Indigenous Pygmy Peoples celebrate outside the Parliament after the National Assembly adopted the Bill on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Indigenous Pygmy Peoples. Kinshasa, DRC. April 7, 2020. (Photo: Alliance Nationale d’Appui et de Promotion..
On 4 February 2020, Jean-Marie Kasula, along with five other men and two indigenous Batwa women were prosecuted in a one-day trial at Bukavu Garrison Military Court (TMGB). They were charged for possession of weapons and munitions of..
We, the Indigenous Peoples Rights International (IPRI), Alliance Nationale d’Appui et de Promotion des Aires et territoires du Patrimoine autochtone et Communautaire. (ANAPAC-RDC), and the Programme Intégré pour le Développement du Peuple Pygmée (PIDP), strongly denounce the ruthless..
The indigenous Pygmy peoples have ties to their land and natural resources. They are primitive peoples who rely on hunting, fishing, gathering and foraging for subsistence. Their lifestyle is unlike that of other social groups like the Bantu,..
