Tag: Indigenous Peoples

Authorities have earlier closed 176 tribal schools in Mindanao and have threatened to close 40 more for various reasons

The program aims to provide tribal people and advocates a platform to report and seek assistance on human rights violations and attacks

With the coronavirus pandemic, teachers in tribal communities face the challenge of implementing distance education

The tribal groups said the future they envision “will not emerge as long as the anti-terror law remains in place”

Amnesty International said that this incident is the second such attack that Nepal’s indigenous peoples have faced in two months.

As of June 2020, there are 4,129 families or 17,482 individuals who are still displaced in Mindanao due to armed conflict

Federal govt will auction 41 coal blocks for commercial mining located in biodiversity-rich forest areas

Environmental defenders are wary that the proposed law would target activists who protest against 'destructive projects'

Since 2014, at least 45 Uyghur cemeteries in the region have been razed