German NGO launches uncontacted tribes campaign
A German NGO has launched a campaign to protect the rights and lives of some of the world’s last uncontacted tribes living in the remote Peruvian Amazon.
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Tribe forms human chain to keep British company off sacred mountain
Hundreds of members of the Dongria Kondh tribe, together with many tribal and non-tribal allies, formed a human chain at the base of their sacred Niyamgiri mountain on the 27th January to prevent British mining giant Vedanta from bulldozing it.
Christmas killing spree and increased repression in West Papua
There is mounting evidence that violence and repression in West Papua are intensifying. Over the Christmas and New Year period, there were several reports of killings and shootings, and a rise in ‘accidental deaths’.
Leader of Mro tribe released from prison
Ranglai Mro, leader of the remote Mro (or Mru) people of the Chittagong Hill Tracts, was released on bail today after almost two years in prison.
Illegal miners murder Yekuana Indian
Illegal goldminers shot dead a Yekuana leader and injured his son on Wednesday in the Brazilian state of Roraima.
Anglo-French oil company faces billion dollar headache in Amazon
An Anglo-French oil company hoping to drill for oil on uncontacted tribes’ land in the Peruvian Amazon may be forced to abandon the project after the government threatened to withdraw investment in it.
Indigenous delegation travel down Amazon to World Social Forum
A delegation of one hundred Indigenous leaders and representatives of Indigenous organizations is travelling by ship down the Amazon to the World Social Forum.
Indigenous leaders' inauguration
In the month the world saw the inauguration of the first African-American as president of the United States, two Indigenous leaders were inaugurated as mayor and vice-mayor of a town in the Brazilian state of Amazonas.