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The Missing Delegates:
Opening the World Order to de facto States
This event will bring together officials from unrecognized Governments with the main aim to create and sustain permanent mechanisms of involvement and consultation MORE
UNPO 9th General Assembly - May 2008
The Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) will hold its IX General Assembly on 16 – 17 May 2008 at the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium MORE
Chile Indigenous Policy Report Slams Celco and Pascua Lama Projects
The Chilean government's approval of large-scale business projects — including forestry company CELCO's waste duct to the Pacific Ocean and mining company Barrick Gold's Pascua Lama... MORE
Native Spirit Festival
This event will take place at Synergy Centre, London, UK on
Friday 16th May 2008
- Live music, cine indigen, video, poetry, photo exhibition and stalls.
All funds raised go towards helping indigenous projects MORE
Swiss film about indigenous movement attracts interest in South America
Displaced from their own land by landowners and exploiters of natural resources, the Mapuche folk of Patagonia fight to make the Argentinean State respect their rights MORE
Political persecution and judicial bias against the Lafkenche-Mapuche leader
I returned to Huentelolen around 12:00, while the events that I have been imprisoned for happened after 14:00, proving undoubtedly that I did not participate in the acts I have been investigated for MORE
Chilean Democracy Expels Foreign Mapuche Sympathisers
“We were deprived of our liberty because we were walking with a Werken Mapuche, Jorge Huenchullán, and if we are free it is today is because we are French and not Mapuche MORE
Mapuches Delegates appeal to the Human Rights Council
The criminalization of the Mapuche protests for the recovery of their territory and for the respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms has meant the detention of hundreds of people MORE
Chile: Emerging Party Seeks Self-Government for Mapuche People
Defining itself as a nationalistic and pro-autonomy democratic, progressive, secular and pluralistic party, Wallmapuwen is seeking to recreate "Mapuche land" MORE
Americas Program Special Report
Historical Mapuche Hunger Strike Ends in Success
Patricia Troncoso forced Michelle Bachelet's insensitive government to yield and allow her weekend passes and completion of her sentence at a work-study center MORE
UNPO Support Petition to Appoint UN Rapporteur on Mapuche Human Rights
Noting that since the return of democracy the Mapuche people remain the subjects of human rights violations. Their fundamental freedoms, both individual and collective, are being denied MORE
Message from Prince Philippe of Araucanía and Patagonia on the Mapuche Nation Day of Sovereignty
As we have established before, the mapuche conflict is not only a problem of land and poverty, but also of territory and self-determination MORE
After 112 days
Patricia Troncoso puts an End to Her Hunger Strike
I wish to express my deep gratitude to my brothers and sisters who supported me throughout the strike. We defeated the media blackout, and we defeated the pride and arrogance of the government MORE
Chile: Indigenous Rights Activist Ends 111-Day Hunger Strike
The president of Chile's bishops' conference highlighted the effort made by indigenous rights activist Patricia Troncoso, who called off the longest hunger strike in Chilean history MORE
Rights-Chile: In the Mapuche People's Heartland
On their own territory, they shared what keeps them going, their sorrows and their hopes. "It hurts to see my land surrounded by carabineros. Why should I be watched over, controlled, MORE
Striker ends 112 days of fasting:
Patricia Troncoso: “I am ending my hunger strike”
Through a message put out by her spokeswoman, Sara Huenulaf, the woman thanked her supporters and justified the prolonged fast by the need to call attention to Mapuche claims MORE
Failure of Chilean diplomacy:
Delegation Concerned with Treatment of Mapuche Prisoners Ignored by UK Chilean Embassy
"We consider it unacceptable that the authorities in Chile are using an anti-terrorism law against individuals who are exercising their democratic right to freedom of expression MORE
Demonstration Held in London to Express Solidarity with Mapuche Political Prisoners
Patricia is incommunicado and, according to the priest of the Catholic Church, Jose Luis Ysem, is also bound by her hands and feet MORE
Mapuche Hunger Striker Force-Fed by Chilean Authorities
Since January 21, Patricia has been force-fed against her will by a team of doctors set up by the Ministry of Home Affairs MORE
Chief Juana Calfunao appoints Reynaldo Mariqueo Werken Mapuche to the European Union
I ask that in his capacity as Werken, he meets with other human rights, political and social organisations, so that they may act as mediators for those of us imprisoned, tortured and massacred by the oppressive Chilean state MORE
