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Why 35,000 People Took To New Zealand Streets In One Of Biggest Protest For Maori Rights
Indigenous "Haka" chants boomed across New Zealand's capital Wellington, as tens of thousands of people rallied against a bill that critics say would alter the core of the nation's founding treaty and dilute the rights of Maori people.
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Huge Protests In Tripura Over Attacks On Minorities In Bangladesh
The Tripura Chakma Students' Association (TCSA) on Saturday took out a rally in Agartala in protest against atrocities and killings of indigenous people in Bangladesh's Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) by its army.
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"Safeguard Indigenous Communities": Meitei Group's Sit-In At Manipur Bhavan In Shillong
A civil society organisation of the Meitei community organised a sit-in protest at the Manipur Bhavan in Meghalaya's capital Shillong on Sunday, condemning the recent rocket and weaponized drone attacks in Manipur by "Kuki insurgents".
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Greta Thunberg Detained In Norway Wind Farm Protest
Environmental campaigner Greta Thunberg was twice detained during a demonstration in favour of Indigenous rights in Oslo on Wednesday, with police removing her and other activists from the finance ministry and later the environment ministry.
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Greta Thunberg, Protesters Block Norwegian Ministries Over Wind Turbines
Indigenous and environmental activists, including Greta Thunberg, blocked access to several Norwegian ministries on Tuesday, expanding a protest to demand the removal of wind turbines from reindeer pastures.
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Local Leader Dies In Attack By "Miscreants" In Tripura, TIPRA Supporters Protest
Within hours since the Election Commission announced the date for the Tripura assembly election, a 44-year-old local leader of the regional party TIPRA or Tipraha Indigenous Progressive Regional Alliance was killed in Tripura's Dhalai district.
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Bolsonaro's Supporters Try To Invade Brazil Police Headquarters
Supporters of far-right Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Monday attempted to invade the federal police headquarters in Brasilia, the capital, protesting the arrest of an indigenous leader in the first major flash of post-election violence.
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Tripura Tribals Protest In Delhi For Separate State, To Meet Amit Shah
The two-day sit-in demonstration, which started yesterday, is being led by Tripura's royal family scion and includes members of his party, Tipraha Indigenous Progressive Regional Alliance (TIPRA)
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Indigenous People Free Over 100 Tourists They Abducted In Peruvian Amazon
Members of an Indigenous group on Friday freed more than 100 tourists whom they had abducted in the Peruvian Amazon a day earlier to protest what they called government inaction after an oil spill, officials said.
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"Permanent Negative Impact": Activist Greta Thunberg Protests Sweden Mine
Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg and members of the Nordic country's indigenous Sami community on Saturday protested against a possible iron ore mine in northern Sweden.
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Maori Ask Anti-Vaxxers To Stop Using Their Ceremonial Dance
Ngati Toa, an indigenous tribe in New Zealand, denounced a group of anti-vaccine protesters for performing a ceremonial Maori dance known as the Ka Mate haka during a demonstration in Wellington on November 9th.
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Queen Victoria, Elizabeth Statues Toppled In Canada Over Unmarked Graves
Protesters have toppled statues of Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth II in the Canadian city of Winnipeg as anger grows over the discovery of the remains of hundreds of children in unmarked graves at former indigenous schools.
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Brazil President Visits Indigenous Lands In Amazon Despite Protests
Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro visited two indigenous reservations in the Amazon on Thursday for the first time as head of state, despite protests from some tribal leaders against his drive to open up their protected lands to commercial mining.
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Latest News Live Updates: PM Modi Launches Multiple Projects In Tamil Nadu
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today handed over the indigenously developed Arjun Main Battle Tank (Mark 1A) tanks to Army Chief General MM Naravane in Chennai.
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Mann Ki Baat Highlights: "We Saw The Spirit Of Aatmanirbhar Bharat In 2020," Says PM
In his last edition of 'Mann Ki Baat' radio programme of the year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi applauded the resilience of the people amid the coronavirus pandemic and the country's shift towards indigenous products.
