Tag: indigenous people
900 Indians Have Been Killed in Brazil Since 2003
According to a report issued by Brazil’s Missionary Indigenous Council in Brasília, almost 900 ...
Brazilian Indians on an European Tour to Denounce Human Rights Abuses
A group of Indigenous leaders from Brazil began, this Monday, a three-week tour of ...
More than 50 Brazilian Indians Killed in Land Disputes. Bishops Blame Government.
At least 53 Brazilian Indians were murdered in 2013 as a direct or indirect ...
UN Urges Brazil to Ensure Human Rights to Its Indians
Despite some advances in their conditions and the Government's commitment to improve their situation ...
Brazil Threatens to Expel NGOs and Foreigners from the Amazon
The Brazilian government is drafting a law asserting sovereignty over the often lawless Amazon ...
Genocide: 76 Indians Killed in Brazil in 2007. 63% More than in 2006
At least 76 indigenous people were murdered in 2007 in Brazil. This was the ...
Brazilian Indian Becomes a Doctor in Havana. She’s First One to Do So
Maria da Glória Oliveira da Silva, of the Pataxó Hã-Hã-Hãe people, has just graduated ...
Brazil Votes in Favor of UN’s Declaration on Indian Rights
The UN Human Rights Council approved on June 29 the Declaration on the Rights ...
Brazil Intent on Ending Indians’ Malnutrition
Brazil’s National Health Foundation (Funasa) and the Oswaldo Cruz Institute Foundation (Fiocruz) signed a ...
Amnesty: ‘Violence and Poverty Threaten Existence of Brazilian Indian’
As long as the needs of Indigenous peoples are low on the list of ...
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