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13 january, 2021.- Human rights violations have escalated in Asia during the COVID-19 pandemic. Indigenous Peoples are disproportionately affected, putting the structural inequalities and discrimination that Indigenous Peoples face into sharper focus as they are met by multiple threats simultaneously.
Governments in Asia are passing legislation for controversial development projects on the basis of the need for economic recovery, meaning that Indigenous communities witness their land being overtaken by development activities to an exacerbating degree.
Such legislation has the capacity to devastate Indigenous communities, re-enforcing and intensifying the threats Indigenous people already experience, including violations of their fundamental human rights, restricted access to resources and social marginalization.
7 January 2021 (IWGIA) Human rights violations have escalated in Asia during the COVID-19 pandemic. Indigenous Peoples are disproportionately affected, putting the structural inequalities and discrimination that Indigenous Peoples face into sharper focus as they are met by multiple threats simultaneously.
Governments in Asia are passing legislation for controversial development projects on the basis of the need for economic recovery, meaning that Indigenous communities witness their land being overtaken by development activities to an exacerbating degree.
Such legislation has the capacity to devastate Indigenous communities, re-enforcing and intensifying the threats Indigenous people already experience, including violations of their fundamental human rights, restricted access to resources and social marginalization.