Uncontacted tribes’ situation to be investigated
Latin America’s top human rights body has announced it will visit Peru to ‘investigate the situation of uncontacted tribes’ in the country, according to reports.
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Bushmen and Survival force De Beers withdrawal from Kalahari reserve
De Beers says it has stopped operations on the land of the Kalahari Bushmen in Botswana because those it consulted did not agree with its plan to explore for diamonds near a Bushman community.
Police shoot Tupinambá Indians
Several Tupinambá Indians in the Brazilian state of Bahia have been shot with rubber bullets, as large numbers of heavily armed federal police entered their community without warning in a conflict over land rights.
Washington hears threats to uncontacted tribes
Peru's national Amazon Indian organisation has appeared before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), based in Washington, to detail the threats facing Peru's uncontacted tribes.
Quentin Blake designs Christmas card for Survival
The world’s best-loved illustrator, Quentin Blake, has designed a 2008 Christmas card to mark Survival International’s 40th anniversary.
Company destroying uncontacted tribe's land is condemned
A Brazilian company destroying the territory of Paraguay's only group of uncontacted Indians has been condemned by Paraguay's government watchdog.
Indians plead for world’s help to save uncontacted relatives
Four Indians, including one man whose first contact with the outside world was just four years ago, have journeyed to Paraguay's capital city, Asunción, to appeal for help to save their uncontacted relatives.
Tribe dances in mass protest against British mining company
Hundreds of members of the Dongria Kondh tribe danced and sang through the capital of the Indian state of Orissa on Monday, to mark their opposition to British company Vedanta’s plans to mine their sacred mountain.