Mastodawn

"While neglecting their demands, the government has repeatedly responded to #Indigenous protests against the violation of their land rights with heavy crackdowns. Its repression of communities that resisted the #InteroceanicCorridor has ranged from setting fishermen’s houses on fire in Oaxaca to evicting and arresting Ayuujk indigenous protesters there."

https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2026/03/12/we-think-theyll-kill-someone-environmental-defenders-mexico/
https://archive.ph/FNSsB
#Mexico #NativeAmericans #LandDefenders #megaprojects #colonialViolence

‘We Think They’ll Kill Someone’

Indigenous communities in Mexico who oppose the construction of megaprojects on their lands do so at great risk.

The New York Review of Books

Paria sans portefeuille Feb 20

《 Ils reprochent en outre à #Québec d’avoir violé sa propre Loi sur l’aménagement durable du territoire forestier en ne consultant pas «les communautés #Autochtones d’une manière distinct» avant de délivrer des permis. 》

https://www.ledevoir.com/actualites/environnement/957771/nouvelle-fronde-premieres-nations-contre-forestieres
#PremièresNations #polQC #Indigenous #défenseursDeLaTerre #défenseursDuTerritoire #landDefenders #fôret #forêtQC #industrieForestière

Nouvelle fronde des Premières Nations contre les forestières

Une victoire des gardiens du territoire pourrait stopper net les opérations d’entreprises forestières.

Le Devoir

Avispa Mídia Jan 20

International "development" banks: Your money financed an assassination. A report links your funds to the murder of #BertaCáceres

👉 https://wp.me/pdD3iE-vEG 🐝
+ AVISPA.ORG
#humanrightsdefenders #landdefenders #cop30 #sustainabledevelopment #honduras #climatechange #sustainablefarming #latinamericanart #resistence

A-Dub 🥝Jan 13

go Amber Bracken! may you win bigtime.

AB is an award winning photojournalist. she was arrested in late 2021 while on assignment, and held in custody for four days, after officers raided a small structure that was erected by Indigenous land defenders in defiance of a court-ordered injunction obtained by a resource extraction company.

she and The Narwhal are suing the RCMP for wrongful arrest, wrongful detention, and breach of Charter rights, including the right of journalists to gather and report information to the public.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/journalist-arrest-rcmp-pipeline-protest-9.7042771

#Indigenous #LandDefenders #FTP

Opening day of trial for RCMP arrest of photojournalist at pipeline protest commences in Vancouver | CBC News

Five week trial begins in lawsuit launched by photojournalist Amber Bracken, arrested by RCMP in 2021, and news outlet The Narwhal, claiming wrongful arrest, wrongful detention and violation of Charter rights.

CBC

Killer Rabbit 90 Dec 26

‘Cocaine, gold and meat’: how Colombia’s Amazon became big business for crime networks https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/dec/26/colombia-amazon-rainforest-cocaine-gold-crime-farc-cattle-cartels #Colombia #AmazonRainforest #RainforestDeforestation #criminals #LandDefenders #crime #Indigenous

‘Cocaine, gold and meat’: how Colombia’s Amazon became big business for crime networks

Armed groups have moved in to the space left by the Farc after the civil war, cutting down rainforest to control land and build thousands of kilometres of smuggling routes

The Guardian

Zuleyka Mabel Dec 15

Víctor Colindres, a well-known defender of the territory, was killed with a firearm today in his community of San Antonio Sejá in the city of Livingston, Izabal in Guatemala. He participated in numerous rallies against an excessive issuing of mining licenses in the country throughout the year.

#LandDefenders #LatinAmerica #AntiMining #Imperialism

Killer Rabbit 90 Nov 25

Assassinated Amazonian Rubber Tapper Chico Mendes Tried to Save the Rainforest. Meet His Daughter http://www.democracynow.org/2025/11/25/chico_mendes #Brazil #Indigenous #murder #assasination #ChicoMendes #AmazonRainforest #LandDefenders #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange

Assassinated Amazonian Rubber Tapper Chico Mendes Tried to Save the Rainforest. Meet His Daughter

We recently spoke to Brazilian environmental activist Angela Mendes, the daughter of Amazonian forest defender and labor leader Chico Mendes, who was assassinated by ranchers in December 1988. She discussed her father’s legacy and her ongoing work to protect the Amazon rainforest from encroachment by ranching and mining industries. “They come here, build their companies, bringing death to the territories, bringing death for the forests and threatening the peoples of the forest,” Mendes said, speaking to Democracy Now! at the COP30 U.N. climate summit in Belém.

Democracy Now!

Killer Rabbit 90 Nov 21

"We Need to Be Heard": Indigenous Amazon Defender Alessandra Korap Munduruku on COP30 Protest https://www.democracynow.org/2025/11/21/indigenous_leader_alessandra_korap_munduruku #COP30 #Indigenous #BanFossilFuelLobbyists #MakePollutersPay #LandDefenders #ClimateActionNOW #ClimateChange

“We Need to Be Heard”: Indigenous Amazon Defender Alessandra Korap Munduruku on COP30 Protest

Thousands of Amazonian land defenders, both Indigenous peoples and their allies, have traveled to the COP30 U.N. climate conference in Belém, Brazil. On Friday night, an Indigenous-led march arrived at the perimeter of the COP’s “Blue Zone,” a secure area accessible only to those bearing official summit credentials. The group stormed security, kicking down a door before the United Nations police contained the protest. “We decided we needed to stop this COP,” says Alessandra Korap Munduruku, a leader of the protest, who joined us for an extended interview. “We are the ones that are saying what the forest is demanding. We are the ones that are saying what the river is asking for. We are going through a lot of violence in our territories.”

Democracy Now!

Killer Rabbit 90 Nov 21

‘It’s like arguing with robots’: negotiators on the state of Cop30 talks https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/21/cop30-climate-summit-brazil-negotiators-talks-developing-countries #COP30 #BanFossilFuelLobbyists #ClimateActionNOW #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #Indigenous #LandDefenders