At the request of family members we make:
An urgent appeal to save the life of Patricia Troncoso
We call on the Government of Michelle Bachelet to fulfil its promise of establishing a dialogue table with the family of Patricia Troncoso and respond urgently and favourably to the request made by Patricia MORE
Police Brutality in "Democratic" Chile:
Mapuche Student Shot Dead; Political Prisoner Slowly Dying From Hunger Strike
Due to serious mistrust in the conduct of Chilean institutions, including the police (who have a long history of manipulating the evidence to meet their own ends), Matias' body was handed to the local Catholic Church MORE
Chile Hunger Striker Hits Three Month Mark:
IAHRC Inquires After Health Of Political Prisoner Patricia Troncoso
The Inter-American Human Rights Commission (IAHRC), asked the Chilean government for information about the health of striker Patricia Troncoso Robles MORE
Police Killing of Chile Mapuche Youth Sparks Unrest
“This tears away at the concept that never again would human rights be violated in Chile... This is the state acting against a people who are legitimately fighting for land that originally and ancestrally belonged to them,” MORE
Chile: Mapuche student killed in land conflict
Thousands of Mapuches attended Catrileo's funeral on Jan. 5; the police were absent, and masked marshals kept journalists 50 meters from the ceremony MORE
Chile police kill Mapuche youth in Region IX:
Indigenous protestors refuse to hand over victim's body
Ongoing animosity between Chilean authorities and Mapuche groups took a bloody turn Thursday morning when Carabineros police reportedly shot and killed a university student in Region IX MORE
AFDD Blasts Chile's UNHRC Ambitions
"We... that the president ask for the resignations of the appropriate officials and that a civilian (rather than military) court be placed in charge of investigating and this new crime,” MORE
Mapuche Land Conflict Stained With Blood
An indigenous activists said Catrileo was shot in the back with a machine gun and that they decided to hide the body because they were afraid that the police would tamper with the evidence MORE
Eleventh Hour for Mapuche Political Prisoners
Six Mapuche political prisoners are fighting for their lives after 62 days on hunger strike. Human rights groups worldwide are urgently pleading with the Chilean government for their release MORE
Chile: Indigenous Hunger Strikers in Critical Condition
They are in such critical condition that the Gendarmería (the prison guards) have sought legal permission to transfer them to the hospital at any time and put them on an IV drip, against their will MORE
The Mapuche, are calling for a EU Parliament resolution against Chile
The Chilean government has not reacted to the insistent calls of human rights bodies demanding a treatment of the Mapuche people that is in accordance with international and humanitarian standards MORE
Argentine Indian beatified by Catholic Church in Patagonia
Ceferino Namuncura became the first Mapuche to be beatified by the Roman Catholic Church on Sunday, in a ceremony before tens of thousands MORE
To protect the human rights of the Mapuche political prisoners on hunger strike
From the 10th of October 2007, seven Mapuche political prisoners, initiated an indefinite hunger strike in demand for respect of human rights MORE
Mapuche vigil at the Chilean embassy in London
With no recourse to an impartial legal system, a number of Mapuche prisoners have initiated a hunger strike in a desperate bid to protest their innocence and to seek justice MORE
Mapuche supporters call for Vigil at London, Chilean Embassy
The vigil is in response to a call by European based Mapuche solidarity groups, for a “Day of International solidarity with the Mapuche people” MORE
Mapuche Chief Juana Calfunao saved at the 11th hour
"Although my body is incarcerated, my mind, my ideals and convictions are not. The prison, the torture and ill treatment does not intimidate me and I will never cease to speak out to the world the injustice MORE
A call for action on the 26th of October 2007:
Day of international solidarity with the Mapuche people
The systematic political persecution of Mapuche activists and ancestral authorities by the Chilean Government compels us to appeal - one again for your support and solidarity MORE
Mapuche Protest in Chile Draws Thousands
“The government is denying the existence of a people. They are denying one of the most fundamental rights of life, and we are demonstrating against this,” MORE
Chief Juana Calfunao brave Mapuche defender of soil, spirit and self determination
Chief Juana Calfunao embodies the struggle of the Mapuche Nation, enduring every act of brutal political repression that has been imposed by the Chilean authorities, with characteristic integrity and unfaltering belief MORE
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