UNESCO calls for ‘urgent safeguarding’ of Amazon Indians’ fishing ritual
Fish are a crucial part of the Enawene Nawe's diet© Fiona Watson/Survival An Amazonian tribe’s fishing ritual has been recognized by UNESCO as one of humanity’s priceless treasures. The UN body has...
View ArticleSurvival reveals ten hidden abuses against tribes on Human Rights Day
Xoroxloo Duxee died of dehydration after the Bushmen's water borehole was disabled. © Survival Survival is releasing ten tribal rights abuses ahead of UN Human Rights Day this Saturday, to expose...
View ArticleParaguay to hand over indigenous land
Enxet child in the Chaco region of northern Paraguay. © Jonathan Mazower/Survival The Paraguayan government has this week signed an agreement with Enxet Indians to hand back 1,000 hectares of their...
View ArticleViolence engulfs Kenyan tribe just miles from royal hideaway
A displaced Samburu elder from Kenya's Laikipia district © Samburu Watch/Survival A Kenyan tribe living near the area famous for its links to Prince William and Kate Middleton’s engagement has been...
View ArticleGuarani man dies of gunshot wound following attack
Guarani man. The Guarani have been suffering increasing threats and violence in recent months.© Joaó Ripper/Survival A Guarani Indian from central Brazil has died of his injuries, two years after his...
View ArticleJumma woman killed as tension mounts in Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh
The body of Chigon Mila Chakma, who was killed on Wednesday© Survival A Jumma tribal woman, Chigon Mila Chakma, was killed in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh when settlers attacked Jummas at...
View ArticleChristmas reindeer mystery as world’s largest herd plummets
The reindeer is central to the lives and cultures of indigenous peoples across the sub-Arctic© Joelle Taillon/Survival The world’s largest reindeer herd has plummeted in size, with local indigenous...
View ArticlePolice involvement in ‘human safaris’ exposed in the Andaman Islands
Tourist films Jarawa on the Andaman Trunk Road© Survival British newspaper The Observer has revealed evidence of police involvement in ‘human safaris’ in India’s Andaman Islands. The scandal, first...
View ArticleLoggers invade tribal home of Amazon Indian child 'burned alive'
Awá men travel down a road cut by loggers.© Uirá Garcia Loggers have invaded the Amazon home of uncontacted Awá Indians, one of whom has reportedly been ‘burned alive’. Members of the Guajajara tribe,...
View ArticleUndercover audio tape proves Andaman ‘human safaris’ continue
Vehicles queue to enter the Jarawa reserve along the Andaman Trunk Road© G Chamberlain/ Survival A secret recording of a tour operator in the Andaman Islands telling an undercover journalist to...
View Article'Mainstreaming' the Jarawa would be a disaster says Survival International
Tourist films Jarawa on the Andaman Trunk Road© Survival Any attempt to ‘mainstream’ the Jarawa by force would be a disaster, said Survival International, in a statement today. ‘By mainstreaming, what...
View ArticleRevealed: Survival International alerted Andaman authorities to human safaris...
Vehicles queue to enter the Jarawa reserve along the Andaman Trunk Road© G Chamberlain/ Survival The Andaman authorities were alerted to the existence of human safaris two years ago by Survival...
View Article‘Evidence of attack’ discovered where Indian child was reportedly ‘burned...
An Awá man whose uncontacted relatives were victims of an alleged attack by loggers© Survival An investigation into the reported killing of an uncontacted Indian child by loggers, has uncovered...
View ArticleFurther threats as Guarani Indians remember murdered leader
Nísio Gomes, a Guarani shaman shot dead by gunmen© Survival Guarani Indians in Brazil have come under further threat since gunmen murdered their leader Nísio Gomes last November. The Guarani of...
View ArticleGerman travel industry warns Samburu eviction could harm Kenya tourism
A Samburu girl from Kenya. The tribe has suffered violent evictions.© Adrian Arbib/Survival The German travel industry has called on Kenya to find a solution to the recent evictions of the Samburu...
View ArticleTwo years after Andaman tribe dies, another 'faces extinction'
Boa Sr died exactly two years ago. She was the last member of the Bo tribe.© Anvita Abbi/Survival Two years after India’s Andaman Islands lost the last speaker of ‘Bo’, a leading linguist has warned...
View ArticleUp close one year later: startling new photos of uncontacted Indians released
Today's photos are the closest sightings of uncontacted Indians ever recorded on camera© D.Cortijo/uncontactedtribes.org Survival International has released close-up pictures of uncontacted Indians,...
View ArticleBrazilian Indians fear imminent eviction from ancestral land
Guarani man. © Joaó Ripper/Survival A community of Guarani Indians in Brazil has spoken of its ‘fear, despair and deep pain’, after being served with an eviction order requiring it to leave its land....
View ArticleUK MPs call for end to ‘human safaris’ as new video proves police link
Jarawa girls. Newly released videos show Jarawa women being ordered to dance.© Survival The ‘human safaris’ scandal in the Andaman Islands has reached the British Parliament, with MPs tabling a motion...
View ArticleIllegal loggers seized days after photos of uncontacted Indians released
Illegal logging threatens Peru's uncontacted Mashco-Piro. © D.Cortijo/uncontactedtribes.org Peru has raided an illegal logging site in the Manú National Park, just days after the world caught its...
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