Kalahari Bushman appeals to African Commission
Region: Botswana
A Bushman from a settlement deep in Botswana’s Central Kalahari Game Reserve has travelled to the Gambia to ask the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights for help. Speaking at the African Commis... more
Views: 1737International NGOs unite against oil giants
Region: Peru
Survival has sent a letter signed by more than fifty leading NGOs to oil companies Perenco, Repsol-YPF and ConocoPhillips to demand their immediate withdrawal from an area inhabited by uncontacted tribes in Peru. Ama... more
Views: 1459Survival wins Hollywood award for tribal rights film
Region: United States
Survival International’s film ‘Mine: Story of a Sacred Mountain’ has won the award for ‘Best Short’ in the category of International Human Rights at the Artivist Film Festival to be held in ... more
Views: 1325Botswana government renews insults to Bushmen
Region: Botswana
Botswana’s minister of environment, wildlife and tourism is the most recent government official to make disparaging remarks about the Kalahari Bushmen. In an interview with the BBC, Kitso Mokaila said, ‘I... more
Views: 1292Survival protestors target World Travel Market
Region: United Kingdom (Great Britain)
Visitors to the World Travel Market will today be greeted by protestors from human rights organization, Survival International, calling for a boycott of Botswana tourism. Survival launched its boycott in September over ... more
Views: 766Celebrities back call to boycott Botswana diamonds
Region: Botswana
Survival International will tomorrow call for a boycott of Botswana diamonds over the government’s treatment of the Kalahari Bushmen. The tribal peoples’ rights organization is also urging the public to boyc... more
Views: 578Survival invokes Nehru in call for India tribal welfare rethink
Region: India
Survival International has invoked the words of India’s first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, in a call for India to put land rights and choice at the heart of tribal welfare. Survival’s director Stephe... more
Views: 660Indians demand answers as Amazon is sold
Region: Peru
Peru’s latest Amazon auction has been challenged by indigenous groups after it emerged that they may not have been consulted before their land was sold off to foreign oil companies last week. An open letter ... more
Views: 984Cyberterrorism knocks out tribal rights organization
Region: United Kingdom (Great Britain)
Human rights organization Survival International has been targeted by a massive cyberattack, knocking its website offline. Survival believes the attack is likely to originate with the Botswana or Indones... more
Views: 1707Troubled Vedanta loses appeal for controversial refinery
Region: India
The Indian government has blocked FTSE 100 company Vedanta Resources’ plan to expand its highly controversial alumina refinery below the Niyamgiri hills in Orissa, in the latest setback for the compan... more
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