Let not their deaths be in vain

Still a mystery: Kayong’s murder remains unsolved while the three men charged with abetting his murder have already been acquitted.

NEXT week – specifically on August 9 – the International Day of the World’s Indigenous People will be observed. It’s celebrated each year to “promote and protect the rights of the world’s indigenous population and also recognises the achievements and contributions that indigenous people make to improve world issues such as environmental protection”.

Well, you know what? Every year around the world, hundreds of environmental and indigenous rights activists are being killed for their work.