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Indigenous rights activists from across the globe gathered at the United Nations headquarters to demand stronger international support for decolonization and anti-colonial independence movements.
Human rights defenders and indigenous activists from the Pacific to the Caribbean united at the United Nations on Tuesday to amplify their calls for decolonization and self-determination.
The forum, titled “Decolonization: Silent Revolution,” was organized by the Baku Initiative Group, an international NGO focused on empowering indigenous movements worldwide. It served as a platform for activists to share experiences, strategize, and build solidarity across continents.
“We must decolonize education and teach our children who they really are,” said Bonair activist Phenice Frans-Piar. “We must reclaim our identity with pride and purpose.”
Participants emphasized that the legacies of colonialism continue to affect indigenous communities through economic marginalization, political disenfranchisement, and cultural erasure.
Viro Xulue, a Kanak indigenous rights activist from New Caledonia, attended the forum to draw attention to his people’s struggle for independence from French colonial rule. “We are not seeking permission—we are asserting our rights,” he said, underscoring the urgency of international recognition for ongoing independence efforts.
Activists called on the UN and the broader international community to take concrete steps toward supporting indigenous sovereignty, especially in regions still under foreign administration or lacking formal independence.
The event marks a growing momentum within global civil society to reframe indigenous rights as central to international human rights and geopolitical discourse.
Video from the USGS (United States Geological Survey) showed on Friday (19 September) the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii erupting and spewing lava.
At least 69 people have died and almost 150 injured following a powerful 6.9-magnitude earthquake off the coast of Cebu City in the central Visayas region of the Philippines, officials said, making it one of the country’s deadliest disasters this year.
A tsunami threat was issued in Chile after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck the Drake Passage on Friday. The epicenter was located 135 miles south of Puerto Williams on the north coast of Navarino Island.
The war in Ukraine has reached a strategic impasse, and it seems that the conflict will not be solved by military means. This creates a path toward one of two alternatives: either a “frozen” phase that can last indefinitely or a quest for a durable political regulation.
A shooting in Nice, southeastern France, left two people dead and five injured on Friday, authorities said.
Millions of Americans took to the streets for “No Kings” rallies across all 50 states, denouncing what they called the corruption and authoritarianism of President Donald Trump.
Türkiye is ready to assume a de facto guarantor role if a two-state solution in Palestine is implemented, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Saturday.
President Donald Trump announced that U.S. forces have destroyed a “drug-carrying” submarine travelling toward the United States on what he described as a “well-known narcotrafficking route.”
Iranian-backed Houthi rebels raided a United Nations facility in Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, on Saturday, but all 15 international staff present were reported safe, a UN official said.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced his intention to run in the upcoming general elections, expressing confidence that he will be re-elected as prime minister.
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