GLOBAL INDIGENOUS: Australia prison criticized after teens' deaths

Indigenous leaders condemn New Zealand's handling of Mori rights as the proposed Treaty Principles Bill enters a new phase of cabinet discussions.

Indigenous leaders have urged the New Zealand government to respect Te Tiriti o Waitangi , the nation's foundational bicultural document.

They argued it undermines democratic processes, treaty law and ethical standards.

Bloc Québécois leader Yves-François Blanchet joins opposition to nuclear waste disposal site in Canada .

Conservationists and local communities have worked together for over 30 years to restore hornbill populations in and around the Budo-Sungai Padi National Park.

In 1994 , the Hornbill Research Foundation at Bangkok ’s Mahidol University began engaging local communities by offering poachers an alternative livelihood as nest guardians.

This initiative helped reduce poaching and supported the fledging of 490 chicks between 1994 and 2008 .

Gulshan Abbas , 62 , was abducted by Chinese authorities on Sept. 10, 2018 , in apparent retaliation for advocacy work of her sister and brother.

She was sentenced to 20 years in prison on “terrorism-related charges,” despite being a respected, retired physician who had avoided political involvement throughout her life.

U.S. and several other nations have labeled China ’s treatment of Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims as genocide and crimes against humanity.