A court handed down jail terms on eight indigenous people in Indonesia ’s Christian-majority East Nusa Tenggara province amid ...

During the Amazon Synod (2019), the Pontiff reinforced the Church’s commitment to defending Indigenous sovereignty, urging ...

Hundreds of Indigenous people and civil society groups in Indonesia are demanding an end to government projects that have ...

“That’s the PT Bartra Putra Mulia [BPM] nickel mine,” Manan, the village chief, told Mongabay Indonesia. Locals like Manan say life has become harder since 2020, when the company began operating here ...

The indigenous peoples of West Papua face renewed threats to their land rights, Christian Solidarity International (CSI) ...

Indonesia’s Supreme Court has upheld the government’s decision to block further expansion of the Tanah Merah oil palm project ...

Kathmandu—Southeast Asia has not been at the forefront of promoting human rights, much less the rights of indigenous peoples, where the region’s record is even darker and more concerning. Indonesia, ...

For the Akit tribe of Bengkalis and Pelalawan districts in Riau province, on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, land is more than just soil beneath their feet: it is their identity, their lifeblood, ...

A last-minute court ruling led an Indonesian ... Indigenous communities authority over their land is essential for protecting their livelihoods, culture and economic stability. When people are ...

AMAN noted that these early-year land conflicts have worsened an already dire situation from the previous year.

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights ordered the Ecuadorian government to protect uncontacted Indigenous groups from oil operations and to leave oil in the ground underneath their lands ...

Among the member states of the Asean, only a few recognise indigenous peoples, let alone protect their rights. Indonesia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam are among those that fare the poorest in this ...