Media Coverage

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva officially recognized three more Indigenous territories on Wednesday, pushing to 13 the number of lands to which he has granted legal protection since his latest term began in early 2023. Lula signed the state recognition of the Potiguara de Monte-Mor...

The top United Nations human rights watchdog on Tuesday ordered Venezuela to avoid destroying tally sheets and other electoral material as it investigates allegations that President Nicolás Maduro stole this summer’s election.  The UN Human Rights Council announced the opening of the probe in a...

Legislators in Nicaragua have approved a constitutional amendment that will strengthen the power of longtime President Daniel Ortega, who has been accused of cracking down on critics and political challengers. The reforms, which 79-year-old Ortega sent to Congress this week “as a matter of urgency,”...

Diplomats at the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday voiced broad support for converting a security mission helping Haitian police fight escalating gang warfare into a formal UN peacekeeping mission, though Russia and China remained opposed. Haiti’s security crisis dramatically escalated...

The Palm Springs city council on Thursday unanimously approved a $5.9m reparations settlement with former residents of a largely Black neighborhood that was leveled in the 1960s for commercial development. The city council was also set to approve another $21m for housing and small-business support...

Colombia’s Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) indicted six former Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) commanders for crimes committed against almost 19,000 children. The victims were either recruited or otherwise abused by the FARC between 1971 and 2016 as part of the guerrillas’ attempt...

Canada’s special interlocutor for missing children and unmarked graves and burial sites associated with Indian Residential Schools has released the final report of her mandate, providing recommendations on how the government can honor the memory of the thousands of children who were killed at forced...

Murray Sinclair, who was born when Indigenous people did not yet have the right to vote, grew up to become one of the most decorated and influential people to work in Indigenous justice and advocacy. A former judge and senator, one of Sinclair's biggest roles was chair of Canada’s Truth and...

President Biden apologized Friday for Native American boarding schools that were part of U.S. policy for 150 years and stripped children away from their tribes and culture.   “The federal government has never, never formally apologized for what happened, until today. I formally apologize as...

Gangs attacked in several neighborhoods of the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince on Saturday, forcing many people to leave their homes after gunfire raged through the night. Authorities did not immediately release casualty information. Haiti’s police union said on its social media channels that the...