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‘Noble Savages’: Chagnon’s new book triggers protests
Wednesday, 27 February 2013, 11:32 am | Survival International
A new book by controversial American anthropologist Napoleon Chagnon has triggered a wave of protests among experts and Yanomami Indians. Marshall Sahlins, ‘the world’s most respected anthropologist alive today’, has resigned from the US National Academy ... More >>
Survival’s 'dangerous' 'self-destructive' 'falsehoods'
Friday, 15 February 2013, 11:50 am | Survival International
On February 4 2013 Jared Diamond was interviewed on BBC TV about his new book ‘The World Until Yesterday’. He would not agree to a Survival International representative being there to debate his points. He has also given many other interviews. We have ... More >>
Secret plans for gas exploration in World Heritage Site
Tuesday, 12 February 2013, 12:12 pm | Survival International
A report leaked to British newspaper The Guardian has revealed secret plans by Argentine gas giant Pluspetrol to explore for natural gas in an area inhabited by uncontacted tribes in southeast Peru. More >>
Game Of Thrones Star Speaks Out Over Colombian Killing
Monday, 4 February 2013, 12:20 pm | Survival International
Game of Thrones and Harry Potter star Natalia Tena has lent her support to a Survival International campaign to finally bring the killers of three Colombian Indian leaders to justice. More >>
Jared Diamond’s new book ‘The World Until Yesterday’ racist
Monday, 4 February 2013, 11:15 am | Survival International
Tribal rights organization Survival International has launched a vigorous critique of Pulitzer Prize-winner Jared Diamond’s new book ‘The World Until Yesterday: What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies?’, labelling it ‘dangerous nonsense,’ ... More >>
Bushman children arrested under government repression
Wednesday, 16 January 2013, 11:17 am | Survival International
Three Bushman children have been arrested by paramilitary police in Botswana. The arrests are the latest signs of a new government policy to intimidate Bushmen who have returned to the Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR). More >>
The Reindeer People Under Threat This Christmas
Wednesday, 19 December 2012, 10:15 am | Survival International
Each year, the image of the reindeer finds its way onto cards, sweaters and into people’s imaginations, but to the world’s indigenous peoples of the Arctic, the animal is not just for Christmas. More >>
Bushmen Beaten and Buried Alive For Killing An Antelope
Friday, 14 December 2012, 12:38 pm | Survival International
Paramilitary police have severely beaten two Bushmen , burying one in a shallow grave, after accusing them of hunting without permits in Botswana’s Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR). More >>
Worldwide Solidarity For Earth’s Most Threatened Tribe
Tuesday, 11 December 2012, 8:22 am | Survival International
Survival International supporters around the world held an international protest on UN Human Rights Day, urging Brazil to ‘Save the Awá’; Earth’s most threatened tribe . More >>
Naked Truth Of Earth’s Most Threatened Tribe Laid Bare
Monday, 10 December 2012, 11:52 am | Survival International
Survival International will hold a worldwide demonstration on December 10 to urge Brazil, on Human Rights Day, to save Earth’s most threatened tribe . More >>
Thousands join rally of defiance as Vedanta mine ruling
Saturday, 8 December 2012, 4:23 pm | Survival International
Thousands marched to voice their continued opposition to plans to mine the Niyamgiri Hills. © Survival A rally of defiance was held at the foothills of India’s Niyamgiri Hills on Thursday, by thousands of tribal men and women, including the Dongria Kondh ... More >>
Brazilian Indians’ water poisoned in bitter land dispute
Thursday, 22 November 2012, 1:09 pm | Survival International
A community of Brazilian Indians say their main source of water has been poisoned by one of the state’s most controversial ranches. The Guarani from Ypo’i community in Mato Grosso do Sul state used a mobile phone to film the contamination, which ... More >>
US Giant Accused Over Biofuel ‘Tainted With Indian Blood'
Wednesday, 14 November 2012, 12:47 pm | Survival International
A US food giant has been implicated in a sugarcane scandal in Brazil that has kept an entire indigenous community off its land, polluted streams and inflicted illness and death on Guarani Indians . More >>
Colombian Indian Leader Escapes Assassination Attempt
Tuesday, 13 November 2012, 2:54 pm | Survival International
One of Colombia’s most important Indian leaders has narrowly escaped an attempt on his life. Rogelio Mejía, the leader of the Arhuaco tribe of northern Colombia , was traveling in a car which was stopped at a roadblock by a group of armed men ... More >>
Earth’s Most Threatened Tribe Unprecedented Visit To Capital
Monday, 12 November 2012, 12:08 pm | Survival International
Fifteen members of Earth’s most threatened tribe have made an unprecedented visit to Brazil’s capital to urge the government to evict illegal invaders and protect their land. More >>
Tanzania’s Hadza mark land rights milestone one year on
Thursday, 8 November 2012, 11:49 am | Survival International
Survival International has published a picture gallery to celebrate the first anniversary of the Hadza tribe’s historic land victory in Tanzania. More >>
Human Rights Protest Mars Indonesia’s State Visit To London
Tuesday, 6 November 2012, 11:57 am | Survival International
A demonstration by Survival International and dozens of human rights protesters has marred the start of Indonesia’s first state visit to London in 33 years. More >>
UK Snubs Tribal Rights By Refusing To Ratify Key Law
Thursday, 18 October 2012, 9:04 am | Survival International
The UK has dismayed tribal and indigenous peoples as well as activists around the world by refusing to ratify a key international law, which protects their basic human rights by involving them in consultations over ‘development’ projects on their ... More >>
Blockade by Earth’s most threatened tribe paralyzes railway
Thursday, 11 October 2012, 11:57 am | Survival International
A protest involving Earth’s most threatened tribe, the Awá, has forced the world’s largest iron ore mine to suspend operations along its main railway line. On Tuesday, hundreds of Indians including the Awá, took to the tracks of Vale’s Carajás railway ... More >>
Earth’s most threatened tribe demands help ‘urgently’
Wednesday, 3 October 2012, 3:18 pm | Survival International
The Awá of Brazil, known as Earth’s most threatened tribe , have written to the country’s Justice Minister telling him to ‘evict invaders urgently’, as news emerges that their hunting livelihood is being held to ransom by the activities of ... More >>
