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Stars Line UpTo Celebrate Tribal Peoples
Wednesday, 10 March 2010, 12:19 pm | Survival International
Survival International is proud to announce ‘WE ARE ONE – a celebration of tribal peoples’, a fundraising evening in aid of Survival International created and directed by Mark Rylance, on Sunday 18 April at the Apollo Theatre in London. More >>
Indigenous People: Botswana’s treatment of Bushmen
Thursday, 4 March 2010, 3:42 pm | Survival International
The UN’s top official on indigenous rights has condemned Botswana’s continued persecution of the Bushmen in a new report. More >>
Dongria Kondh Tribe Vow to Stop Vedanta's Mine
Wednesday, 24 February 2010, 2:04 pm | Survival International
The Dongria Kondh tribe in India this weekend held their annual festival of worship on the top of their sacred mountain, which UK company Vedanta Resources is determined to mine for aluminium ore. More >>
Bangladesh: Tribal People Killed & Villages Burnt
Tuesday, 23 February 2010, 12:31 pm | Survival International
Reliable sources report that at least six Jumma tribal people were killed, and hundreds of houses burnt to the ground, in an attack by soldiers and settlers on tribal villages in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh on Saturday. The attacks took place in ... More >>
Survival lauds Rowntree For Selling Vedanta Shares
Friday, 19 February 2010, 4:27 pm | Survival International
Survival International welcomes the news that the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust is selling its shares in Vedanta Resources due to concerns over the company's human rights record. Two other shareholders, the Marlborough Ethical Fund and Millfield ... More >>
Letter-writing campaign for uncontacted Tribe
Friday, 19 February 2010, 12:03 pm | Survival International
A global letter-writing campaign to protect the lives of uncontacted Indians in Paraguay has been launched by tribal rights organization Survival International. Paraguay is home to the only uncontacted Indians outside the Amazon basin, but their lands ... More >>
Bushmen Denied Right to Vote
Thursday, 18 February 2010, 9:58 am | Survival International
Over 400 Bushmen were denied the right to vote in Botswana’s 2009 general election, with five Bushman communities inside the Central Kalahari Game Reserve omitted from the electoral register. More >>
Amnesty Slams Vedanta Resources
Friday, 12 February 2010, 9:24 am | Survival International
Amnesty International this week released a report condemning the behaviour of FTSE 100 mining company Vedanta Resources . The Amnesty report exposes gross human rights violations committed by the company in Orissa, India. More >>
Bushmen Angry At President’s Empty Meeting
Wednesday, 10 February 2010, 9:41 am | Survival International
Hundreds of Bushmen were left angry and frustrated after the Botswana president refused to enter into discussions with them during a meeting on Thursday. President Khama, met with Bushmen at the New Xade resettlement camp where they were dumped after being ... More >>
Tribal People Appeal To James Cameron
Tuesday, 9 February 2010, 10:16 am | Survival International
Tribal peoples’ rights organization Survival International has appealed to Avatar director James Cameron on behalf of an Indian tribe through an ad in the film industry magazine Variety. More >>
England: Church To Sell Stake In Vedanta
Saturday, 6 February 2010, 11:15 am | Survival International
In a shock move, the Church of England decided today to disinvest from controversial miner Vedanta Resources on ethical grounds, dealing a devastating blow to the company’s credibility. More >>
Extinct: Andaman tribe’s extermination complete
Friday, 5 February 2010, 4:15 pm | Survival International
Boa Sr, who died last week aged around 85, was the last speaker of ‘Bo’, one of the ten Great Andamanese languages. The Bo are thought to have lived in the Andaman Islands for as much as 65,000 years, making them the descendants of one of the oldest ... More >>
Tiffany’s Target Of Global Suvival Protest
Wednesday, 3 February 2010, 9:13 am | Survival International
Survival International supporters will demonstrate tomorrow (3 February) outside Tiffany stores in five countries to protest at the company funding water boreholes for game animals on Bushman land where the people are forbidden access to their own ... More >>
Protest To Bulldozers On Uncontacted Tribe’s Land
Wednesday, 27 January 2010, 10:05 am | Survival International
rotestors gathered in London, Madrid and Paris today to oppose the destruction of land belonging to one of the world's last uncontacted tribes. The protestors stood outside the Paraguayan embassies in Madrid and London holding placards reading, ‘Save ... More >>
Survival Names Winner Of ‘Greenwashing Award’ 2010
Thursday, 21 January 2010, 10:22 am | Survival International
A Brazilian company bulldozing an uncontacted tribe’s land in Paraguay has won ‘Greenwashing Award 2010’. The company, Yaguarete Pora S.A., has won the award for ‘dressing up the wholesale destruction of a huge area of the Indians’ forest ... More >>
Advertising Campaign Exposes Botswana Government
Thursday, 14 January 2010, 11:15 am | Survival International
Survival has launched an ad campaign exposing the Botswana government’s malicious treatment of the Gana and Gwi Bushmen, the country’s oldest inhabitants. More >>
India: Pro-Mining ‘Goons’ Harass And Intimidate
Tuesday, 22 December 2009, 10:43 am | Survival International
Human rights investigators in India have been harassed and intimidated by large gangs of men apparently paid to stop any outsiders reaching the site of a controversial proposed mine in India. More >>
UN Agency For Palestinian Refugees Seeks $323M
Wednesday, 16 December 2009, 10:25 am | Survival International
The United Nations agency entrusted with assisting millions of Palestinian refugees has launched its 2010 appeal for over $323 million at a meeting of the 22-member League of Arab States in Cairo, with a focus on those people in Gaza and the West ... More >>
Survival Celebrates 40 Years Of Success
Wednesday, 16 December 2009, 10:24 am | Survival International
The human rights organization Survival International celebrates its 40th birthday this month, and is highlighting the huge advances in tribal peoples’ rights since 1969. More >>
Mining Company: Scare Tactics Against Human Rights
Tuesday, 15 December 2009, 11:29 am | Survival International
There have been repeated protests against Vedanta's planned mine. Metals giant Vedanta Resources’ Indian subsidiary has launched an unprecedented attack on Survival International, apparently to drive its researchers out of an area where the company is planning ... More >>
