What a landmark ruling for the Sámi people in Finland means for the protection of Indigenous rights globally
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US federal judge temporarily blocks Donald Trump’s birthright citizenship order
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US President Donald Trump justice department attorneys cite old superceded cases denying native American birthright citizenship
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Haka interrupts vote on New Zealand Treaty Principles Bill
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Norway's parliament has apologised to minority groups and Indigenous people for historical injustices committed against them as part of its “Norwegianisation” policy
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Illinois now home to federally recognized tribal nation after landmark decision from Department of Interior
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Australians reject indigenous Voice to Parliament referendum
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Queensland neighbours show how Voice to Parliament is splitting Australia
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Opinion: Why a Navajo leader’s federal conviction gives US prosecutors a road map to take on former president Donald Trump
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Lies fuel racism ahead of Australia's Indigenous vote
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With no dedicated government minister or national representation, the Sámi go to the polls in a vote to elect twenty-one members of the Sámi Parliament in Inari, Finland
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The 'Voice to Parliament' referendum pamphlets for Yes and No camps have been published by the Australian Electoral Commission
ABC news article: Voice to Parliament referendum pamphlets for Yes and No camps published by AEC On the Australian Electoral Commission's website: The case for voting Yes The case for voting No...
ABC news article: Voice to Parliament referendum pamphlets for Yes and No camps published by AEC
On the Australian Electoral Commission's website:
The Sydney Morning Herald / The Age newspapers have provided annotated versions of each pamphlet:
As has been observed in those annotation pages, there is no legal requirement for either of these pamphlets to be truthful or factual, and there is no obligation for the AEC to fact-check them (in fact, the AEC is legally restrained from commenting on those pamphlets in any way - its role is restricted to disseminating those pamphlets, because it must stay neutral).
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US Supreme Court rules 5-4 against Navajo Nation, stating that United States has no "duty" to "supply tribes with adequate water"
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Australian Senate passes legislation for Indigenous Voice to Parliament referendum, triggering a public vote within six months
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Rights expert urges Denmark and Greenland to examine colonial legacy’s impact
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Europe's indigenous Sámi people have taken their fight for improved rights to the United Nations
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Sanna Marin's human rights legislation for indigenous Sámi fails – Sámi Parliament Act failed to get past the final committee stage in Finnish parliament
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Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva accuses Jair Bolsonaro of genocide against Yanomami in Brazilian Amazon
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Brazil will have first Indigenous woman chief for key post
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Sanna Marin's Finnish government could collapse, as human rights laws stalled – new Sámi Parliament Act is the right of self-determination
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Candadian House of Commons gives unanimous consent to recognize residential schools as genocide
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United Nations committee finds Finland violated an international convention on racial discrimination when it comes to the political rights of Sámi
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Six people who were part of a failed 1950s social experiment have won compensation from Denmark's government and will receive a face-to-face apology from the prime minister
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The rise of Māori MAGA
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I am getting sick of writing these pieces to respond to people like Rick Santorum
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Denmark's prime minister has apologised to twenty-two children who were removed from their homes in Greenland in the 1950s in a failed social experiment
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Australia had its own George Floyd moment, only it passed without international outrage
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The most critical fight against Donald Trump's US border wall you've never heard of
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High Court rules Aboriginal people cannot be deported for criminal convictions, cannot be 'alien' to Australia
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Albuquerque takes steps to meet the needs of Native American residents
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Mills signs bill to make Maine the first state to ban Native American school mascots
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Inside the resistance movement opposing Daniel Ortega's Trans-Nicaragua Canal
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US President Donald Trump tweets about white farmers while indigenous peoples face annihilation
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Ottawa to declare federal holiday to mark legacy of residential school system
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