India: Prominent Indigenous activist violently arrested during International Women’s Day event
The prominent Indigenous activist, Hidme Markam, was arrested last Tuesday.
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NEWS: Unique photo exhibition will highlight Yanomami’s plight
An exhibition of the extraordinary work of Brazilian photographer Claudia Andujar, opening in June at the Barbican in London.
Brazil: Indigenous people fight Covid and Bolsonaro
Brazil’s indigenous people are being decimated by a crippling second wave of Covid-19.
Threats to Peru’s uncontacted tribes prompt emergency appeal to Inter-American Commission
An indigenous organization in Peru has appealed to the Americas’ top human rights body.
Uncontacted tribe under threat after Senator’s secret plot to open up their territory
Brazilian Senator is plotting to open up the Ituna Itatá indigenous territory.
Brazil: 439,000 signature petition to be handed in to Congress for Yanomami Covid campaign
The "MinersOutCovidOut" petition calls for the immediate expulsion of 20,000 illegal miners from inside the Yanomami Indigenous Territory.
Top missionary official in Brazil forced out for second time
An evangelical missionary has been forced from his job as head of the Uncontacted Tribes Unit in Brazil.
WWF releases report on its human rights abuses
WWF has released a report it commissioned on its human rights abuses in the Congo Basin, India and Nepal.