Dutch Textbooks Give Curaçao’s Resistance History Less Attention Than Indonesia and Suriname, Researchers Find

  WILLEMSTAD – History textbooks produced in the Netherlands frequently give greater attention to colonial resistance in Indonesia and Suriname than to the Caribbean islands of the Kingdom, according to a research report examining how anticolonial freedom …

Suriname acknowledges backlog in the implementation of human rights obligations

GENEVA, Nov 2, CMC -Suriname Monday acknowledge that it still has important human rights obligations that have not been fully met, including the legal recognition of the collective fundamental rights of indigenous and tribal peoples as well as the …

White Mennonites kicked out of Suriname

A view from the top of Brownsberg at the Brokopondo Reservoir in Suriname. Wikimedia Commons/-JvL- Authorities in Suriname have made good on a pledge to expel more than 60 Amish-like white Mennonite farmers from the country, saying they were there …

Ex-Suriname VP Ronnie Brunswijk scores first top-flight goal aged 65

Former Suriname vice president Ronnie Brunswijk has scored his first goal in his country's top flight at the age of 65 after naming himself in the line-up for Inter Moengotapoe. The controversial club owner converted a second-half penalty on Saturday …

Suriname’s Saamaka people use satellite technology to defend their rainforest1.

Woodcarvers in Suriname face lure of gold mining, logging industries

PIKI SEEI, Suriname -- Standing atop a giant block of wood, 63-year-old Alingo Doekoe bent over and swung a traditional pick, skillfully chiseling away shards of timber. Bit by bit, a board for Adji-boto, a traditional Saamaka game with roots in West …

SURINAME government denies involvement in illegal wiretapping activities

PARAMARIBO, Suriname, Oct 30, CMC -The Suriname government has dismissed allegations that Office of  the President has sanctioned the wire tapping of persons in the country. “The Office of the President will not be distracted by speculation. Our focus is …

In Suriname’s Amazon, the Wayana community struggling to keep gold miners at bay

The government in Suriname has pledged to combat illegal mining and the industry’s use of mercury, maintain 90% national forest cover and preserve its status as one of the few countries in the world that absorbs more CO₂ than it emits. But on the border …

UN report flags human rights concerns ahead of Suriname review

GENEVA, Oct 29, CMC – Suriname’s record on discrimination, press freedom and Indigenous rights will be reviewed by the United Nations Human Rights Council on November 2. A UN report outlining concerns raised by human rights bodies and experts will inform …

Suriname’s human rights record to be examined by Universal Periodic Review

OHCHR GENEVA – The human rights record of Suriname will be examined by the United Nations Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group for the fourth time on Monday 2 November 2026, 09:00-12:30 (GMT+1), in a meeting in Geneva that …