indigenous peoples

Aizawl, April 10 The influential student organization, Mizo Zirlai Pawl (MZP), in Mizoram, has called for stricter enforcement and tightening of the Inner Line Permit (ILP) system in the state, citing growing concerns over the increasing entry of non-locals without valid permits, a student...

Washington, March 20 – Several indigenous Catholic and tribal leaders in central Bangladesh have warned the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) government that failure to withdraw a disputed forest development project could trigger a stronger protest movement.The Garo and Koch indigenous people...

Sri Vijaya Puram, March 20 A delegation of tribal representatives from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands met with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in New Delhi and raised concerns about the proposed Great Nicobar Infrastructure project.During the meeting on Thursday, the delegation expressed...

Aizawl, March 19 Mizoram Chief Minister Lalduhoma said on Thursday that his government is working to bridge the gap between Mizo communities worldwide.Addressing the Thangram Cultural Meet at Ronpur in Assam's Karimganj district, the chief minister said that political boundaries would never...

Quetta, February 17 – The Baloch Women Forum (BWF) has written to the international community, drawing attention to what it described as persistent human rights abuses carried out by Pakistani forces across Balochistan, particularly the growing wave of enforced disappearances of Baloch women...

Agartala, February 16 The choice of script for the Kokborok language should rest solely with its native speakers, a senior leader of the Indigenous People's Front of Tripura (IPFT), an ally of the BJP-led coalition government in Tripura, said on Monday.The remark comes amidst escalating...