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Satoshi Hatakeyama-Ekashi faces criminal charges for catching salmon in Mopetsu River of Japan’s Hokkaido Prefecture. In September 2019, the 78-year-old chairman of the Monbetsu Ainu Association organised kamuycepnomi, an annual Ainu ceremony to welcome the return of salmon as they migrate upstream.
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Visit to Peru, 21 January – 3 February 2020
Good morning ladies and gentlemen,
Introduction
I would like to start by warmly thanking the Government for inviting me to undertake an official mission, which took place from 21 January to 3 February. I wish to commend the Government for its excellent cooperation and efforts to ensure the fruitful visit. I am grateful for the opportunity to meet with high-level representatives of various ministries, several vice-Governors and state institutions. I am grateful to everyone who took the time to meet with me and shared their valuable experiences and insights, as well as those who helped in organizing this visit.
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In performing my mandate as the UN Special Rapporteur on Indigenous Peoples’ Rights since 2014, I have received many reports and heard testimonies from indigenous individuals, communities and organizations of how they and their organizations have been vilified and falsely accused of crimes they have not committed. Subsequently, some of them are killed, jailed or forced to go out of their countries to seek protection.
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Around 1,500 indigenous Lumad children and youth were denied their right to education when the Department of Education (DepEd) ordered the closure of 55 Lumad schools in September of this year.¹ DepEd acted on the recommendation of the Vice Chairperson of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict, Hermogenes Esperon, Jr.²