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Outrage At ‘Freakshow TV’

Wednesday, 7 March 2012, 3:53 pm | Survival International

An Australian TV report which branded an Amazon tribe as child murderers; a ‘suicide cult’ from the ‘Stone Age’; and the ‘worst human rights violators in the world’ has become the first target of a new Survival International campaign against ... More >>

Paraguay: Report Confirms Presence Of “Hiding Tribe”

Wednesday, 7 March 2012, 11:47 am | Survival International

In an official report, Paraguay’s Department of Indian Affairs INDI has confirmed that an uncontacted tribe is living on farmland in the northern Chaco region owned by a controversial ranching company. More >>

Clampdown On Sacred Ritual As Vedanta Mine Appeal Approaches

Monday, 27 February 2012, 3:12 pm | Survival International

A Dongria boy stands in front of Niyamgiri, where the tribe will hold its festival. © Survival Security forces are cracking down on the Dongria Kondh tribe as they prepare for a religious festival this weekend at the top of India’s most contentious ... More >>

Survival Uncovers Shocking Human Rights Abuses In Ethiopia

Thursday, 23 February 2012, 1:31 pm | Survival International

Survival International has uncovered shocking new evidence of human rights abuses against tribes in Ethiopia’s Omo Valley, as government efforts to develop lucrative sugar cane plantations in the region intensify. Bulldozers are flattening land near ... More >>

Survival Urges UN To End Andamans Scandal

Friday, 17 February 2012, 2:59 pm | Survival International

Five years after the UN first called on India to close the Andaman Trunk Road (ATR), Survival International is urging the organization to bring an end to human safaris by speaking out for a second time. India ignored the UN’s call in 2007 to ‘implement ... More >>

Six Men Face Charges For Guarani Murders - Legal ‘Milestone'

Friday, 10 February 2012, 4:45 pm | Survival International

Six men are being brought to trial for the murder of two Guarani Indians who were killed in Brazil’s Mato Grosso do Sul state in 2009. More >>

UK MPs Call For End To ‘Human Safaris’ - Police Link

Wednesday, 8 February 2012, 10:15 am | Survival International

The ‘human safaris’ scandal in the Andaman Islands has reached the British Parliament, with MPs tabling a motion calling on India to close the illegal road that cuts through the Jarawa tribe ’s reserve. More >>

Amazon: ‘Evidence of attack’ discovered

Saturday, 21 January 2012, 2:41 pm | Survival International

An investigation into the reported killing of an uncontacted Indian child by loggers, has uncovered disturbing ‘evidence of an attack’ deep in the Amazon forest. More >>

Andaman Islands: Police involvement in human safaris exposed

Tuesday, 10 January 2012, 5:05 pm | Survival International

British newspaper The Observer has revealed evidence of police involvement in ‘human safaris’ in India’s Andaman Islands. The scandal, first exposed by Survival International in 2010, involves tourists using an illegal road to enter the reserve of the Jarawa ... More >>

Christmas Reindeer Mystery As World’s Largest Herd Plummets

Thursday, 22 December 2011, 12:13 pm | Survival International

The world’s largest reindeer herd has plummeted in size, with local indigenous people blaming the spread of massive industrial projects in the area. The George River herd, which once numbered 8-900,000 animals, stands today at just 74,000 – ... More >>

Violence Engulfs Kenyan Tribe Just Miles From Royal Hideaway

Wednesday, 14 December 2011, 11:19 am | Survival International

A Kenyan tribe living near the area famous for its links to Prince William and Kate Middleton’s engagement has been engulfed by violence after wildlife charities arranged to buy their land. Kenya’s Laikipia district has been part of the traditional territory ... More >>

Survival Reveals Ten Hidden Abuses Against Tribes On Human R

Friday, 9 December 2011, 11:11 am | Survival International

Survival International is releasing ten tribal rights abuses ahead of UN Human Rights Day this Saturday, to expose violations that still pass largely unnoticed. Signed 63 years ago, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was the first global expression ... More >>

Brazilian Gunmen Brandish Tribal Hit List In Wake Of Murder

Monday, 5 December 2011, 9:53 am | Survival International

Gunmen in Brazil are brazenly intimidating indigenous communities with a hit list of prominent leaders, following the high profile murder of Nísio Gomes last month . More >>

Crackdown Fears Peak In West Papua

Thursday, 1 December 2011, 2:03 pm | Survival International

Pro-independence Papuans are planning widespread rallies this Thursday to mark 50 years since they first raised their symbolic ‘Morning Star’ flag. A climate of fear surrounds the anniversary as Indonesia continues to brutally suppress any opposition, ... More >>

World's Original Scientists' Observations Of Climate Change

Tuesday, 29 November 2011, 1:42 pm | Survival International

As the UN’s climate change conference begins in Durban, Survival International calls for the ecological knowledge and insights of tribal peoples to be heeded in global decisions concerning climate change . From the Amazon to the Arctic, tribal ... More >>