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Illegal mines and “floating towns” on the Puré River leave uncontacted Indigenous peoples at risk

Mongabay 06 Feb 2023
Since its publication, no reliable data regarding the existence of the peoples around Puré River was available until 2010, when Roberto Franco García, an anthropologist and environmentalist, carried out an investigation in the area. Now it is known that more than 200 people from ...
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Election act must uphold equality for everyone

Taipei Times 06 Feb 2023
“Where the members of the Legislative Yuan are to be elected from the indigenous peoples in plain areas and the indigenous peoples in mountain areas, the electoral districts shall be the indigenous peoples in plain areas and the indigenous peoples in mountain areas.”.
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AHA News: Indigenous Populations May Have Higher Stroke Risk

News Graphic 06 Feb 2023
But little is known about stroke's impact on the estimated 370 million Indigenous people worldwide ... Balabanski said one limitation of how the original studies were conducted is that Indigenous people were not involved in overseeing the studies ... of stroke in Indigenous people.".
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What Lidia Thorpe REALLY wants: Inside rogue senator's 'Blak republic sovereignty' agenda – as she ...

The Daily Mail 06 Feb 2023
Lidia Thorpe wants Australians to pay the 'rent' to Indigenous people, to rewrite the constitution and establish a treaty with 'colonial' settlers - as she quits as a member of the Greens in a bid to become the head of the 'Blak sovereignty' movement ... The 'Pay the Rent' tax could apply to Indigenous people too.
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Australia PM pushes for bipartisan support on Indigenous referendum

RNZ 06 Feb 2023
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will push for bipartisan support on a referendum that aims to set up an Indigenous consultative committee in parliament, when it meets today for the first time this year ... She first wanted a treaty between the government and indigenous people, similar to what exists in New Zealand and Canada.
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Anthony Albanese claims the 'hard-left and hard-right' are CONSPIRING together to bring down the Aboriginal ...

The Daily Mail 06 Feb 2023
'It won't also mean that people's backyards is threatened ... The National Party has said it will not support The Voice, while Greens Indigenous Senator Lidia Thorpe wants a government treaty with Indigenous people first ... Greens Indigenous Senator Lidia Thorpe wants a government treaty with Indigenous people before the Voice to Parliament.
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Acquired, stored, forgotten: NYU Dentistry’s collection of Indigenous remains

Washington Square News 06 Feb 2023
How an NYU college came to possess the remains of over 200 Indigenous people, and how they were forgotten for 25 years ... This story begins 66 years ago, when the remains of 264 Indigenous people came into the possession of NYU Dentistry.
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‘A different perspective’: the journalist reporting the Amazon through fresh eyes

The Observer 06 Feb 2023
“I became worried that journalism stigmatises Indigenous people,” she says ... “They want to wow people ... Brazil aerial photos show miners’ devastation of indigenous people’s land ... Amazônia Real explicitly states on its website that it seeks to defend Indigenous people, a stance many news organisations would refuse to take.
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Indigenous senator quits party over Australian referendum

San Francisco Chronicle 06 Feb 2023
The Greens have suggested they will support a referendum likely to be held this year that would enshrine in the constitution a body representing Indigenous people to advise Parliament on policies that effect their lives. It would be known as the Indigenous Voice ... Another high-profile Indigenous Sen.
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Tripura elections: TIPRA Motha in ‘secret’ alliance with Left, Congress, says Shah

Hindustan Times 06 Feb 2023
Union home minister Amit Shah on Monday launched a scathing attack on the Tipraha Indigenous Progressive Regional Alliance (Tipra) Motha in poll-bound Tripura, alleging the regional party has a “secret understanding” with the Congress and CPI(M) and is “trying to bring back Communist rule in the state by misleading indigenous people”.
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Indigenous voice legislation to be introduced this parliamentary term if referendum succeeds, PM says

The Observer 06 Feb 2023
Legislation to set up the Indigenous voice would be introduced in this term of parliament if the referendum succeeds, Anthony Albanese hopes, and the body’s advice would be released publicly ... Albanese declares Indigenous voice won’t impact First Nations sovereignty ... People want the best outcome for Indigenous Australians.
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Illegal miners in Yanomami reservation seek Brazil government help to leave

