Ethnic conflict in Ecuador’s Yasuni National Park
Waorani land in Ecuador is under huge pressure from oil companies and loggers © John WrightIn the last month there have been reports of two violent incidents in Ecuador’s Yasuni National Park involving...
View ArticleEnxet Indians take back their land
Convicted fraudster Heribert Roedel bought up ancestral Enxet territory in Paraguay – and then evicted the Indians. © H Roedel’s Facebook pageA group of Enxet Indians in western Paraguay have moved...
View ArticleBrazil ignores deadline to save Earth's most threatened tribe
The Awá are scared to go hunting in the forest because they fear attacks by illegal loggers.© SurvivalBrazil’s authorities have ignored an urgent deadline by a federal judge to evict all invaders from...
View ArticleBan upheld: Avatar tribe ‘to decide’ future of Vedanta mine
India's Supreme Court has recognized the Dongria Kondh's right to worship their sacred mountain in a landmark decision.© SurvivalIn a landmark ruling, the Indian Supreme Court today rejected an appeal...
View ArticleWorldwide protests to stop Amazon gas project expansion
Protesters will carry placards symbolizing the lethal effects of the Camisea project on Peru's uncontacted tribes.© SurvivalSurvival International supporters will protest outside Peruvian embassies and...
View ArticleBrazilian Indians occupy Congress in land protest
Brazilian Indians protest in Congress against constitutional amendments© José Cruz/ABrAs Brazil marks its annual ‘Day of the Indian’ today, hundreds of Brazilian Indians of various tribes invaded and...
View ArticleIndonesian military ‘development’ program spreads fear in West Papua
The military presence in West Papua is almost always accompanied by human rights violations such as killings, arbitrary arrests, rape and torture. © Survival InternationalPapuan leaders have voiced...
View ArticleWorldwide protests demand protection for Peru's uncontacted tribes
Protesters in London wearing gas masks and carrying placards to symbolize the lethal effects of the Camisea project on Peru's uncontacted tribes.© SurvivalSurvival International supporters held...
View Article'Lost' report exposes Brazilian Indian genocide
Umutima shaman in 1957. In 1969 most of the Umutima were wiped out by a flu epidemic. © José Idoyaga/SurvivalA shocking report detailing horrific atrocities committed against Brazilian Indians in the...
View ArticleSurvival launches tourism boycott of India’s Andaman Islands
Still of video showing Jarawa girls forced to dance for tourists.© AnonSurvival International has today launched a tourism boycott of India’s Andaman Islands, until the degrading practice of ‘human...
View ArticleAwá's plight reaches top human rights watchdog
The Americas' leading human rights body has been called upon to save the Awá, Earth's most threatened tribe, from illegal invaders on their land.© SurvivalThe Inter-American Commission on Human Rights...
View ArticleLandmark operation evicts illegal ranchers from Yanomami land
The Yanomami are celebrating the start of an operation to remove illegal ranchers from their land© Fiona Watson/SurvivalThe Brazilian authorities have begun an operation to remove eleven illegal...
View ArticleBrazilian Indians forced to leave mega-dam site
Amazon Indians have been protesting against Belo Monte for years© Marcello Casal Jr/ABrThe Brazilian authorities have evicted Indians from the Belo Monte dam site, where they were protesting for their...
View ArticleGuatemala’s former dictator convicted of genocide
Thousands of indigenous people in Guatemala were tortured or killed during the military dictatorship of José Efrain Ríos Montt.© Survival InternationalA former general who presided over a reign of...
View ArticleAwá woman’s death highlights government neglect
Ajrua Awá's death is a huge loss to her community© D Pugliese/ SurvivalAn Awá woman has died of an easily treatable disease, despite the Brazilian government receiving funds from a mining company for...
View ArticleCelebrities back Earth's most threatened tribe
Internationally renowned fashion designer Vivienne Westwood has called on Brazil to save Earth's most threatened tribe. (Image can only be used in connection with Survival International's Awá...
View ArticleThousands join travel boycott of India's Andaman Islands
Survival's call to stop tourists traveling through the Jarawa's land has been backed by thousands.© Ariberto De Blasoni/SurvivalJust weeks after Survival launched a tourism boycott of India’s Andaman...
View ArticleBushmen face imminent eviction for 'wildlife corridor'
A Bushman community in southern Botswana is facing imminent eviction from their land for a 'wildlife corridor'.© SurvivalSurvival International has received disturbing reports about an imminent...
View ArticleAmazon Indian to climb Ben Nevis
Nixiwaka Yawanawá is set to be the first Amazon Indian to climb Ben Nevis.© Survival InternationalNixiwaka Yawanawá, a 26-year-old Yawanawá Indian from Brazil, is set to be the first Amazon Indian to...
View ArticleBushman eviction suspended
The Botswana government has repeatedly attempted to evict Bushmen from their land, but many have defiantly resisted leaving their ancestral homes. © Dominick TylerBushmen from Ranyane in southern...
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