Según Naciones Unidas, más de 5000 grupos Indígenas en 90 países hablan una inmensa mayoría de las 7000 lenguas del mundo. Los pueblos Indígenas están constituidos por 370 millones de personas aproximadamente, es decir, más del 5% de la población mundial.
Association Sobrevivencia Cultural and the Central American Network of Indigenous Community Radio Stations, in observance of the International Day of Indigenous Peoples, are preparing to hold the Second Central American Meeting of Community Indigenous Radio Stations in Sololá, Guatemala from August 7th to 10th, 2018.
Asociación sobrevivencia cultural y la Red centroamericana de radios comunitarias indígenas, en el marco del día internacional de los pueblos indígenas se prepara para realizar el II Encuentro Centroamericano de Radios Comunitarias Indígenas en Sololá, Guatemala del 7 al 10 de agosto, 2018. Satisfactoriamente recordamos que El primer encuentro se llevó a cabo en la ciudad de Panamá en el año 2016 con la participación de más de 30 Directores y Directoras de radios comunitarias y representantes indígenas de la región.
In May 2018, at the the 95th Session of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD), Nepal’s human rights record was reviewed under the Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
By Nati Garcia
After a week of intense travel in Ecuador from the south of Guayaquil to the north of Imbabura, we finally made it to Cotacachi located in the “hoya” of Ibarra on the divine slopes of Cotacachi stratovolcano in the eastern part of the Andes. Only 20 minutes from Otavalo, Cotacachi has a completely different atmosphere, full of art, music, and peace.Here people have maintained their native language, Kichwa, which in other areas of Ecuador is being forgotten.
The case of a Indigenous Guatemalan community radio host criminalized for his work is garnering international attention from a coalition of organizations working on freedom of expression, human rights, and Indigenous Peoples' rights. In September of 2015, Oscar Mejía (Maya K’iche) was detained during a raid at community radio station in Chichicastenango, Quiché, Guatemala. Radio Swan Tinamit, property of the community, promotes the u
ORGANIZACIONES INTERNACIONALES, PRESENTAN AMICUS CURIAE, POR LA VIOLACIÓN DEL DEBIDO PROCESO, EN EL EJERCICIO DE LA LIBERTAD DE EXPRESIÓN DEL COMUNICADOR INDÍGENA OSCAR MEJIA