Tag: indigenous rights

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Many families prefer to live outside the public shelter available, even if unemployed, and in precarious conditions

Families housed there complain of the heat; lack of food and poor hygiene

Police forced the group to change the location of the event; national security forces were used

The Brazilian government seeks to open up the Tapajós basin to large-scale infrastructure projects

“Bolsonaro government has indigenous blood on their hands,” pan-indigenous association APIB wrote

As tensions escalate, senator says there are fears of enormous potential for bloody conflict

Several regressive legislative proposals pose a threat to Indigenous land rights, experts warn.

Nearly 2,000 people have filed requests to have their indigenous names appear on their government documents