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Why 35,000 People Took To New Zealand Streets In One Of Biggest Protest For Maori Rights
Indigenous "Haka" chants boomed across New Zealand's capital Wellington, as tens of thousands of people rallied against a bill that critics say would alter the core of the nation's founding treaty and dilute the rights of Maori people.
-
Huge Protests In Tripura Over Attacks On Minorities In Bangladesh
The Tripura Chakma Students' Association (TCSA) on Saturday took out a rally in Agartala in protest against atrocities and killings of indigenous people in Bangladesh's Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) by its army.
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"Safeguard Indigenous Communities": Meitei Group's Sit-In At Manipur Bhavan In Shillong
A civil society organisation of the Meitei community organised a sit-in protest at the Manipur Bhavan in Meghalaya's capital Shillong on Sunday, condemning the recent rocket and weaponized drone attacks in Manipur by "Kuki insurgents".
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Greta Thunberg Detained In Norway Wind Farm Protest
Environmental campaigner Greta Thunberg was twice detained during a demonstration in favour of Indigenous rights in Oslo on Wednesday, with police removing her and other activists from the finance ministry and later the environment ministry.
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Greta Thunberg, Protesters Block Norwegian Ministries Over Wind Turbines
Indigenous and environmental activists, including Greta Thunberg, blocked access to several Norwegian ministries on Tuesday, expanding a protest to demand the removal of wind turbines from reindeer pastures.
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Local Leader Dies In Attack By "Miscreants" In Tripura, TIPRA Supporters Protest
Within hours since the Election Commission announced the date for the Tripura assembly election, a 44-year-old local leader of the regional party TIPRA or Tipraha Indigenous Progressive Regional Alliance was killed in Tripura's Dhalai district.
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Bolsonaro's Supporters Try To Invade Brazil Police Headquarters
Supporters of far-right Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Monday attempted to invade the federal police headquarters in Brasilia, the capital, protesting the arrest of an indigenous leader in the first major flash of post-election violence.
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Tripura Tribals Protest In Delhi For Separate State, To Meet Amit Shah
The two-day sit-in demonstration, which started yesterday, is being led by Tripura's royal family scion and includes members of his party, Tipraha Indigenous Progressive Regional Alliance (TIPRA)
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Indigenous People Free Over 100 Tourists They Abducted In Peruvian Amazon
Members of an Indigenous group on Friday freed more than 100 tourists whom they had abducted in the Peruvian Amazon a day earlier to protest what they called government inaction after an oil spill, officials said.
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"Permanent Negative Impact": Activist Greta Thunberg Protests Sweden Mine
Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg and members of the Nordic country's indigenous Sami community on Saturday protested against a possible iron ore mine in northern Sweden.
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Maori Ask Anti-Vaxxers To Stop Using Their Ceremonial Dance
Ngati Toa, an indigenous tribe in New Zealand, denounced a group of anti-vaccine protesters for performing a ceremonial Maori dance known as the Ka Mate haka during a demonstration in Wellington on November 9th.
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Queen Victoria, Elizabeth Statues Toppled In Canada Over Unmarked Graves
Protesters have toppled statues of Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth II in the Canadian city of Winnipeg as anger grows over the discovery of the remains of hundreds of children in unmarked graves at former indigenous schools.
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Brazil President Visits Indigenous Lands In Amazon Despite Protests
Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro visited two indigenous reservations in the Amazon on Thursday for the first time as head of state, despite protests from some tribal leaders against his drive to open up their protected lands to commercial mining.
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Latest News Live Updates: PM Modi Launches Multiple Projects In Tamil Nadu
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today handed over the indigenously developed Arjun Main Battle Tank (Mark 1A) tanks to Army Chief General MM Naravane in Chennai.
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Mann Ki Baat Highlights: "We Saw The Spirit Of Aatmanirbhar Bharat In 2020," Says PM
In his last edition of 'Mann Ki Baat' radio programme of the year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi applauded the resilience of the people amid the coronavirus pandemic and the country's shift towards indigenous products.
