Day: April 19, 2019

100 Days Of Living In Fear For The Indigenous People Of Brazil

Since Jair Bolsonaro took office as President of Brazil on 1 January, indigenous peoples’ lands have been under extreme threat. Under the Brazilian Constitution, rewritten in 1988, native tribes have legal ownership of their land and the “inalienable right” to reject any development on their territory. Brazil has also ratified

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Brunei Faces Backlash Over New Anti-LGBTQ+ Legislation

Brunei, a small nation on the island of Borneo in southeastern Asia, introduced new legislation this week that would allow for its citizens to be given the death penalty if they had gay sex. The law was part of a three-phase plan enacted in 2013 to gradually move the nation

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