FX Empire 06 Feb 2023
“It is important to protect indigenous people, but we cannot criminalize the miners who are looking for a living to survive,” Roraima Senator Chico Rodrigues told Reuters ... involving the military, police and agencies that protect the environment and Brazil’s indigenous peoples.
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Officer who investigated Indigenous man's death demoted, family says more needed

Castanet 06 Feb 2023
... family, who wanted the officer terminated, say on the family's behalf that the demotion is not enough to deter similar behaviour in the future and is a missed opportunity to address larger issues between Indigenous people and police.
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SCBD/CPU/DC/WM/MAQ/MW/90775 (2023-006)Notification to: CBD National Focal Points, relevant organizations, and indigenous peoples and local communities, cc: SBSTTA National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, ABS Protocol Focal PointsSubmission of information on synthetic biology and nomination of experts to participate in the Open-ended Online Forum on Synthetic BiologySubject(s): New and emerging issuesAction required by 2023-02-28 (CBD – Convention on Biological Diversity)

Public Technologies 06 Feb 2023
In the same decision, the Conference of the Parties invited Parties, other Governments, indigenous peoples and local communities, and relevant organizations to provide the Executive Secretary with relevant information on trends in new technological developments in synthetic biology to inform the horizon scanning, monitoring and assessment.
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Tripura parties oppose anti-Muslim law CAA

Kashmir Media Service 06 Feb 2023
The Tripura Motha Party (TMP) and Indigenous People’s Front of Tripura (IPFT) have strongly opposed the anti-Muslim Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), introduced by the BJP government in India ... Another indigenous People’s Front ...

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Powerful earthquakes strike Turkey and Syria, killing more than 1,600 people
Live Mint
06 Feb 2023
Syrian citizen search through the wreckage of a collapsed building, in Azmarin town, in Idlib province north Syria, Monday, Feb. 6, 2023. A powerful earthquake hit southeast Turkey and Syria early Monday, toppling buildings and sending panicked residents pouring outside in a cold winter night.
AP / Ghaith Alsayed
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The News-Gazette
06 Feb 2023
A woman walks out from a residential building which was hit by a Russian rocket, in the city center of Kharkiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Feb. 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrii Marienko)
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The New Arab
06 Feb 2023
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‘They used our hijabs to gag us’: Iran protesters tell of rapes, beatings and torture by police
The Observer
06 Feb 2023
File - A woman walks around a commercial district without wearing her mandatory Islamic headscarf in downtown Tehran, Iran, Friday, Dec. 23, 2022. Iran has been gripped by nationwide protests since September, after the death of a young woman who had died under the morality police custody for allegedly not observing the mandatory Islamic hijab.
AP / Vahid Salemi
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Free West Media
06 Feb 2023
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Japan's new security policy: normalizing or remilitarizing?
Korea Times
06 Feb 2023
File - Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, left, rides on a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) Type 10 tank during a review at the JGSDF Camp Asaka in Tokyo, Japan, Saturday, Nov. 27, 2021. Kishida’s Cabinet approved record 5.4 trillion yen ($47 billion) budget Friday, Dec. 24, for fiscal 2022 that includes researches and development into future fighter jets and other “game-changer” arsenals as Japan bolsters its arms capability amid China's rise and its tension with Taiwan.
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Moscow Times
06 Feb 2023
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The Jerusalem Post
06 Feb 2023
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Pravda
06 Feb 2023
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Kenyan court sentences police officer to death for triple murder
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06 Feb 2023
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Korea Times
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Human Rights Watch
06 Feb 2023
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Powerful quake kills at least 560 people in Turkey, Syria
Moosejaw Today
06 Feb 2023
Rescue workers and medical teams try to reach trapped residents in a collapsed building following an earthquake in Diyarbakir, southeastern Turkey, early Monday, Feb. 6, 2023. A powerful earthquake has caused significant damage in southeast Turkey and Syria and many casualties are feared. Damage was reported across several Turkish provinces, and rescue teams were being sent from around the country.
AP / Mahmut Bozarsan
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