August 28th, 2008
Citizen media videos have been uploaded informing of the situation arising in Venezuela between the Yukpa Indians of the Perijá Mountains, landowners and President Chávez. This dispute over land limits is 30 years in the making, when military forces displaced the Indigenous communities of the Yukpa by force and established landowners who have cattle ranches and have been working the lands ever since. 0 comments · »»
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Mexico has seen a steep rise in kidnapping for ransom cases this year, and a group of videobloggers have decided to take a stand and make videos proposing solutions for this problem. According to the Analisis a Fondo blog, according to the Dutch NGO Pax Christi and local authorities, Mexico has surpassed Colombia in the number of kidnappings, which take place mostly in the capital and neighboring areas. 2 comments · »»
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Michael from the Opposite end of China highlights the human rights report about collective punishment practice in parts of Xinjiang.
September 1st, 2008
Blog de Port-au-Prince reviews Margaret Trost's newly released book about her experiences in Haiti.
August 29th, 2008
August 28th, 2008
Photos from Tskhinvali - by LJ user grend (RUS).
August 27th, 2008
Brazil's Supreme Court decides today about the future of Raposa Serra do Sol's Indigenous land. Observatório da Imprensa [Press Observatory, pt] have published two texts about the media coverage of the subject. One of them is called The Rice War [pt]: “The press still own us an approach that will help to overthrow prejudices against indigenous peoples and question the idea that the Amazon can survive to the extensive livestock and agriculture.”
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