

Escalating Persecution of Montagnards in Vietnam
A Call for International Protection of the Montagnard people


Mexican paramilitary group kills two indigenous people
The Digna Ochoa Human Rights Committee reported that the injured, two of whom were elderly, were taken to hospitals in the region. February 11, 2026 By Fredy Martín Pérez Paramilitary group “Los Autónomos” ambushes and kills two indigenous people in Chiapas; four others are wounded. Photo: Valente Rosas/ EL UNIVERSAL San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas—A paramilitary group operating in the municipality of Tila carried out an ambush this afternoon, killing two Ch'ol people and
El Universal
Feb 18


Colombia's Atrato River Crisis: a Human Rights Emergency
A United Nations letter to Colombia warns that mercury contamination from illegal gold mining in the Atrato River basin is causing a grave human rights crisis for Indigenous and Afro-descendant communities By Steven Grattan A group of women, part of Asociacion Nuestra Casa Comun, or Our Community House Association, go by boat to an area destroyed by illegal mining, on the Quito River, the Atrato River’s main tributary, near Paimado, Colombia, Sept. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Ivan Va
ABC 1
Oct 22, 2025


'Never again': Indigenous Bolivians Sour on Socialism
A Bolivian Indigenous woman walks past a car with campaign posters of Bolivian presidential candidate Samuel Doria Medina © MARTIN...
AFP (Agence France-Press)
Aug 19, 2025


Bolivia: Socialists Lose Support of the Aymara
By Monica Machicao and Lucinda Elliott An Aymara man bangs an empty utensil in a symbol of protest, as the country faces one of its...
Reuters
Aug 11, 2025


Paraguay: A Call to Protect Uncontacted Ayoreo
Deusdedit Ruhangariyo Special to ICT Credit: House of uncontacted Ayoreo, discovered when road was bulldozed through their land. The next...
ICT News
Jul 30, 2025





































































