Calls are being made for the Finnish government to suspend a €9.5 million fund to the Kenya Forest Service because of escalating human rights abuses of the country’s indigenous Sengwer people.
Pope Francis: Stand with the Indigenous Peoples of Peru and Chile — and of the world This week, Pope Francis will meet with Indigenous Peoples in Peru and Chile contending with poverty, conflict,…
EU suspends funding to Kenya government over indigenous human rights violations 17 January 2018: The European Union has suspended a multi-million euro project in the face of mounting evidence that…
Indigenous Sengwer man shot and killed by EU-funded guards 41-year-old Robert Kirotich has today been shot by EU-funded guards working for the Kenya Forestry Service. Another wounded man, David…
FPP supports the appeal from Asian regional organisations – Indigenous Peoples and other civil society actors – asking for the Asian Development Bank to retain existing public access to information…
Three independent experts appointed by the UN have expressed concerns about recent reports that indigenous Sengwer peoples in western Kenya have been attacked and forcibly evicted from their homes.
Indonesian NGOs have protested strongly to the Indonesian government authorities and RSPO about an incident they recorded on 18th December 2017, when police security forces shot and wounded two…
Call to respond to the threats to the Sengwer A powerful press conference was held this morning, 4 January 2018, in Nairobi, attended by over 20 press representatives and 26 Sengwer community…
Statement on threats to the Sengwer Indigenous people of Kenya Nairobi, December 29, 2017 – In a remote region of Kenya this week, a government agency — flush with funds from the European Union—is…
