Indigenous Peoples Hold Hunger Strike

Submitted by FdN on Sun, 04/06/2008 - 09:20
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"Support for the second day of the hunger strike by Indigenous Peoples in the UN" Today, Tuesday the 30th of November, the hunger strike initiated yesterday by a group of Indigenous representatives at the Palais des Nations, has received support from over 250 Indigenous organizations and other supporters from around the world, continuing to build international unity in the struggle for the recognition of the rights of Indigenous Peoples.

We want to inform the Indigenous organizations of the world that the hunger strike continues despite the efforts of the Russian Federation to have the hunger strikers removed from the conference room and to oppose the offering of a prayer song by a Lakota elder after the hunger stike was declared yesterday.

We continue to ask for expressions of support from Indigenous Peoples, Nations and organizations as well as from human rights organizations and other supporters. Please also send messages to the governments in your countries about the hunger strikers and insisting that they support the adoption of the current text of the Draft Declaration.

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