Indigenous Peoples and Human Rights

July 9, 2021

Zapatistas Arrive in France on Tour for Life


In Paris on Saturday, the Zapatistas Delegation was celebrated.
Tour for Life in Europe 
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Assassinated Tomas Rojo: Yaqui was a defender of water rights, not interested in petty disputes


Tomas Rojo, Assassinated Yaqui Water Rights Defender

Motive for Tomás' crime, simplified conjecture

The coordinator of the Citizens' Movement for Water, Alberto Vizcarra Ozuna, questions the versions of the Sonora Prosecutor's Office about the conflict over the installation of a toll booth as the motive for the murder of Tomás Rojo, because that was not on the list of priorities of the Yaqui leader.

His fight was not against the criminal underworld, he says, but against the criteria of a water policy. "It is evident that the motivations for this crime transcend the simple dispute over a toll booth in Yaqui territory," says Vizcarra in the text we share here.

July 8, 2021

Tar sands corp linked to gas companies in Mexico protested by assassinated Yaqui Water Protectors


Yaqui water protectors Tomás Rojo Valencia and Luis Urbano Domínguez, both assassinated in Sonora.

TC Energy Canada linked to gas companies in Mexico protested by Yaqui who were assassinated

By Brenda Norrell
Censored News

The tar sands corporation TC Energy in Canada is linked to the gas pipeline companies in Mexico protested by Yaqui who were assassinated.

The Agua Prieta pipeline is a natural gas pipeline project by IENova (a subsidiary of the Texas-based Sempra Energy) transporting natural gas from the U.S. state of Arizona to the northern Mexican states of Sonora and Sinaloa.

The pipeline will cross the Yaqui River, the source of water for Yaqui in Sonora.

July 7, 2021

Law enforcement admits critical failures at Standing Rock during its militarized attacks on Water Protectors

Photo Ryan Vizzions Standing Rock 2016


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Law enforcement admits critical failures at Standing Rock during its militarized attacks on Water Protectors


By Brenda Norrell
Censored News

North Dakota law enforcement admits that it had little experience, and no policies in place, when it fired rubber bullets, tear gas, and other chemical agents into Standing Rock Water Protectors.

In an internal report made public today, not meant for public view, three North Dakota Congressmen are identified who aided law enforcement in the excessive force used at Standing Rock: Congressman Kevin Cramer, Senator Heidi Heitkamp, and Senator John Hoeven.

Among 178 agencies named in the militarized buildup for the benefit of Dakota Access Pipeline is the unlikely agency of US Customs and Border Patrol. The report confirms that North Dakota Game and Fish was responsible for aerial spying on Standing Rock camps.