US EditionAfrican Human Rights Commission condemns Indigenous groups’ eviction to protect nature
- The Congolese government violated the rights of the Indigenous Batwa community by evicting them from their ancestral lands to expand a national park, according to the African Union.
- The African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights urged the Congolese government to allow the Batwa's return, grant land ownership, issue an apology, and pay compensation.
- The commission criticized the "fortress conservation" model for isolating ecosystems by evicting local communities, which endangers their livelihoods.
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African Human Rights Commission condemns Indigenous groups' eviction to protect nature
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The Congolese government violated the rights of the Indigenous Batwa community by evicting them about 50 years ago from their ancestral lands to expand one of the country’s biggest national parks, according to the African Union'
African Human Rights Commission condemns Indigenous groups' eviction to protect nature
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The Congolese government violated the rights of the Indigenous Batwa community by evicting them about 50 years ago from their ancestral lands to expand one of the country’s biggest national parks, according to the African Union'
African Human Rights Commission condemns Indigenous groups' eviction to protect nature
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The Congolese government violated the rights of the Indigenous Batwa community by evicting them about 50 years ago from their ancestral lands to expand one of the country’s biggest national parks, according to the African Union'
African Human Rights Commission condemns Indigenous groups' eviction to protect nature
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The Congolese government violated the rights of the Indigenous Batwa community by evicting them about 50 years ago from their ancestral lands to expand one of the country’s biggest national parks, according to the African Union'
African Human Rights Commission condemns Indigenous groups' eviction to protect nature
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The Congolese government violated the rights of the Indigenous Batwa community by evicting them about 50 years ago from their ancestral lands to expand one of the country’s biggest national parks, according to the African Union'
African Human Rights Commission condemns Indigenous groups' eviction to protect nature
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The Congolese government violated the rights of the Indigenous Batwa community by evicting them about 50 years ago from their ancestral lands to expand one of the country’s biggest national parks, according to the African Union'
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