Posts Tagged Human Rights

Opportunity for the U.S. to Show Commitment to Human Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Posted on August 24, 2010 by

Image by wwarby via Flickr I commend you for your decision to review the U.S. position on the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) and strongly urge you to endorse the UNDRIP. Sign your Amnesty International petition here Such a change would send a strong message to Americans and the international community that [...]

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Cultural survival:Indigenous Peoples.

Posted on August 10, 2010 by

Indigenous Peoples’ Issues More Prominent than Ever on Global Agenda, But Some Statistics Alarming, Says Secretary-General in Message for International Day Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon‘s message for the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, in New York, 9 August: “The world’s indigenous peoples have preserved a vast amount of humanity’s cultural history. [...]

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Lerata B issue and Archer’s livestock Market Police confrontation

Posted on June 9, 2010 by

Image of Lieven Ampe 5thJune 2010 On Sartuday 5th of June, 2010 a combined force of police and APs stormed a village in Kirish, Lerata maiming two warriors one a nursery school teacher from Leadekei and another from Lelukai family as well as former Lerata primary school headteacher Lelikoo. According to Kalama Conservancy’s accountant Mathew [...]

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Mutilated Maasai girls share trauma with their brothers.

Posted on January 29, 2010 by

Image via Wikipedia   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 [...]

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CS: Background Information on Human Rights Violations of the Samburu People of Kenya

Posted on November 20, 2009 by

The report below is lifted from cultural Survival.org Background Information on Human Rights Violations of the Samburu People of Kenya Country: Kenya Issues: Human Rights Date: 11/19/2009(Cultural Survival submitted this information to the United Nations Human Rights Council)On February 21, 2009, Borana tribal members and Somali raiders (Somalis regularly cross the border to steal cattle, and the Borana are related to the Somali Oromo peoples) stole 300 cows from a Samburu community 

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Mike Rainy: Comments on "Ten die in Northern Kenya in an inter-tribal conflict"..

Posted on November 19, 2009 by

There are many sides and facets to any inter-ethnic conflict and far too many automatic weapons and it is clear that innocent Kenyans on all sides suffer when the situation spirals out of control for months and years.

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Workers Union: Heroes Day reforms at Impala Farm

Posted on October 20, 2008 by

  Did you know that workers at the famous Impala ranch still address their bosses in the colonial style? Workers at Impala ranch are intensively trained to keep and inherit the slave master relationship between the white employer and the worker. My personal experience are fetched from the time I worked for Impala farm(Sharon and [...]

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Missed death by an inch

Posted on October 1, 2008 by

Although he went on behalf of the government, young Maasai Daniel Spanana nearly got killed when he entered the territory of rivalling Samburus By Lilian Njogu 22. November 2007 Daniel Spanana’s work of protecting and fighting for the rights of the children has never been an easy task, and more often than not it involves [...]

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Objectification of indigenous people.

Posted on September 2, 2008 by

Above are some of the photos I took in July 2004 at home(Il polei cultural center) in Kenya where the community has been stimulated to develop a cultural center which will serve as a cultural exhibition center. It’s not wrong to exhibit culture but it should and must be done in a manner that respect [...]

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Genocide charges pending for President of Sudan.

Posted on July 11, 2008 by

Genocide charges pending for Sudan leader July 11: The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court is expected to request an arrest warrant for Sudan’s president, Omar Hassan al-Bashir, for crimes against humanity and genocide in Darfur. NBC’s Ann Curry reports. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/25642860#25642860

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