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https://grist.org/indigenous/indigenous-ogiek-win-landmark-reparations-ruling-from-african-court/>
"The Republic of Kenya must pay the Indigenous Ogiek people reparations for
decades of illegal evictions from their ancestral land in the Mau Forest.
That’s according to a ruling from the African Court on Human and Peoples’
Rights. The decision, which is the first time the court has called for
reparations for an Indigenous community, said that the Kenyan government must
pay the Ogiek for both material and moral damages. The case may set the tone
for other Indigenous rights cases in Africa.
The court also said that Kenya must make efforts to give the Ogiek titles to
their forest land and officially recognize them as Indigenous peoples, a
protected status the Kenyan government has resisted. “This is really a big
milestone, a landmark ruling,” said Daniel Kobei, Executive Director of the
Ogiek Peoples Development Program. “We are all elated and very happy.”
The Ogiek people have lived in the Mau Forest area since time immemorial. Over
the years, they have been subject to violent evictions by both Kenyan and
colonial governments leading to Ogiek communities being divided and scattered,
and losing access to language, culture, and burial sites. Recently, Kenyan
authorities have claimed that the Ogiek are responsible for deforestation and
ecosystem degradation, which the Ogiek strongly deny."
Via
Future Crunch Jul 25, 2022:
https://futurecrunch.com/good-news-aids-botswana-coal-us-ocean-colombia/
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
