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Brazil: UK Ch. 4 To Expose Mining On Yanomami Land
Friday, 11 April 2008, 9:29 am | Survival International
The acclaimed Channel 4 current affairs series, 'Unreported World', is to broadcast a documentary tomorrow exposing the devastating effects of illegal goldmining on the land of the Yanomami Indians in the Brazilian Amazon. Yanomami are dying. More >>
Shootings And Arrests Spread Fear In West Papua
Thursday, 10 April 2008, 12:06 am | Survival International
Thirteen indigenous Papuans were arrested on 13 March in the town of Manokwari, West Papua, for taking part in peaceful demonstrations against the 2007 law banning the display of the Papuan Morning Star flag. Survival is concerned. More >>
TV Company Brings 'Epidemic' To Isolated Indians
Thursday, 27 March 2008, 11:12 am | Survival International
A fierce controversy is raging in the Peruvian Amazon over the activities of a film crew working for the British TV company Cicada Films. Locals, officials and scientists have accused the film-makers of visiting very isolated Indian communities. More >>
Chile Signs Up To Key Int'l Law On Tribal Peoples
Wednesday, 12 March 2008, 9:10 am | Survival International
The Chilean senate voted overwhelmingly in favour of ratifying International Labour Organisation Convention 169 (ILO 169), which recognizes the rights of indigenous peoples to ownership of their land. More >>
An Indigenous Language Dies Every Two Weeks
Thursday, 21 February 2008, 9:58 am | Survival International
An indigenous language dies on average once every two weeks, reports Survival on International Mother Language Day (21 February). More >>
Kenya: Ogiek Leader Receives Death Threat
Friday, 15 February 2008, 9:09 am | Survival International
Hundreds of Ogiek families have been caught up in the violence and are among the displaced people. Several young Ogiek have been shot. Ogiek homes have been burned down, and there have been allegations of rape of Ogiek women by police. More >>
Encounter Between Oil Prospectors & Isolated Tribe
Wednesday, 13 February 2008, 12:02 am | Survival International
Unconfirmed reports indicate that a team prospecting for oil deep in the Peruvian Amazon has encountered a village belonging to previously-uncontacted Indians. If the reports are true, the Indians are members of the Cacataibo tribe. More >>
Julie Christie Named 'Survival Ambassador'
Monday, 4 February 2008, 11:46 am | Survival International
Most recently, Christie has narrated a film for Survival's new uncontacted tribes campaign. The unique film is the centrepiece of the campaign, aimed at highlighting the most serious threats to the tribes and featuring previously unseen footage. More >>
Honey-Hunting Tribe Caught Up In Kenyan Violence
Thursday, 31 January 2008, 10:08 am | Survival International
The Ogiek are one of the few remaining hunter-gatherer peoples in East Africa. They live in the Mau mountain forest, overlooking the Rift Valley. They gather honey from beehives which they make from hollow logs and place in the high branches. More >>
New Start In Aboriginal Relations Called For
Friday, 25 January 2008, 9:57 am | Survival International
To mark Australia Day on 26 January Survival International calls on Australia's new government to lay the foundations for a fresh start in relations with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. More >>
Botswana: Mine Consultation Exercise Flawed
Wednesday, 23 January 2008, 9:09 am | Survival International
Representatives from the consultancy firm Marsh Environmental Services today begin a whirlwind twelve-day consultation programme in and around the Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR), in Botswana. The move is part of plans to develop a $2.2 billion ... More >>
Bangladesh Appointment Gives Jumma Tribes Hope
Monday, 21 January 2008, 12:34 am | Survival International
Raja Devasish Roy, who has been appointed as a 'Special Assistant to the Chief Advisor', is the king of the Chakmas, the most numerous of the eleven Jumma tribes. The Chief Advisor is the head of the caretaker government. More >>
Kenya: Election Violence Affects Ogiek Areas
Monday, 7 January 2008, 8:55 am | Survival International
Survival has received reports that many Ogiek areas are effectively closed off due to the post election violence in Kenya. Police have barricaded roads leading to one area, so that people cannot leave the community. More >>
Malaysia: Penan Headman Missing, Feared Murdered
Friday, 21 December 2007, 1:04 am | Survival International
A headman from the Penan tribe of Sarawak, Malaysia, has gone missing and his community fear he may have been murdered. Kelesau Naan was last seen on 23 October when he left on a hunting trip. The Penan have reported his disappearance to the police. More >>
Peru: Urgent Appeal For Trapped Uncontacted Tribe
Thursday, 20 December 2007, 8:50 am | Survival International
The Cacataibo are the last uncontacted Indians in the central Peruvian rainforest. They are surrounded by colonists and loggers who are closing in from all sides, and a Canadian oil company, Petrolifera, is set to penetrate their last refuge. More >>
Bushmen Appeal To Botswana's President Mogae
Tuesday, 18 December 2007, 11:05 am | Survival International
The Bushman organisation First People of the Kalahari released an open letter to Botswana's President Mogae, detailing the ways in which the government is still preventing them from returning to their ancestral land. More >>
Indo Cops Arrest, Torture & Kill W. Papuan People
Tuesday, 18 December 2007, 11:04 am | Survival International
Police in West Papua are killing, torturing and intimidating the province's tribal people with impunity. Police shot dead two Papuan women and injured another as they protested on 5 December near the British and American-owned Freeport mine. More >>
Concern Over Uncontacted Tribes Fleeing Loggers
Tuesday, 18 December 2007, 11:03 am | Survival International
A group of indigenous and other organisations have written an urgent letter highlighting how illegal loggers in Peru are forcing uncontacted tribes to flee across the border into Brazil. More >>
India: Officials Concede Narmada Dam Illegal
Monday, 17 December 2007, 6:28 am | Survival International
A director of the government agency responsible for India's controversial Sardar Sarovar Narmada dam has admitted that the construction of the dam to the height of 121.9 metres has led to the illegal submergence of houses and farms. More >>
Anniversary Of Kalahari Bushmen's Court Victory
Monday, 17 December 2007, 6:26 am | Survival International
Survival's director Stephen Corry said today, 'The court ruling was met with almost universal approval both in Botswana and internationally. It was applauded as a just and courageous ruling, which would change the landscape of indigenous rights in Africa. More >>
