{"id":7034,"date":"2015-10-26T11:53:22","date_gmt":"2015-10-26T10:53:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/?p=7034"},"modified":"2015-11-19T12:08:57","modified_gmt":"2015-11-19T11:08:57","slug":"suriname-indigenous-leaders-protest-airport-expansion-and-land-confiscation-non-state-actors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2015\/10\/suriname-indigenous-leaders-protest-airport-expansion-and-land-confiscation-non-state-actors\/","title":{"rendered":"Suriname indigenous leaders protest airport expansion and land confiscation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7038 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/suriname-26968_640.png\" alt=\"suriname-26968_640\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/suriname-26968_640.png 640w, https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/suriname-26968_640-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Indigenous communities are protesting the expansion of Suriname\u2019s international airport. The airport has obtained title to the\u00a0neighbouring,\u00a0indigenous land, and wants to expell most of the population of the Arawak villages\u00a0Hollandse Kamp and Witsanti. Indigenous people reject the airport\u2019s claim that they are the trespassers. They also protest against the airport\u2019s dumping of untreated sewage into waterways that run through the two neigbouing Arawak villages.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2015-10-16-3477.jpg\" alt=\"Suriname indigenous leaders protest airport expansion and land confiscation\" \/>Despite 500+ years of resistance, Indigenous people in Suriname are still not recognised as land owners. Suriname law doesn\u2019t recognise collective land ownership at all. The state owns all land which is not individually owned. The government recently transfered ownership of the two indigenous villages to the state-owned International Airport of Suriname, without any consultation with the indigenous people who have lived there for generations.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, contact\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vids.sr\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.vids.sr\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/nonstateactors.wordpress.com\/2015\/10\/19\/suriname-indigenous-leaders-protest-airport-expansion-and-land-confiscation\/\">Suriname indigenous leaders protest airport expansion and land confiscation | Non-state actors<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The government recently transfered ownership of the two indigenous villages to the state-owned International Airport of Suriname, without any 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