Reposted by Brian KeaneHuman Rights Watch @hrw.org · 26/09/2025Repression of free speech is no laughing matter. Comedians performing at the Riyadh Comedy Festival, which falls during the seventh anniversary of Jamal Khashoggi’s brutal murder, should use their platform to defend free speech in Saudi Arabia. 414265
Reposted by Brian KeaneLand is Life @land-is-life.bsky.social · 08/07/2025📢 Join us for the Indigenous Women’s Program – July Training 🌱 Agents of Change: Indigenous youth and women with disabilities leading climate action 🗓️ Thursday, July 10, 2025 ⏰ 9:00–10:30 AM (ET) 🔗 Register now us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... 011
Reposted by Brian KeaneLand is Life @land-is-life.bsky.social · 30/06/2025Through our #FPIC Program, we've supported #IndigenousPeoples in developing community-led FPIC protocols grounded in traditional governance. 🌱 One powerful example: the #Kichwa community of #Sarayaku. Learn about their experience👇 021
Reposted by Brian KeaneLand is Life @land-is-life.bsky.social · 09/07/2025“Consent is not a privilege — it’s a right.” Free Prior and Informed Consent is rooted in Indigenous law, governance & sovereignty. 📝 Read this article by Binota Dhamai (EMRIP) on how Indigenous-led #FPIC protocols are reshaping consent on their own terms. 🔗 www.landislife.org/indigenous-p...landislife.orgAnchoring the power of consent in Indigenous FPIC protocols - Land Is LifeConsent has long been a foundational practice within Indigenous communities, grounded in their inherent relationships to their lands and territories and governed by their own systems of law and decisi... 011
Reposted by Brian KeaneMongabay Latam @mongabaylatam.bsky.social · 26/06/2025🚨🇨🇴 #URGENTE En el primer trimestre del 2025, 43 defensores de derechos humanos fueron asesinados en #Colombia, un incremento del 43 % respecto a 2024. Así lo revela un informe de Somos Defensores. Esta es la situación. tinyurl.com/8zkasaf6tinyurl.comColombia: 43 asesinatos de defensores de derechos humanos en tres meses marcan el violento inicio de 2025 | INFORMEEl inicio de 2025 ha sido letal para defensores de derechos humanos en Colombia. La violencia contra ellos se incrementó con 43 asesinatos. 121
Reposted by Brian KeaneLand is Life @land-is-life.bsky.social · 26/06/2025🤔What is a protocol on Free, Prior and Informed Consent? 👉A self-determined guideline that explains how, when, where, and with whom consultation should happen. Read more👇 111
Reposted by Brian KeaneLand is Life @land-is-life.bsky.social · 29/05/2025“The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” – Martin Luther King Jr. Hear the powerful stories that shape our mission. ✊🏽 Their voices matter. Their rights matter. 🔁 Retweet if you believe in justice and self-determination for Indigenous Peoples. 011
Reposted by Brian KeaneLand is Life @land-is-life.bsky.social · 21/05/2025Land is life congratulates Cordillera Peoples Alliance on #CordiDay41. We honor your unwavering unity and courage in defending land, life, and self-determination amidst ongoing repression. Your struggle inspires movements for Indigenous Peoples' rights around the 🌏. tinyurl.com/ckhjfkm7tinyurl.com41st Year of Cordillera Day Celebration: Cordillera Indigenous Peoples Strengthen Unity and Solidarity for Land and Life - Land Is LifeLand is Life congratulates the Indigenous Peoples in the Cordillera region, Philippines and the Cordillera Peoples Alliance for a successful 41st People’s Cordillera Day celebration. This year, the Co... 011
Brian Keane @landislife.bsky.social · 02/05/2025news.mongabay.com/2025/04/mili...news.mongabay.comMilitary-backed plantation project in Indonesian Papua triggers rights concernsJAKARTA — Indonesia’s national human rights commission has found a slew of legal and rights violations in a government-backed project to establish large-scale plantations in the eastern region of Papu... 000
Brian Keane @landislife.bsky.social · 21/04/2025“The individual and collective rights of Indigenous Peoples are not negotiable” - Antonio Gutierrez, UN Secretary General @land-is-life.bsky.social @biancajagger.bsky.social #WeAreIndigenous #UNPFII2025 022
Reposted by Brian KeaneBianca Jagger @biancajagger.bsky.social · 03/04/2025👉🏿ALERT Nicaragua: UN experts publish groundbreaking report naming 54 officials responsible for systematic repression www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...ohchr.orgNicaragua: UN experts publish groundbreaking report naming 54 officials responsible for systematic repressionGENEVA/PANAMA – The UN Group of Human Rights Experts on Nicaragua today released a landmark report which identifies for the first time dozens of Government, military and ruling party officials it says... 042
Brian Keane @landislife.bsky.social · 13/03/2025youtu.be/4WmWZ0pZpyQyoutu.beRep. Larson BLASTS The GOP For Blocking Elon Musk From TestifyingYouTube video by The Bulwark 010
