Survival International - Latest News [Page 24]
De Beers Diamond Company Explores Botswana Reserve
Thursday, 16 October 2008, 10:20 am | Survival International
Survival International is relaunching its campaign against De Beers after the discovery that the company has returned to the Central Kalahari Game Reserve in Botswana. More >>
Paraguay: Uncontacted Tribe's Plight Sparks Plea
Wednesday, 15 October 2008, 11:20 am | Survival International
The desperate plight of the last remaining uncontacted Indians in Paraguay has sparked a mass Indian plea to Paraguay's new president, denouncing the ongoing 'violation of (the Indians') cultural, environmental and territorial rights.' More >>
Brazil: Amazon Tribe’s Protest Shuts Down Dam Site
Tuesday, 14 October 2008, 9:57 am | Survival International
Indians from the Enawene Nawe tribe in the Brazilian Amazon occupied and shut down the site of a huge hydroelectric dam on Saturday, destroying equipment, in an attempt to save the river that runs through their land. More >>
India: Tribe Vows To Fight Mine With Axes & Arrows
Tuesday, 14 October 2008, 9:55 am | Survival International
One of India’s most isolated tribes, the Dongria Kondh, is preparing to stop British FTSE 100 company Vedanta from mining aluminium ore on their sacred mountain. More >>
Photos Reveal Tribe's Land Being Destroyed
Saturday, 11 October 2008, 1:08 pm | Survival International
New satellite photos reveal that the territory of Paraguay's only remaining uncontacted Indians is rapidly being destroyed. More >>
Arrows Confirm Uncontacted Tribe’s Flight
Tuesday, 30 September 2008, 8:40 pm | Survival International
Arrows just discovered by government officials in one of the remotest corners of the Brazilian Amazon prove that uncontacted Indians are fleeing from Peru into Brazil. More >>
India Tribe Threatened By British Mining Company
Friday, 19 September 2008, 10:11 am | Survival International
A Survival campaigner has just returned from a visit to the Dongria Kondh tribe in India, who are under threat from FTSE 100 mining company Vedanta. More >>
Indonesia: Cholera Sparks Fears Of Major Epidemic
Thursday, 18 September 2008, 10:19 am | Survival International
Two hundred and ninety one Papuan tribal people have died from cholera since April this year in West Papua, Indonesia, according to local church officials, sparking fears of a major epidemic. More >>
One Year On: Britain And The Exporting Of Misery
Saturday, 13 September 2008, 11:27 am | Survival International
One year after the UN General Assembly approved the Declaration on Indigenous Peoples’ Rights, Britain and four of its former colonies have not shaken off their reputation as leading opponents of tribal peoples’ rights. More >>
Peru: Government Breaks Promise
Saturday, 6 September 2008, 3:35 pm | Survival International
One hundred days after photos of one of the world’s last uncontacted tribes made world headlines, a report promised by the Peruvian government in response has still not been made public. More >>
Jumma Man Killed After Speaking Out On Land Thefts
Thursday, 28 August 2008, 11:16 am | Survival International
Jumma man Ladu Moni Chakma was hacked to death on Tuesday by a group of Bengali settlers at his home in the Sajek area of the Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh. His wife, Shanti Bala Chakma, who was also attacked, was taken to hospital. More >>
Film Highlights Biofuels Threat To Brazil Indians
Wednesday, 27 August 2008, 3:42 pm | Survival International
Italian film ‘Birdwatchers’, selected as one of the films in competition for the Golden Lion Award at the Venice Film Festival, highlights the plight of the Guarani-Kaiowá Indians in Brazil, whose lands are being destroyed to produce biofuels for cars and ... More >>
Go-Ahead For Mine – Tribe Vows Resistance
Saturday, 9 August 2008, 12:19 am | Survival International
India’s Supreme Court has today dealt a devastating blow to the Dongria Kondh tribe by giving British FTSE 100 company Vedanta permission to mine their sacred mountain. The tribe say the mine will destroy their way of life forever. More >>
Reports Of Uncontacted Indians Seen By Oil Workers
Monday, 28 July 2008, 9:30 am | Survival International
Reports say that the uncontacted Indians were seen by workers sub-contracted by Repsol-YPF. Uncontacted Indians have been spotted by oil workers in the remote Peruvian Amazon, according to Peru's national Amazon Indian organisation, AIDESEP. More >>
Doublespeak Distorts Brutal Truth In West Papua
Wednesday, 9 July 2008, 11:35 am | Survival International
Indonesia's foreign minister has defended his government's policy of restricting access by foreign journalists and human rights monitors to the troubled province of Papua by saying 'We simply want the people to have a peaceful life.' More >>
Cholera In W. Papua: Indo Govt Response Condemned
Thursday, 3 July 2008, 7:41 pm | Survival International
The Papuans have suffered years of violence and brutality at the hands of the Indonesian military. Many believe that the inadequate response to this health crisis is yet another attempt to destroy the Papuan people. This fear has also made people suspicious. More >>
Brazilian Indians In London In Bid To Save Amazon
Saturday, 21 June 2008, 11:03 am | Survival International
Two Brazilian Indians will arrive in London next week to make a desperate plea for help to save their Amazon forest home. More >>
Brazil: Dramatic Video Shows Attack On Village
Saturday, 21 June 2008, 10:38 am | Survival International
An extraordinary video released by the Indigenous Council of Roraima (CIR) and Survival International shows the moment hired gunmen attack a Makuxi Indian village in Brazil. More >>
S. American Indians: Respect Uncontacted Tribes
Thursday, 5 June 2008, 4:14 pm | Survival International
The demand comes after unique photos of an uncontacted tribe living in Brazil, near the Peruvian border, made world headlines. Other tribes in the region are believed to be at risk from uncontacted Indians from Peru fleeing into Brazil. More >>
Colombia: Isolated Indians Targets Of Rebels, Army
Tuesday, 29 April 2008, 12:42 am | Survival International
One hundred and thirty Nukak Indians, some of the last nomadic Indians in the Amazon, have fled their rainforest homes after becoming caught up in Colombia's civil war. The group make up around a third of the surviving Nukak population. More >>