A Norwegian court Tuesday acquitted Indigenous activists who refused to pay their fines for blocking entrances to government buildings during a protest. The court held that the police who issued the fines... Read more »
The Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) ruled Friday against the province of Quebec’s challenge to the constitutionality of the child welfare provisions in the Act respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis children,... Read more »
A group of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander advocates and NGOS expressed deep concerns Friday about the mistreatment of children in youth prisons in an open letter to the Victorian government. The... Read more »
Protests break out in New Zealand over changes in government policy toward indigenous Maori – JURIST
Thousands of protesters in New Zealand took to the streets Tuesday after the new government released its plans for policy regarding Maori rights and The Treaty of Waitangi in New Zealand. The... Read more »
A new study found that homicides of Indigenous women and girls in Canada are less likely to result in the most serious murder charges than cases in which victims were non-Indigenous, Alessia... Read more »
Thousands of Indigenous protestors rallied in the center of Bogota, Columbia to demand an end to the ongoing wave of violence that has disproportionately affected Indigenous communities across the country, reports Joshua... Read more »
On Thursday, the Federal Supreme Court of Brazil invalidated a legislative proposal 9-2 regarding the temporal boundaries for demarcating indigenous lands. The judges ruled against the argument that the territory of indigenous peoples... Read more »
The Brazil Senate’s Committee on Agriculture and Agrarian Reform (CRA) approved a bill on Wednesday that would establish a continuous residency requirement for the recognition of lands belonging to indigenous communities. The... Read more »