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Brazilian Indians held prisoner by gunmen
Thursday, 16 September 2010, 1:36 pm | Survival International
A large group of Guarani Indians in Brazil is being held prisoner by gunmen hired by ranchers. The gunmen have cut off the Indians’ access to food, water and health care since they surrounded their community one month ago. Links: 1. http://www.survivalinternational.org/news/6473 ... More >>
34 Colombian Tribes Face Extinction Says UN Report
Tuesday, 7 September 2010, 5:07 pm | Survival International
A report released by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has warned that at least thirty-four Colombian tribes face extinction due to continuing violence on their lands. More >>
Bushmen Launch Appeal Over Right To Water
Thursday, 2 September 2010, 10:57 am | Survival International
The Bushmen of Botswana have lodged an appeal against a High Court decision denying them access to water on ancestral lands. In July, Justice Walia dismissed their application for permission to use a well on lands in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve More >>
Indian Tribe In Stunning Victory Over Mining Giant
Wednesday, 25 August 2010, 3:06 pm | Survival International
A tribe in India has won a stunning victory over one of the world’s biggest mining companies. India’s Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh has blocked Vedanta Resources’ controversial plan to mine bauxite on the sacred hills of the Dongria Kondh tribe. More >>
Vedanta’s India Mine Slammed In Government Report
Tuesday, 17 August 2010, 4:45 pm | Survival International
Plans by Vedanta Resources to mine on Dongria Kondh land in eastern India ‘threaten the survival’ of the tribe, according to an official government investigation whose report has just been released. More >>
Hundreds Of Brazilian Indians Gather For Protest
Friday, 13 August 2010, 4:31 pm | Survival International
Hundreds of Brazilian Indians from across the country are gathering to highlight the killing of their leaders, the theft of their land for industrial projects, and other threats to their survival. More >>
Former UN Advisor Condemns BushmenTreatment
Friday, 6 August 2010, 4:03 pm | Survival International
Maude Barlow, former UN advisor on water, ‘Alternative Nobel’ prize winner and founder of the Blue Planet Project, has condemned the Botswana government’s failure to allow Bushmen to access water. More >>
Nomad Tribe Emerges From Forest To Prove It Exists
Friday, 30 July 2010, 5:33 pm | Survival International
Indians from the tiny Awá tribe will stage a three day protest in the Brazilian Amazon from August 1st to 3rd, to prove that they exist and to demand that their land be protected from invasion More >>
Sarawak’s Chief faces UK protesters over Penan
Tuesday, 27 July 2010, 11:42 am | Survival International
Sarawak Chief Minister Taib Mahmud faced protests by supporters of the Penan in the UK today, while British MPs have written to him expressing concern over the newly documented cases of sexual abuse of Penan women . More >>
Report reveals rape of tribeswomen by loggers
Wednesday, 21 July 2010, 12:42 pm | Survival International
A new report has exposed an ‘environment of violence’ against tribeswomen in Borneo. According to the report, released by a coalition of Malaysian human rights groups called the Penan Support Group, there have been repeated cases of rape and ... More >>
Bushmen Prevented from Transporting Water
Tuesday, 20 July 2010, 11:01 am | Survival International
Authorities in Botswana are preventing Kalahari Bushmen from bringing water to their relatives in one of the driest places on earth. More >>
UK government bars Iroquois Lacrosse team
Monday, 19 July 2010, 12:12 pm | Survival International
The British government has refused to allow an Iroquois lacrosse team into the country because they are using Iroquois passports. More >>
Third blow for Vedanta in a month
Monday, 19 July 2010, 12:11 pm | Survival International
In the third major blow to Vedanta in a month, the Chief Secretary of the Indian state of Odisha (formerly Orissa) has ordered a new investigation into the rights of the Dongria Kondh tribe affected by Vedanta Resources’ controversial bauxite ... More >>
Pygmy peoples issue warning on climate change
Monday, 19 July 2010, 12:09 pm | Survival International
Members of ‘Pygmy’ communities in Cameroon have issued a clear message in the wake of the Copenhagen climate change talks: their rights to their forests must be respected. More >>
Judgment day for Bushmen
Monday, 19 July 2010, 12:08 pm | Survival International
The long-awaited judgment in the landmark court case over the Botswana Bushmen’s right to water will be delivered next Wednesday July 21st at the High Court in Lobatse, Botswana. More >>
Judgment Day For Bushmen In Vital Water Case
Saturday, 17 July 2010, 12:07 pm | Survival International
The long-awaited judgment in the landmark court case over the Botswana Bushmen’s right to water will be delivered next Wednesday July 21st at the High Court in Lobatse, Botswana. More >>
Timber demand threatens uncontacted Peruvian tribe
Wednesday, 14 July 2010, 12:57 pm | Survival International
Illegal mahogany loggers are plundering uncontacted Indians’ land in the depths of the Peruvian Amazon, according to a new report by the Upper Amazon Conservancy (UAC). More >>
Dutch pensions firm joins Vedanta sell-off
Tuesday, 13 July 2010, 12:09 pm | Survival International
A firm managing pensions for more than two million people in the Netherlands has sold its €13million (US$ 16million) stake in the notorious mining conglomerate Vedanta Resources . More >>
Tribe Fights Rainforest Destruction With Blockade
Friday, 9 July 2010, 4:01 pm | Survival International
Nomadic tribespeople in Borneo are blockading a road to stop loggers destroying their rainforest. The Penan tribe have mounted the blockade in Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo to stop the destruction of the forests they depend on for their survival. More >>
Spotted: The Tribe That Hides From Man
Wednesday, 7 July 2010, 10:51 am | Survival International
A man belonging to the only uncontacted tribe in South America outside the Amazon basin has been sighted near a region targeted for deforestation by Brazilian cattle-ranchers. More >>
