Indigenous Peoples and Human Rights

February 11, 2018

Mohawk Nation News 'Canada's Kangaroo Justice System'


MNN. Feb. 11, 2018. Black’s Law Dictionary would describe the Saskatchewan decision [on murder of Colten Boushie] as “a sham legal proceeding in which a person’s rights are totally disregarded, where the result is a foregone conclusion because of the bias of the court”.  

Read article at Mohawk Nation News

February 10, 2018

Mohawk Nation News 'No Fear'



'NO FEAR'
Mohawk Nation News
MNN. The rich white farmer who who derived his wealth from theft of our land, shot the native boy in the head in an act of cold blooded murder. He was illegally found not guilty of murder in the racist Saskatchewan court! History repeats itself. That’s how the white man got all our possessions. Killing us is being justified. Hundreds of our youth are being murdered, disappeared and abused every year.  
Read article at:
http://mohawknationnews.com/blog/2018/02/10/no-fear/

Hopi Vernon Masayesva -- 'Protect Indian Religious Rights under First Amendment'



Hopi Vernon Masayesva -- Protection of Indian Religious Rights Must Become Reality under First Amendment

Commentary by Vernon Masayesva
Founder/Executive Director, Black Mesa Trust
Censored News

The American Indian Religious Freedom Act – AIRFA – has been called a law with no teeth. Sadly, this is true. This is the law that the U.S. Congress passed to protect Native American sacred sites, among them the Colorado Plateau, which the Hopi call “Mother of the Fourth World,” a sanctuary for all mankind, our Mecca, our Vatican, our Jerusalem.

February 9, 2018

Mohawk Nation News 'Stop Killing Our Children'

'Stop Killing Our Children'






MNN. Feb. 9, 2018. Today the murderers of two of our children, Tina Fontaine and  Colten Boushie, are standing trial before their peers.
Read article at Mohawk Nation News:
http://mohawknationnews.com/blog/2018/02/09/stop-killing-our-children/

Trudeau -- The Wilted Green. Canada Pushing Dirty Oil in U.S.


TRUDEAU the Wilted Green
New documents show Canada is pushing the Tarsands, Keystone XL Pipeline in the U.S. -- with Trudeau celebrating Trump's election and what it means for dirty oil.
But the internal docs also state the resistance in South Dakota and Nebraska.
 -- Brenda, Censored News
Read more at The Guardian:
.https://www.theguardian.com/environment/true-north/2018/feb/09/trudeau-government-welcomed-oil-lobby-help-for-us-pipeline-push-documents

February 8, 2018

Defending Amazonian Patricia Gualinga, International Organizations Call For Accountability

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International Organizations Call For Accountability Following Attack on Amazonian Land Defender Patricia Gualinga


By WECAN International
   Censored News 

Media Contact: Emily Arasim - emily@wecaninternational.org; +1.505.920.0153, Moira Birss - moira@amazonwatch.org; +1.510.294.2041



BAY AREA, California (February 8, 2018) - Following recent death threats and acts of hostile intimidation towards Patricia Gualinga Montalvo, an Indigenous Kichwa leader from Ecuador's Amazon rainforest - over 50 prominent global organizations and individuals working for human rights, women's rights, environmental and climate justice, issued a statement of solidarity and a call for accountability.

The collective statement signed by global organizations including Amazon Watch, the Women's Earth and Climate Action Network, Indigenous Environmental Network, Global Witness, Frontline Defenders, Urgent Action Fund for Women, Rainforest Action Network, Greenpeace USA, Sierra Club, and Cultural Survival expresses deep concern regarding the attack targeting Patricia on January 5, 2018, during which an unknown man attacked her home in Puyo, Pastaza province, Ecuador, throwing stones at the windows while yelling death threats against her. The attack broke windows and the assailant yelled directly at Patricia Gualinga and repeatedly threatened her with death.