‘Kill us all, then bury us here’: desperate appeal of Indians facing eviction
The Guarani are forced to make a perilous river crossing using a narrow cable to get food supplies.© MPF/SurvivalA group of Brazilian Indians who endured violence and death to return to their land...
View ArticleLondon visit by Indonesian President fuels human rights protests
Survival’s protest will coincide with the arrival of Indonesia’s President in London.© SurvivalSurvival International will join dozens of protesters tomorrow (October 31), to demonstrate against...
View ArticleHuman rights protest mars Indonesia’s state visit to London
Dozens of protesters gathered outside Downing Street to mark the visit of Indonesia's President to the UK© SurvivalA demonstration by Survival International and dozens of human rights protesters has...
View ArticleYanomami mark 20 years of land recognition
Yanomami greet guests attending the seventh Assembly of Hutakara Yanomami Association at Watoriki © Fiona Watson/SurvivalSome 700 Yanomami from many communities in Brazil recently gathered for the 7th...
View ArticleIn pictures: Tanzania’s Hadza mark land rights milestone one year on
Hadza hunters in Tanzania use the song of an African bird to guide them to bees’ nests in baobab trees.© Joanna Eede/ SurvivalSurvival International has published a picture gallery to celebrate the...
View ArticleEarth’s most threatened tribe make unprecedented visit to Brazil’s capital
Members of the Awá have made a rare trip to Brasilia to urge Brazil to evict illegal invaders.© SurvivalFifteen members of Earth’s most threatened tribe have made an unprecedented visit to Brazil’s...
View ArticleTourists leafleted at Machu Picchu over uncontacted tribes
Survival's leaflets highlight the plight of uncontacted Indians only 100km from Machu Picchu© SurvivalSurvival has launched a leafleting campaign targeting tourists arriving at Machu Picchu in Peru....
View ArticleHarassed and imprisoned: activists held for peaceful protests in India
Medha Patkar had vowed to go on hunger strike until her release.© K. ShanmughamVeteran human rights campaigner Medha Patkar has been released after being detained by police in the Indian state of...
View ArticleColombian Indian leader escapes assassination attempt
Rogelio Mejía has narrowly survived an assassination bid.© SurvivalOne of Colombia’s most important Indian leaders has narrowly escaped an attempt on his life. Rogelio Mejía, the leader of the Arhuaco...
View ArticleUS food giant accused over biofuel 'tainted with Indian blood'
A Guarani man in front of sugarcane crops, grown where the tribe’s forests once stood.© SurvivalA US food giant has been implicated in a sugarcane scandal in Brazil that has kept an entire indigenous...
View ArticlePenan set deadline for dam demands
Penan man, Sarawak, Malaysia.© Robin Hanbury-Tenison/SurvivalMembers of Malaysia’s Penan tribe have suspended their lengthy blockade of the Murum dam site, and given the Sarawak government an...
View ArticleBrazilian mining giant given green light for perilous railway plan
Awá man. The Awá are warning the expansion of the Carajás railway could bring disastrous consequences© Fiona Watson/SurvivalThe Brazilian government has given the go-ahead for a railway project that...
View ArticleBrazilian Indians' water 'poisoned' in bitter land dispute
Guarani Indians of Ypo’i community in Brazil.© MPFA community of Brazilian Indians say their main source of water has been poisoned by one of the state’s most controversial ranches. The Guarani from...
View ArticleRussian indigenous peoples’ organization ordered to close
A Khanty man in Siberia© Jon SpaullAn organization representing indigenous peoples in Russia has been ordered to close, in the country’s latest crackdown on NGOs. The Ministry of Justice said it was...
View ArticleChristmas crisis for Canada’s iconic reindeer herd
Tribes all around the world, such as Russia’s Nenets, depend on reindeer for their survival. © Steve MorganA reindeer herd which was once the largest in the world has shrunk to a fraction of its former...
View ArticleNaked truth of Earth’s most threatened tribe laid bare by worldwide demo
Stickers with the demand ‘Brazil: Save the Awá’, will be used during Survival's worldwide protest.© SurvivalSurvival will hold a worldwide demonstration on December 10 to urge Brazil, on Human Rights...
View ArticleThousands join rally of defiance as Vedanta mine ruling postponed
Thousands marched to voice their continued opposition to plans to mine the Niyamgiri Hills.© Bikash Khemka/SurvivalA rally of defiance was held at the foothills of India’s Niyamgiri Hills on Thursday,...
View ArticleWorldwide solidarity on Human Rights Day for Earth’s most threatened tribe
A London supporter in carnival costume carried a message for Brazil to 'Save the Awá'.© SurvivalSurvival supporters around the world held an international protest on UN Human Rights Day, urging Brazil...
View ArticleSiberian Evenk indigenous organization under attack
Evenk boy with reindeer© Raipon/SurvivalMasked gunmen have raided the offices of a Siberian tribal community in Russia, kidnapping two men and taking them to undisclosed locations. After weeks of...
View ArticleBushmen beaten, suffocated and buried alive for killing an antelope
Kebonyeng Kepese has been arrested and beaten for hunting to feed his family. © Survival Paramilitary police have severely beaten two Bushmen, burying one in a shallow grave, after accusing them of...
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