon and Okinawa

Russia's Indigenous Speaking at the U.N. in Geneva on Monday. Screenshot Censored News.

Breaking the Silence -- Indigenous in Russia, Amazon and Okinawa Tell U.N. of Poisoned Water, Dying Reindeer and Oppression as Illegal Mining Brings Disease and Death

By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, July 15, 2025

GENEVA -- Indigenous Peoples are silenced when they speak out about mining in Russia, while drug trafficking, logging and illegal mining are forcing isolated Indigenous Peoples from their homelands in the Amazon. In Okinawa, Japan refuses to recognize Indigenous Peoples, and they suffer from the toxic dumping left behind by the U.S. military.