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Peru Courts Order Nine Months of Pretrial Detention in Prison Death and Ucayali Double Killing Probes

The rulings signal a wider push by specialized prosecutors to pursue grave rights abuses.

Chagos Handover Faces Twin Legal Challenges as US Opposition Stalls UK–Mauritius Deal

Ottawa and First Nations File Competing Child-Welfare Reform Plans With Tribunal

Gates’ COP30 Memo Reframes Climate Priorities, Drawing Gore’s Reproach

UN Rapporteur Presents Gaza Genocide Report From South Africa, Citing Global Complicity

Chad Terminates African Parks’ Mandates, Citing Poaching and Governance Concerns

Global Witness Counts 146 Defender Killings and Disappearances in 2024, Four in Five in Latin America

Global Witness Reports 142 Environmental Defenders Killed in 2024, Mostly in Latin America

Colombia Again Deadliest Country for Environmental Defenders in 2024, Report Finds

Independent Report Documents 488 Forced Contraception Cases of Greenlandic Inuit by Danish Authorities

BJD Presses Centre to Halt Polavaram Work Over Odisha Tribal Risk

Experts Urge Systematic Study of Indigenous Consumer Racial Profiling

Mexico Enters Final Consultation Phase for Indigenous and Afromexican Rights Law

Killing of Amazon Defender Highlights Flaws in Peru’s Protections

Mexico Formalizes Citizenship for Nobel Laureate Rigoberta Menchú

UK Transfers Chagos Islands to Mauritius, Retains Diego Garcia Base in Landmark Deal

COP29 Climate Talks End With Modest Progress and Calls for Reform

UK's Chagos Islands Handover Faces Backlash from Trump Administration

Mexican Priest and Indigenous Activist Marcelo Pérez Assassinated

Indonesia, New Zealand Deny Bribe Claims in Pilot's Release