Six men face charges for Guarani murders in legal ‘milestone’
Genivaldo Vera's mother next to his tomb. He was killed by gunmen in 2009.© Public Ministry, MS/ Survival Six men are being brought to trial for the murder of two Guarani Indians who were killed in...
View ArticleTwo dead and 40 injured in Panama police attack
A Ngobe-Buglé boy is wounded after clashes with police in Panama© Survival A week-long protest ended violently on Sunday after police moved in on a group of Ngobe-Buglé Indians in the Chiriquí...
View ArticleJudges allow Indians to remain on ancestral land
Guarani girls© Survival Judges in Brazil have allowed a Guarani community to stay on its ancestral land, which it reoccupied having been forced to live in a makeshift camp for over a year and a half....
View ArticleLand mine kills elderly Indian man in Colombia
Jiw Indians in Colombia have been systematically forced from their homes by armed groups© Survival An elderly Indian man has been killed by a land mine in the Mapiripán district of central Colombia....
View ArticleBrazilian indigenous organization wins prestigious Spanish award
Makuxi wearing paishara costumes for a meeting at Bismark to discuss their land claims, Raposa Serra do Sol, Brazil. © Fiona Watson/Survival Brazilian organization CIR- Indigenous Council of Roraima...
View ArticleSurvival urges UN to end Andamans scandal
India's Supreme Court ordered sections of the Andaman Trunk Road to be closed in 2002© Ariberto De Blasoni/Survival Five years after the UN first called on India to close the Andaman Trunk Road (ATR),...
View ArticleSurvival uncovers shocking human rights abuses in Ethiopia
Two Karo by Ethiopia's Omo River. It is crucial to their way of life.© Survival Survival has uncovered shocking new evidence of human rights abuses against tribes in Ethiopia’s Omo Valley, as...
View ArticleClampdown on sacred ritual as Vedanta mine appeal approaches
A Dongria boy stands in front of Niyamgiri, where the tribe will hold its festival.© Lewis Davids/Survival Security forces are cracking down on the Dongria Kondh tribe as they prepare for a religious...
View ArticleGuard post to protect Peru’s uncontacted Mashco-Piro
The photos are the closest sightings of uncontacted Indians ever recorded on camera © D.Cortijo/uncontactedtribes.org Residents living close to the uncontacted Mashco-Piro tribe – whose photos went...
View ArticleSpread of ‘human safaris’ threatens Peru’s uncontacted Indians
Uncontacted Mashco Piro Indians have been seen in the area on several occasions.© G. Galli/uncontactedtribes.org Peru’s uncontacted Mashco-Piro tribe is facing the very real threat of being exploited...
View ArticleOfficial report confirms presence of 'hiding tribe' at Paraguay ranch
Ayoreo woman. Her uncontacted relatives are under threat from logging. © Survival In an official report, Paraguay’s Department of Indian Affairs INDI has confirmed that an uncontacted tribe is living...
View ArticleVedanta’s PR campaign backfires as Bollywood celebs pull out
The Dongria Kondh reasserted their pledge never to leave the Niyamgiri Hills, at a festival in February.© Bikash Khemka/Survival A bid by British mining giant Vedanta Resources to repair its tarnished...
View ArticleOutrage at ‘Freakshow TV’ as reporter brands Amazon tribe child murderers
Paul Raffaele said a Suruwaha girl refused to shake his hand because she wanted to kill him. In fact, he was wearing so much sun cream the Suruwaha thought he had a skin disease.© Channel 7 An...
View ArticleVIP ‘human safari’ organized by top cop tasked with ending scandal
Jarawa woman from the Andamans. Her tribe is at risk from 'human safaris'.© Survival The second most senior policeman on the Andamans has been caught organizing a VIP ‘human safari’ despite being...
View ArticleYanomami spokesman warns UN of mining threat
Yanomami Indians, Brazil© Fiona Watson/Survival Yanomami shaman and spokesman Davi Kopenawa warned the UN in Geneva this week of the dangers illegal gold mining is bringing to his people. Davi stated...
View ArticleLeaked map reveals Ethiopia’s mass evictions plan
Two Dassanach girls in the Omo Valley. They are one of many tribes under threat.© Survival Ethiopian authorities have inadvertently revealed the existence of highly ambitious plans to resettle Lower...
View ArticleAmazon road spells disaster for Indians
The proposed road threatens some of the world's last uncontacted tribes in Brazil and Peru.© Survival Peru’s largest protected area is on the verge of being invaded by a road, which threatens to...
View ArticleBushmen make a splash on World Water Day
Bushman girls enjoy water from the well at Mothomelo© Vox United/Survival For the first time in ten years, Botswana’s Bushmen are celebrating World Water Day as they enjoy unobstructed access to the...
View Article‘Genocide’ risk in Brazil despite UN push to end racism
Illegal logging could destroy the Awá, who are the world's most threatened tribe.© Fiona Watson/Survival Calls are growing to stop ‘a real situation of genocide’ inside Brazil’s Amazon, as the UN...
View ArticlePapuan leaders imprisoned for treason
Indonesia's brutal crackdown on last October's peaceful rally claimed many victims.© Tapol/Down to Earth/West Papua Media Five Papuan leaders have been found guilty of treason and sentenced to three...
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