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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 >>
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 >>
