Nukak’s desperate plea to return home
Region: Colombia
A leader of the Nukak tribe from the Colombian Amazon has made a desperate appeal for his people’s survival before the country’s top human rights committee. ’We want to return to our forest,’ s... more
Views: 2167Borneo tribes under threat from massive palm oil expansion
Region: Malaysia
The hunter-gatherer Penan and other tribes are under threat from new plans to expand palm oil plantations massively in the Malaysian state of Sarawak. The Sarawak government has announced plans to double the area used f... more
Views: 1471Survival calls on Obama to support the UN Declaration on indigenous rights
Region: United States
To mark tomorrow's opening of the White House Tribal Nations Conference, Survival International has called on President Obama to support the UN Declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples. The United States is the on... more
Views: 1401Botswana government rejects high-profile court ruling
Region: Botswana
Four years on from a court victory which saw the Kalahari Bushmen win the right to live on their ancestral lands, the Botswana government has issued a statement flouting the ruling. In 2002, the Botswana government forc... more
Views: 1306Botswana president in racist outburst against Kalahari Bushmen
Region: Botswana
In an astonishing outburst, Botswana’s president has described the Kalahari Bushmen as ‘primeval’, ‘primitive’ and ‘backward’. Speaking at the country’s largest diamond mi... more
Views: 1695New films on Guarani plight mark UN Human Rights Day
Region: Brazil
Survival International has today released two short films highlighting the plight of the Guarani Indians in Brazil, to mark UN Human Rights Day (December 10th). The film ‘One must have courage’ reveals the ... more
Views: 724Double ‘green energy’ threat to Borneo tribes’ rainforest
Region: Malaysia
As environment ministers from around the world meet in Mexico for the UN climate change conference, tribes in the rainforests of Borneo are facing a double ‘green energy’ threat as hydroelectric dams destroy ... more
Views: 1860Alternative Nobel Prize Bishop blasts Guarani ‘genocide in progress’
Region: Brazil
Catholic Bishop Erwin Kräutler has accepted the Right Livelihood Award, known as the ‘Alternative Nobel Prize’, for his work defending the rights of Brazilian tribes. He was honored ‘for a lifet... more
Views: 1156US-backed elite Indonesian forces target churchmen and civilians
Region: Indonesia
A leading churchman in West Papua has called on President Obama to withdraw US cooperation with Indonesia’s elite ‘Kopassus’ forces, after finding himself on a military ‘enemies’ list. Kopa... more
Views: 2283Rancher defies court order – Brazilian Indians still hostage
Region: Brazil
A beleaguered Indian community in Brazil which has been cut off from the outside world by the rancher who has taken over their lands is still imprisoned, despite winning a recent court ruling. The Guarani community ... more
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