Human Rights

Message from Naini Meriwas. I wish in advance to all the women a happy women’s day! And men, don’t forget to give them a special treat that very day. Remember you would not be on this earth without them! Cheers, Meriwas, Media Statement Statement by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay International Women’s Day 8 March 2010 Domestic violence and...
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To Survival International, Head Office Survival International 6 Charterhouse Buildings LONDON EC1M 7ET United Kingdom T +44 (0)207 687 8700 F +44 (0)207 687 8701 info@survivalinternational.org REF: Second open letter to Survival International on peaceful disarmament. Below is a letter entitled ( Please Cancel Police Disarmament Operations and Institute Community-Based Disarmament Process in Northern Kenya ), The letter is processed to be sent to the...
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Police brutality and systematic suppression of Indigenous Samburu/Maasai in Kenya. To Survival International, Head Office Survival International 6 Charterhouse Buildings LONDON EC1M 7ET United Kingdom T +44 (0)207 687 8700 F +44 (0)207 687 8701 info@survivalinternational.org My names are Saidimu Ole Ngais. I am a Laikipiak Maasai from Kenya. I am disappointed by the way my country is treating our Samburu people. I...
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Promoting the rights, voices, and visions of indigenous peoples PRESIDENT AND CHAIR OF THE BOARD Sarah Fuller VICE CHAIR Richard A. Grounds TREASURER Jeff Wallace CLERK Jean Jackson BOARD OF DIRECTORS Suzanne Benally Marcus Briggs-Cloud Elizabeth Cabot Westy Egmont Laura Graham James Howe Cecilia Lenk Pia Maybury-Lewis Les Malezer P. Ranganath...
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As I was combing through the facebook I came across the updates by the Hon. Maison Leshomo reporting that Samburu and Pokot warriors have signed a peace pact successfully. Leshomo indicates that there were indications that the two sides who have been fighting each other for ages will respect the treaty. Conflicts among the two nomadic...
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African Human Rights Commission Condemns Expulsion of Endorois People for Tourism Development (New York, February 4, 2010) – A ruling by the African Commission on Human and People´s Rights condemning the expulsion of the Endorois people from their land in Kenya is a major victory for indigenous peoples across Africa, Human Rights Watch, WITNESS, and the Endorois´ lawyers said...
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The Mursi in Ethiopia will be severely affected by the dam. © Marco Trovato/Survival Demonstrators have protested in four towns in Kenya, against the construction of a controversial dam that threatens the survival of a hundred thousand indigenous people throughout the Lower Omo Valley in Ethiopia and around Lake Turkana...
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Female genital mutilation is discrimination against women!  This is what WHO says about FGM- FGM is recognized internationally as a violation of the human rights of girls and women. It reflects deep-rooted inequality between the sexes, and constitutes an extreme form of discrimination against women. It is nearly always carried out on...
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Samburu East Has gone digital! The Samburu East Constituency has come up with a web page which can be seen by following this link. http://www.samburueastcdf.go.ke/. Diasporakenyan would like to take this opportunity to congratulate the initiator of the idea, the web-master for a well done job and the entire Media and sponsor crew for tapping unto...
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One of the most marginalize indigenous people of Kenya are facing what many human rights organizations term as, a state directed suppression in the name of disarmament. For a long time now, Samburu East(S.E) has been under the brutal hand of the Kenyan security force dispatched to disarm the ethnic groups in the north...
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