Tribal peoples' water being destroyed by industry and governments
Survival International today releases a summary report which shows how tribal peoples are having their basic right to water denied.
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President Mogae to be met by protestors during French visit
Supporters of Survival International in France will hold a peaceful demonstration in support of the Kalahari Bushmen on Friday, to coincide with an official visit from Botswana’s president, Festus Mogae.
Survival names winner of the 'most racist article of the year' award
An article comparing Paraguayan Indians to cancer and describing them as ‘Neolithic’, ‘out-of-date’ and ‘filthy’ has been named by Survival as the ‘most racist article’ in the mainstream media published in the last year.
UN Human Rights Committee to examine Botswana
The UN Human Rights Committee will meet this week to examine Botswana’s human rights record.
Ranchers threaten Enawene Nawe Indians
A group of armed men have walked into an Enawene Nawe fishing camp in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso, and threatened the Indians with reprisals unless they leave.
Survival protest yesterday – ‘Bushman women dying for diamonds’
Botswana’s Attorney General, the Governor of the Bank of Botswana and the CEO of De Beers Botswana were greeted in London yesterday by protesters holding blown-up photographs of Bushman women who have died due to the eviction of the Bushmen from their lan
Rahul Gandhi speaks out against British company’s plan to mine sacred mountain
Rahul Gandhi, general secretary of India’s ruling Congress Party, has spoken out against British company Vedanta’s plans to mine the Dongria Kondh tribe’s sacred mountain.
Demonstrators prepare for Minghella/Curtis film premiere
Human rights group Survival International will be holding a protest outside the premiere of Anthony Minghella and Richard Curtis’s latest film The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency.