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Amazon Tribe Block Highway
Saturday, 2 June 2007, 4:58 pm | Survival International
A remote Amazonian tribe are blockading a major highway in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso in protest at a series of hydroelectric dams that will destroy their vital fishing grounds. The Enawene Nawe Indians set up their blockade yesterday morning. More >>
Peru: Oil Company Blocked Over Uncontacted Tribes
Friday, 1 June 2007, 6:09 pm | Survival International
The Peruvian government has blocked oil exploration plans in the Amazon amidst fears for uncontacted tribes living in the area. More >>
UK: Bushmen Travel To Westminster To Seek Support
Wednesday, 23 May 2007, 1:20 pm | Survival International
Bushman leader Roy Sesana will meet with British MPs at Westminster this Wednesday 23 May to seek support for his people's ten-year struggle to return to their land in the Kalahari desert, Botswana. More >>
Oil Chief Seeks Contact With Uncontacted Tribes
Friday, 18 May 2007, 5:30 pm | Survival International
Peru's oil chief has provoked a storm of controversy with plans to contact some of the world's last uncontacted Indian tribes to 'consult' them about potential oil exploration on their land. Any forcible contact threatens them with extinction. More >>
Botswana: Government Restricts UN Access
Friday, 18 May 2007, 12:15 am | Survival International
The Botswana government has announced that access to the country for the top UN human rights spokesman for indigenous peoples will be restricted. More >>
India: Andaman Islands Defy Supreme Court
Thursday, 10 May 2007, 11:47 am | Survival International
This week marks the fifth anniversary of an order by the Supreme Court of India that an Andaman Islands highway, which threatens the lives of the Jarawa tribe, must close. The government has defied the order, and the road remains open. More >>
Leader wins Goldman Prize
Friday, 27 April 2007, 1:40 pm | Survival International
Indigenous leader Julio Cusirichi Palacios has won the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize for his work defending the rights and lives of uncontacted tribes in the Peruvian Amazon. More >>
Call On India To Protect Jarawa Tribe
Thursday, 26 April 2007, 11:02 am | Survival International
Roy Sesana, leader of the Bushman tribes who won a historic court victory against the Botswana government in December, has appealed to the Indian government to protect the Jarawa of the Andaman Islands. More >>
Oil Chief - Do Uncontacted Tribes Really Exist?
Tuesday, 24 April 2007, 9:28 am | Survival International
The president of Perupetro, the government body responsible for granting oil exploration licences, has caused outrage after calling into doubt the existence of uncontacted Indian tribes in the Peruvian Amazon. More >>
New Wave Of Dam Building Threatens Amazon Indians
Wednesday, 18 April 2007, 11:38 am | Survival International
As Brazil celebrates its national 'Day of the Indian' on 19 April, a new wave of dam building in the Brazilian Amazon is threatening the lives of remote Indian tribes. More >>
Bushman Leader Travels To London
Tuesday, 20 March 2007, 8:53 am | Survival International
The Botswana government has banned the Kalahari Bushmen from using their own water as UN World Water Day approaches on 22 March. A Bushman leader is travelling to London this week to protest against the ban. More >>
India Must Close Road To Protect Isolated Tribe
Tuesday, 13 March 2007, 10:10 am | Survival International
In a devastating report India has been urged by the UN to protect the Jarawa tribe of the Andaman Islands by closing the highway running through their land. For four years the Indian government has defied a ruling of its own Supreme Court that the ... More >>
Bangladesh: Arrest and Torture Of Tribal Leaders
Sunday, 11 March 2007, 5:31 pm | Survival International
The army and police in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh, arrested two Jumma tribal leaders this week, adding to the growing number of arrests since a state of emergency was declared in January. Several of those arrested have been tortured. More >>
Tribal Peoples Not Stone Age And Primitive
Tuesday, 6 March 2007, 11:03 am | Survival International
The Association of Social Anthropologists (ASA), the UK's professional body for anthropologists, has condemned the use of terms like 'stone age' and 'primitive' to describe tribal and indigenous peoples alive today. More >>
Uncontacted Indians Flee Logging Onslaught
Thursday, 1 March 2007, 11:40 am | Survival International
The Brazilian government has discovered signs of some of the world's last uncontacted tribes living near the border with Peru. More >>
Botswana: Bushmen Court Ruling Online
Tuesday, 27 February 2007, 11:07 am | Survival International
A copy of the landmark ruling made by the Botswana High Court in the case of the Kalahari Bushmen against the Botswana government is now available online. More >>
Botswana: Bushmen Arrested And Beaten
Wednesday, 14 February 2007, 10:03 am | Survival International
Six Bushmen have been arrested, starved and held for six days after police and wildlife guards accused them of hunting in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve in Botswana. They were then released without charge. More >>
Botswana: Bushmen To Return Home On Friday
Wednesday, 10 January 2007, 10:11 am | Survival International
A group of Kalahari Bushmen will return to their land on Friday, following their historic court victory on 13 December. More >>
Bushmen Give Their Reaction To Historic Court Win
Friday, 15 December 2006, 9:42 am | Survival International
Some of the Bushmen involved in Wednesday's historic court victory in Botswana have today been giving their reaction. More >>
Botswana: Joy As Bushmen Win Landmark Legal Case
Thursday, 14 December 2006, 10:48 am | Survival International
Scenes of jubilation greeted the Botswana High Court's ruling today in favour of the Kalahari Bushmen. More >>
