Indegenous People

Jhajayra Machoa Mendua, leader of the A'I Cofan nationality, speaks during a press conference at the 16th United Nations Biodiversity Summit (COP16), in Yumbo, Colombia October 31, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez
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UN nature summit agrees on payments for use of genetic information

Nearly 200 countries convened in the Colombian city of Cali aiming to implement the 2022 Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework agreement, which aims to halt the rapid decline of nature by...

US Embassy Charge d'Affaires Helen LaFave paid a courtesy call on CHT Adviser Supradip Chakma today (23 September). Photo: UNB
Bangladesh

US stands in support of indigenous communities and all Bangladeshis: Embassy Charge d'Affaires

Demonstrators gathered at Shahbagh in the capital on 20 September 2024. Photo: Prothom Alo
Bangladesh

Ethnic minorities block Shahbagh protesting Khagrachhari attacks

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Politics

Australia's referendum failure could lead to more divisive politics, analysts say

FILE PHOTO: Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese attends a meeting of the North Atlantic Council during a NATO leaders summit in Vilnius, Lithuania July 12, 2023. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins/File Photo
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Australian Indigenous leaders vow silence after landmark referendum defeat

Voters walk past Vote 'Yes' and Vote 'No' signs at the Old Australian Parliament House, during The Voice referendum in Canberra, Australia, October 14, 2023. REUTERS/Tracey Nearmy
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Australia votes in landmark Indigenous Voice referendum

A depiction of the Australian Aboriginal Flag is seen on a window sill at the home of indigenous Muruwari elder Rita Wright, a member of the "Stolen Generations", in Sydney, Australia on 19 January 2021. Photo: Reuters
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Australia Indigenous referendum opposition led by older, rural voters -Poll

FILE PHOTO: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks at the Sydney Energy Forum in Sydney, Australia July 12, 2022. Brook Mitchell/Pool via REUTERS
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Australia PM rallies support for Indigenous referendum as early voting starts

Former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull hands out Yes campaign material for the Voice in Kings Cross, Sydney, August 30, 2023. AAP Image/Dean Lewins via REUTERS
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Australia Indigenous referendum set to fail as support dips, poll shows

FILE PHOTO Brazilian indigenous peoples gather as the Supreme Court on weighing the constitutionality of laws to limit the ability of Indigenous peoples to win protected status for ancestral lands, in Brasilia, Brazil August 30, 2023. REUTERSAdriano MachadoFile Photo
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Brazil's Lula legalizes more Indigenous reservations in Amazon

Former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull hands out Yes campaign material for the Voice in Kings Cross, Sydney, August 30, 2023. AAP Image/Dean Lewins via REUTERS
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More than half of Australians oppose Indigenous panel in constitution, poll shows

FILE PHOTO: Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese attends a meeting of the North Atlantic Council during a NATO leaders summit in Vilnius, Lithuania July 12, 2023. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins/File Photo
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Explainer - What is Australia's Indigenous 'Voice to Parliament' referendum?

People walk in front of the Sydney Opera House, Australia, November 2, 2016. REUTERS/Steven Saphore
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Australia sets October date for historic vote on Indigenous recognition