Posts Tagged ‘Human Rights’
Opportunity for the U.S. to Show Commitment to Human Rights of Indigenous Peoples
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 [Read More]
Cultural survival:Indigenous Peoples.
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 [Read More]
Lerata B issue and Archer’s livestock Market Police confrontation
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 [Read More]
Mutilated Maasai girls share trauma with their brothers.
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 [Read More]
CS: Background Information on Human Rights Violations of the Samburu People of Kenya
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 [Read More]
Mike Rainy: Comments on "Ten die in Northern Kenya in an inter-tribal conflict"..
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. [Read More]
Workers Union: Heroes Day reforms at Impala Farm
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 [Read More]
Missed death by an inch
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 [Read More]
Objectification of indigenous people.
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 [Read More]
Genocide charges pending for President of Sudan.
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 [Read More]
