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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 >>
Guilty: Australia’s Channel 7 Censured Over ‘Racist’ Report
Wednesday, 3 October 2012, 2:08 pm | Survival International
Australia’s Channel 7 network has been found guilty by the press regulator of serious violations of the broadcasting code, after screening a report so extreme it was branded ‘Freakshow TV’ by Survival International . More >>
Spanish Tycoon’s Role In Destruction Of
Thursday, 16 August 2012, 2:43 pm | Survival International
Exposed: Spanish Tycoon’s Role In Destruction Of ‘Hiding Tribe’s’ Forest One of Spain’s richest men has been implicated in the illegal bulldozing of a South American forest where the last uncontacted Indians outside the Amazon are hiding, ... More >>
Audio slideshow of Tribes from the Air for UN Indigenous Day
Friday, 10 August 2012, 12:21 pm | Survival International
Survival International has published an aerial photographic gallery of tribes and their lands to mark the 18th UN International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. In a unique collaboration of renowned international photographers, the audio slideshow ... More >>
Brazil: Judge halts rail project close to threatened tribe
Friday, 3 August 2012, 10:51 am | Survival International
A judge has ordered Brazil’s largest mining company to suspend plans to double a controversial railway track, which would have put the livelihoods of Earth’s most threatened tribe in jeopardy. More >>
Paraguay: Ranchers to steal uncontacted tribe's land
Wednesday, 1 August 2012, 10:27 am | Survival International
The secret agenda of a huge ranching firm in Paraguay has been exposed by satellite photos showing a newly-constructed reservoir. The reservoir reveals the firm's intention to clear nearby forest belonging to an uncontacted tribe. More >>
Mining Giant Endangers Earth’s Most Threatened Tribe
Friday, 27 July 2012, 4:02 pm | Survival International
Plans by a giant mining company to expand a controversial railway line that has already opened up parts of Brazil’s Amazon to invaders, are now putting Earth’s most threatened tribe in direct danger. More >>
Indian Islands Challenge Supreme Court: End "Human Safaris"
Friday, 27 July 2012, 2:54 pm | Survival International
Indian Islands Challenge Supreme Court Move To End ‘Human Safaris’ A ruling by India’s Supreme Court which would have drastically curtailed the notorious ‘ human safaris ’ in the Andaman Islands is being ignored by the islands’ authorities. More >>
Brazil Arrests 18 Over High Profile Execution Of Indian Lead
Friday, 20 July 2012, 3:54 pm | Survival International
Brazilian authorities have arrested 18 people in connection with the high profile killing of an indigenous leader by masked gunmen. More >>
Machu Picchu tourist Ads: row over uncontacted tribes
Wednesday, 18 July 2012, 12:42 pm | Survival International
Ads target Machu Picchu tourists in row over uncontacted tribes Visitors to Peru’s most iconic tourist attraction, Machu Picchu, are being targeted by a new online ad campaign, in a row over a Peruvian gas project nearby. More >>
Amazon Indians demand Italian priest’s expulsion over ‘Death
Friday, 6 July 2012, 3:44 pm | Survival International
Amazon Indians demand Italian priest’s expulsion over ‘Death Road’ Amazon Indians in Peru have demanded the expulsion of a controversial Italian priest, accusing him of ‘racism and aggression’ over his role in promoting the construction of ... More >>
UK MPs urge Brazil to save Earth’s most threatened tribe
Wednesday, 4 July 2012, 2:07 pm | Survival International
Dozens of British politicians are calling on Brazil to save Earth’s most threatened tribe by halting illegal logging and land invasions in their territory. Expressing their ‘concern’ and ‘alarm’ to the UK Parliament, the MPs say Brazil must ... More >>
Dalai Lama in UK as self-immolations of Tibetan nomads rise
Monday, 25 June 2012, 1:54 pm | Survival International
Tibet’s spiritual leader the Dalai Lama will visit Scotland this Friday, amid growing concern over the rise of self-immolation amongst Tibetan nomads . More >>
Earth’s most threatened tribe demands action
Saturday, 9 June 2012, 2:59 pm | Survival International
The Awá's forest is being illegally cut down at an alarming rate. © Survival Earth’s ‘most threatened tribe’ has made a desperate appeal for the Brazilian government to halt the illegal logging that is ravaging its territory, as the Amazon’s logging ... More >>
Tribes urge UK to sign law to ‘guarantee’ their survival
Wednesday, 30 May 2012, 9:25 am | Survival International
Kenya's Samburu tribe has urged the UK to ratify ILO 169. © Survival Tribes from four continents have urged Britain to ratify a law that will ‘guarantee’ their survival. It is the first time a group of tribal representatives have made such a ... More >>
Amazon road could cut uncontacted tribes’ land in half
Saturday, 5 May 2012, 4:05 pm | Survival International
Uncontacted Mashco-Piro are believed to live in the path of the road. One band were recently spotted further south. © D. Cortijo/Survival Peru’s Congress is about to approve a highly controversial road that will slash in half the territory of at ... More >>
Colin Firth Campaign for Brazilian Tribe Breaks Records
Sunday, 29 April 2012, 11:45 am | Survival International
Colin Firth's appeal has generated more than 10,000 protest emails. A campaign launched by Colin Firth to save the world’s most threatened tribe has generated more than 10,000 protest emails to the Brazilian government in just three days. More >>
Indian Tribe Stands Firm As Vedanta Mine Appeal Adjourned
Tuesday, 10 April 2012, 4:13 pm | Survival International
One of the world’s most controversial mines is back in the spotlight after hundreds protested against renewed efforts to mine India’s Niyamgiri Hills . Dongria Kondh and Niyamgiri supporters held their own ‘public hearing’ in Orissa state, where ... More >>
