Amnesty International has criticised the Paraguayan Congress for
rejecting a draft bill that would have returned ancestral land to the
Yakye Axa indigenous community.
Twelve people, including four children, all thought to be members of the same family, have been killed by unidentified gunmen. This is the third such killing in less than a year.
Mother of six Jacinta Francisco Marcial has been in prison since 2006. She has been sentenced to 21 years for her part in the alleged kidnapping of six federal agents in Mexico.
With around another 380,000 Colombians having to leave their homes in 2008, the number of internally displaced people in the country is amongst the world's highest.
The Indian government should immediately withdraw the clearance granted to a massive mining project that threatens the lives and livelihoods of a protected indigenous
Dr Binayak Sen, who spent two years in an Indian prison as a Prisoner
of Conscience, was released on Tuesday after being granted bail by the
Supreme Court.
