Human Rights Archives - Page 4 of 7

Peruvian sues energy giant over climate change

Dan Collyns Environment, Human Rights March 16, 2015climate change, emissions, Germany, glacial melt, huaraz, Peru, RWE

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/mar/16/peruvian-farmer-demands-climate-compensation-from-german-company

Achuar win pay-out from US oil giant for pollution

Dan Collyns Environment, Human Rights March 6, 2015March 16, 2015Achuar, Amazon, Corrientes, loreto, Occidental Petroleum, Peru

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/mar/05/indigenous-peruvians-amazon-pollution-settlement-us-oil-occidental

Peru youth backlash against employment law

Dan Collyns Business, Human Rights January 17, 2015January 17, 2015employment, law, Peru, youth employment

Fourth march against controversial law which cuts rights

Peru labour law sparks backlash from enraged youth

Dan Collyns Business, Human Rights January 16, 2015employment, labour law, ley pulpin, Peru, youth

http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2015/jan/16/peru-labour-law-pulpin-youth-employment-protest

Isolated tribe raids village in Peru

Dan Collyns Environment, Human Rights January 15, 2015indigenous, indigenous people in voluntary isolation, Madre de Dios, mashco piro, Peru, tribe

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/dec/23/peru-evacuates-village-tribal-raid

Peru’s ex president Fujimori’s fifth jail term

Dan Collyns Human Rights, Politics January 10, 2015September 24, 2015Alberto Fujimori, diarios chicha, sentence

Peru’s jailed former president was handed another prison term for embezzling public funds to support his presidential re-election in 2000

Peru: fighting rampant illegal logging

Dan Collyns Business, Environment, Human Rights October 27, 2014September 24, 2015Amazon, illegal logging, indigenous, loreto, OSINFOR, Peru

Nearly 80 percent of the Peru’s timber exports are harvested illegally. Often this takes place on the lands of native people where residents are not only intimidated, but sometimes killed. Camera: Ronald Reategui

Chao Paisana!

Dan Collyns Development, Human Rights September 3, 2014November 13, 2014CERD, Featured, indigenous, La Paisana Jacinta, Peru, racism, UN

UN slams cheap laughs on Peruvian TV

UN slams ‘racist’ comic character in Peru

Dan Collyns Human Rights, Politics August 26, 2014September 24, 2015Featured, indigenous, La Paisana Jacinta, Peru, racism, television

Since the UN’s recommendation La Paisana Jacinta’s TV slot has been replaced

Bolivia’s answer to The Big Issue

Dan Collyns Development, Human Rights August 18, 2014September 24, 2015bolivia, child labour, Featured, Hormigon Armado, Jaime Villalobos, la paz, street children

How Hormigon Armado, a free newspaper sold by shoe shiners, is helping La Paz street kids to help themselves. Founder Jaime Villalobos explains.