May 30, 2025 In a striking address at the United Nations High-Level Interactive Dialogue on Culture and Sustainable Development, James Finies delivered a powerful plea for inclusion, justice, and decolonization…
Category: BONAIRE
A Mother’s Cry, a Nation’s Call – Joseline Thielman of Muhernan Fuerte PPU Testifies at United Nations on Cultural Erasure and Discrimination in Bonaire Schools
May 23, 2025 Recently in a historical powerful and emotional address to the United Nations, Joseline Thielman, a founding member of Muhernan Fuerte (Strong Women Chapter of Pueblo Progresivo Uni)…
United Nations Applauds Bonaire Delegation for Exposing Dutch Oppression
April 25, 2025 In a historic milestone for the people of Bonaire, James Finies, Leader of Pueblo Progresivo Uni, led a civil society delegation to the United Nations Headquarters in…
Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves Praises Bonaire Delegation for Courage and Dedication at 12th Annual Garifuna Conference at UWI SVG
March 21, 2025 The Garifuna Heritage Foundation, in collaboration with the University of the West Indies Global Campus in St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), hosted a historic event celebrating…
Bonaire Appeals to CARICOM for Support Against Re-Colonization
March 7, 2025 The Bonaire delegation engaged in bilateral meetings with CARICOM leaders on the margins of the 48th CARICOM Regular Meeting in Barbados to discuss the urgent and worsening…
Mercosur Parliament Adopts Historic Resolution for Bonaire to be put back on UN list.
January 7, 2025 Parlasur, the Parliament of Mercosur, comprising elected representatives from South America’s The Southern Common Market (Mercosur) is a political and economic bloc comprising Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay,…
The death of a spouse became an inspiration for this author’s book of poetry
By: Staff Writer November 8, 2024 A Bonaire based artist dedicates his first book to his deceased husband and said it gave him the hope that he needed to move…
“Bonaire Human Rights Organization Takes Stand at UN Geneva Conference, Spotlighting Colonialism and Indigenous Rights”
November 8, 2024 James Finies and Davika Bissessar from Bonaire Human Rights (BHRO) recently participated in an international conference at the United Nations in Geneva, organized by the Baku Initiative…
Leader of Pueblo Progresivo Uni James Finies to Speak at United Nations Event in Geneva
October 22, 2024 James Fines, Founder of the Bonaire Human Rights Organization and Leader of Pueblo Progresivo Uni, is set to attend and speak during the 142nd session of the…
“Vital for Civil Society to Represent Bonaire’s Marginalized People”
October 15, 2024 James Finies and Davika Bissessar from Bonaire Human Rights respond to recent statements from Arthur Sealy and Willem Cecilia in a popular talk show; it has been…
Summit of the Future: Bonaire’s Cry for Justice – Demanding Self-Determination and an End to Human Rights Violations
October 1, 2024 Following the participation of our organizations at the United Nations’ Summit of the Future in New York, Davika Bissessar president of Bonaire Human Rights Organization and James…
Baku Initiative Group Signs MOU with Bonaire Human Rights Organizations and Bonaire Movement for Change to Combat Colonialism and Promote Human Rights
August 30, 2024 The Baku Initiative Group (BIG), a renowned non-governmental organization focused on decolonization and human rights, has officially entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Bonaire…