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Brazilian Tribes Fight for Their Land
Fazenda Buriti is one of 62 farms in the state that the indigenous people have overrun, part of their revolt against the government from the Amazon region to the southern Pampas area. They are fighting for their land, protecting the borders of their reservations, resisting the construction of hydroelectric power plants in their regions and […]
Protests in Turkey Reveal a Larger Fight Over Identity
In full public view, a long struggle over urban spaces is erupting as a broader fight over Turkish identity, where difficult issues of religion, social class and politics intersect. And while most here acknowledge that every Turkish ruling class has sought to put its stamp on Istanbul, there is a growing sense that none has […]
Three Tibetans self-immolate
Three Tibetans have died after setting themselves on fire to protest against Chinese rule in a western region where authorities have imposed a heavy security presence, exiled Buddhist monks and reports said on Thursday. More than 100 Tibetans have self-immolated since 2011 to protest against Chinese policies in the region and call for the return […]
Croatians protest against Cyrillic signs
Tens of thousands of people have staged a protest against plans to introduce street signs written in the Cyrillic alphabet for the minority ethnic Serbs of Vukovar, a Croatian town ravaged by Serb rebels at the start of the 1990s war. Sunday’s protest drew some 25,00 people, many of them veterans of Croatia’s 1991-95 war. Some […]
‘Idle No More’ inspires Canada’s indigenous
For 37 years, Gary Wassaykeesic has been seeking justice for his mother, who died on a remote reserve for indigenous people in Canada. Canadian law enforcement and the federal government have historically turned a blind eye to crimes committed on First Nations reserves, critics say. His quest to bring the alleged killer to justice has […]
Protests Raise Ethnic Tensions in Western Macedonia After Local Elections
Several thousand Macedonians took to the streets and jeered the country’s PM after the ethnically-mixed town of Kicevo got its first Albanian mayor in Sunday’s municipal vote. Fatmir Dehari from the ethnic Albanian Democratic Union for Integration, DUI, the junior partner in the ruling coalition, became mayor in the first round of the local elections on […]
Christians clash with police in Pakistan
Protesters say government has failed to protect minorities following destruction of 150 Christian homes in Lahore. Hundreds of Christians in Pakistan protesting against the burning of their homes by a mob over alleged blasphemous remarks made against Prophet Muhammad have clashed with police in at least two cities. Police fired tear gas canisters and used batons to disperse almost […]
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