Brazil: Record Violence Against Indigenous
The Brazilian bishops say record-high violence and rights violations may have made 2021 the “worst year of the century” for Indigenous peoples.
The Brazilian bishops say record-high violence and rights violations may have made 2021 the “worst year of the century” for Indigenous peoples.
Increasing threats to Maasai lands raise concerns of a systematic landgrab from indigenous pastoral peoples.
REPAM-Brazil demands a government response to the deaths of two leading defenders of indigenous peoples and nature in the Amazon territory.
A potentially dangerous stand-off has erupted in north-central Tanzania after the government decided to evict up to 167,000 pastoral Maasai from their land in favor of a wealthy hunting firm owned by the United Arab Republic’s ruling family.
During this Season of Advent, the members of the Inter-religious Working Group on Extractive Industries invite you to join them on a journey of hope, as we reflect on the the challenges and wisdom of indigenous communities and environmental human rights defenders in the Amazon region of South America.
Maryknoll Sr. Patricia Ryan was recently recognized in Peru for her work over nearly 50 years defending Indigenous rights amid land exploitation in the Latin American country.
The Earth can teach us how to be nonviolent and in right relationship with each other and all of Creation.
November 11, 2021
11:30am Eastern Time
Speaker: Professor John Berkman, Visiting Fellow at the Laudato Si' Research Institute
Abstract: