Indigenous Weekly News - Indigenous Action Network

international | rights, freedoms and repression | press release Wednesday July 16, 2003 19:53 by Reamonn - Cultural Survival coderrer at greenmtn dot edu

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Tensions rise over agrarian reform in Brazil
The Movimento Sem Terra (MST), Brazil’s landless movement, demanded agrarian reform since its formation nearly twenty years ago. January 1, 2003 marked a signific...

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Colombian Government Refuses to Heed Court Decision
In what appears to be a minor victory for Colombia’s indigenous peoples and campesinos, a recent decision by the country’s court ruled that the government should ...

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FEATURED ARTICLES
Tensions rise over agrarian reform in Brazil
Colombian Government Refuses to Heed Court Decision
Native Americans frustrated over DOI reforms
ChevronTexaco to be tried in Ecuador
The End of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy?
More featured articles...
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REPORTS FROM THE FIELD
Bangladesh Adibashi Forum Calls for Guarantees that Develoment Aid Will Benefit Indigenous People
Maasai Respond with Mix of Optimism, Skepticism to Promise of Free Education
Thamarrurr Council Delivering Results for Wadeye’s Aboriginal Community
Nisga’a Nation Elder Toasts Final Agreement at Harvard
Story of a Massacre: Colombia’s Paramilitaries and the Kunas of Paya
More reports from the field...
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NEWS BRIEFS*
CENTRAL AMERICA: Freedom of political expression under threat
INDONESIA: TNI not in control of Aceh as they claim
BRAZIL: Tensions rise over land redistribution
MEXICO: Four Indigenous Killed In Mexico
UNITED STATES: Wildfire rages near Taos Pueblo
More indigenous peoples in the news...
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