Tribe alleges US agents 'trespassed' on indigenous land
By Umar Farooq August 26, 2026 The Tohono O’odham people have sued the US government to stop construction of a border wall through their reservation. The Tohono O'odham Nation, an Indigenous tribe along the US-Mexico border, has warned that construction along the border could harm sacred sites and natural resources [File: Jose Luis Gonzalez/Reuters] An Indigenous tribe located between the United States and Mexico has accused US federal agents and construction workers of illeg
Al Jazeera
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Brazil Demarcates Land for Isolated Amazon Indigenous Group
Brazil marks borders for isolated Indigenous group in the Amazon after decades. Shanna Hanbury August 19, 2026 The first sign demarcating the Rio Pardo Kawahiva Indigenous Territory. Image courtesy of FUNAI. Agents of Brazil’s Indigenous agency, FUNAI, spent 60 days in June and July 2026 physically marking the borders of the Rio Pardo Kawahiva Indigenous Territory. The 411,000-hectare (1 million-acre) area in the Amazon biome of Mato Grosso state is home to the Kawahiva, an i
Mongabay
Aug 19
Country Report: Brazil July 2026
By Renata Lampert Image by AP Photo/Eraldo Peres. Brazil is home to more than 200 million people, of whom 56% identify as Black or Brown. Structural racism remains a major problem in Brazil. Black people account for 82% of the deaths from police operations. Additionally, 79% of murder victims and 53.6% of victims of feminicide are also Black. Recently, the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), and the João Pinhe
Brazil court orders Indigenous land recognition
Brazil court orders recognition of Indigenous land and apology for historic atrocities. July 29, 2026 Shanna Hanbury Kajkwakratxi-Tapayuna leader Yaiku Suya at an April 2026 public hearing. Image courtesy of Larissa Silva/Rede Juruena Vivo. A federal judge in Brazil has given the country’s government 24 months to recognize the traditional territory of the Kajkwakratxi-Tapayuna Indigenous people in the northwestern state of Mato Grosso. The court accepted evidence from federal
Mongabay
Aug 4
Is Guatemala's Mayan Genocide Continuing Today?
Maya Ixil women lead thousands of people marching for democracy in Guatemala City. Sandra Cuffe Source: Truthout Guatemala´s Indigenous Mayan Communities: Displacement, Cultural Destruction, and the Question of Genocide By Laura Rodriguez Martin, Genocide Watch, June 2026 For over four decades, Guatemala´s Mayan Indigenous communities have been displaced from their ancestral lands, first through massacre and scorched-earth warfare, and more recently through mining concessions
Genocide Watch
Jul 8
Fire surge in 2025 threatened isolated peoples in Brazil
June 24, 2026 Aimee Gabay Firefighters from the Chico Mendes Institute work to contain a forest fire and prevent it from reaching Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park, in Brazil’s northern Goiás state in 2025. Image by AP Photo / Eraldo Peres. In 2025, fires were responsible for a significant spike in forest loss in three territories in Brazil that are home to Indigenous peoples living in voluntary isolation, according to Global Forest Watch data analyzed by Mongabay. Indigeno
Mongabay
Jul 6
China's ethnic unity law puts Australian citizens at risk
The Australian government says it has raised concerns directly with China over the country's new ethnic unity law.
Under a clause in the law, people outside of China can be held legally accountable for undermining "ethnic unity and progress or inciting ethnic separatism".
Peru, Brazil: Extractivism Threatens Indigenous People In Isolation
In Peru and Brazil, Extractivism threatens Indigenous People in isolation: Report. June 05, 2026 Aimee Gabay The Yavarí-Tapiche Territorial Corridor from above on the Peruvian side, near the Peru-Brazil border. Image courtesy of ORPIO. Indigenous Peoples in Voluntary Isolation and Initial Contact (PIACI) in the Yavarí-Tapiche Territorial Corridor, one of the largest contiguous, intact forests in the Amazon and home to the world’s highest concentrations of PIACI, are under th
Mongabay
Jun 23
Rodrigo Paz declares State of Emergency in Bolivia
Rodrigo Paz declares a state of emergency in Bolivia "to clear the country's highways" June 20, 2026 By BBC News Mundo* *With information from Cecilia Barría, Ayelén Oliva, and Gerardo Lissardy. “This is not a state of emergency intended to restrict people's lives. It is exactly the opposite,” President Paz said on Saturday. (Photo from June 8). Photo: Aizar Raldes/AFP via Getty Images. After stating that he had exhausted “all avenues for dialogue,” Bolivian President Rodrigo
BBC News Mundo
Jun 21
Special Report: Colombian Community Leaders at Risk
By Juliana Girotto Genocide Watch Legislators hold photographs of social leaders who have been killed as Colombia's congress opens its new session ahead of the inauguration of leftist President-elect Gustavo Petro, in Bogota, Colombia July 20, 2022. REUTERS/Nathalia Angarita/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights In 2024, the South American nation of Colombia saw an average of 16 community leaders killed each month, resulting in a total of 186 documented murders in 2024, or 23
Genocide Watch
Apr 26
Escalating Persecution of Montagnards in Vietnam
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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
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