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Brazil is preparing to establish its first-ever university dedicated exclusively to Indigenous peoples after the Senate approved legislation creating the Federal University of Native Peoples of Brazil, known as Unind. The bill,
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The United Nations Human Rights Office has demanded the immediate release of Brazilian activist Thiago Ávila and Spanish-Palestinian activist Saif Abukeshek, escalating international pressure on Israel over allegations of illegal detention and
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