Brian Keane @landislife.bsky.social · 06/03/2025Hundreds of State Dept. Officials Sign Dissent Cable Urging Rubio to Stop Killing USAID open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...open.substack.comHundreds of State Dept. Officials Sign Dissent Cable Urging Rubio to Stop Killing USAIDThe letter, obtained by The Bulwark, is a remarkable eleventh-hour attempt to save the beleaguered agency. 000
Reposted by Brian KeaneBianca Jagger @biancajagger.bsky.social · 28/02/2025👉🏿Watch the @UN Group of Human Rights Experts on Nicaragua, calling for urgent global action. They exposed the Ortega-Murillo regime strategy to established total control of the coutry through severe HR violations @DavidAltonHL @HelenaKennedyKC youtu.be/EPIyUjp2Mi8youtu.beNicaragua: UN Experts Issue Report Calling for Urgent Global Action | #HRC58 Press ConferenceYouTube video by UN Human Rights Council 021
Reposted by Brian KeaneLand is Life @land-is-life.bsky.social · 25/02/2025Important announcement ‼️ Thank you to all the #IndigenousWomen who applied. We have received a total of 1.392 applications from around the world. We already have the list of selected candidates for the online course. Stay tuned. 📣 021
Reposted by Brian KeaneLand is Life @land-is-life.bsky.social · 06/02/2025The city of #Goma, in the North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), is currently facing a dramatic humanitarian crisis. 111
Brian Keane @landislife.bsky.social · 29/01/2025open.substack.com/pub/reddmoni...open.substack.com“Our leaders are misusing that money. Nobody knows about carbon.” DW documentary on the Northern Kenya Grassland Carbon project, KenyaNo free, prior informed consent. Loss of livelihoods. Human rights abuses. 010
Reposted by Brian KeaneGRAIN @grain.org · 14/01/2025The Gates-funded Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa #AGRA has a new president, straight out of WWF and Conservation International. Both organisations have deep ties to food and agribusiness corporations. @afsafrica.bsky.social @timschwab.bsky.social www.devex.com/news/agra-ap...devex.comAGRA appoints Alice Ruhweza as new presidentRuhweza, who joins from the World Wildlife Fund, will take office on March 1 and succeed Agnes Kalibata, who has led AGRA for the past decade. 055
Reposted by Brian KeaneSusanna Nordlund @susanna-nordlund.bsky.social · 06/12/2024TANAPA rangers from Katavi NP have shot to death Ngimbangu Renga who was herding cattle. This is reportedly being investigated by the police. The rangers claim that the cattle were inside a WMA, "community-based natural resource management", which witnesses deny. youtu.be/PbDbW3hQ-twyoutu.beKATAVI: ASKARI WAWILI wa TANAPA MBARONI kwa TUHUMA za MAUAJI.YouTube video by The Katavi Independent 001
Reposted by Brian KeaneBianca Jagger @biancajagger.bsky.social · 02/12/2024👉🏿 I’m One of the Last Doctors in This Hospital in Gaza. I’m Begging the World for Help. via @NYTOpinion www.nytimes.com/2024/12/02/o...nytimes.comOpinion | A Week Inside One of Northern Gaza’s Last HospitalsMost of the medical staff at Kamal Adwan Hospital is gone. One of the last doctors working there shares his story. 042
Reposted by Brian KeaneSurvival International @survivalinternational.org · 29/11/2024We’ve heard the sad news that Nelson Concianza passed away in Brazil. He was a respected Guarani Kaiowá elder and leader from Panambizinho community who pushed for the successful demarcation of their land. 22511
Reposted by Brian KeaneSusanna Nordlund @susanna-nordlund.bsky.social · 29/11/2024Women from Msomera, Handeni, disposessed for the benefit of people driven out of Ngorongoro by strangulation of social services, accompanied by deranged government propaganda and hideous GCA lies, say enough is enough. youtu.be/KETefMVGAY4youtu.beWANAWAKE WENYEJI WA MSOMERA WANDAMANA KWENDA KWA RC TANGA "TUMECHUKULIWA ARDHI YETU"YouTube video by KUSAGA TV 011
Reposted by Brian KeaneThe Panda Bare @vbadpanda.bsky.social · 24/11/2024I don't know why this huge new piece of research covering nearly a quarter of the entire voluntary carbon hasn't had more attention, with its damning finding that: "less than 16% of the carbon credits issued to the investigated projects constitute real emission reductions". go.nature.com/4fXTSTg 186
Reposted by Brian KeaneSuzanne York @suzanneyork.bsky.social · 21/11/2024Juan Carlos García, 68, who was born in the Paraná delta and is a descendant of the Indigenous Guaraní people, described feeling a “great pain” at hearing the news. “We will struggle,” he said. “The environmental damage will be terrible.”theguardian.comMilei plan to privatise Argentina river sparks fears among local communitiesCommunities on Paraná River fear privatisation of waterway operations will destroy way of life 045