Brazil: Indigenous people demand rights protection

Manipur's Indigenous People's Forum Sounds Caution On "Demographic Shift"

Manipur's population growth, fuelled by illegal immigration, is surpassing natural population growth with severe implications for the socio-political landscape, a key civil society group in the border state told reporters in Delhi today. The impact of this migration is particularly evident in areas like Jiribam district, where the population surged by 80.22 per cent between 1951 and 2011, Indigenous People's Forum Manipur (IPFM) said. IPFM chief…

Brazil: Indigenous people demand rights protection

The protesters want their ancestral land rights, which are under threat from industrial farming in the Amazon, to be respected. Police used tear gas to clear demonstrators near Congress in Brasilia.