Uncontacted tribes report is 100 days late
One hundred days after Peru’s government promised to report on the impact of illegal logging on uncontacted Indians in the remote Amazon, no report has been made public.
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Papuan bombers attack British-American mine – reprisals feared
There is more trouble for British company Rio Tinto in Indonesia – West Papuan independence fighters have attacked its Grasberg mine, which is devastating the land of the Amungme and Kamoro tribal people.
Arrows confirm uncontacted tribe’s flight across border
Arrows just discovered by government officials in one of the remotest corners of the Brazilian Amazon prove that uncontacted Indians are fleeing from Peru into Brazil.
Opposition to Guarani land rights intensifies
The Guarani Indians of the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul suffered a setback last week when FUNAI, the government's Indian affairs department, suddenly suspended studies being carried out to identify their territories.
Penan women accuse loggers of sexual abuse
Women from the Penan tribe have accused workers from two Malaysian logging companies of harassing and raping Penan women, including schoolgirls.
Jarawa tribe apprehend poachers
Frustrated by the invasion of their land by outsiders, members of the Jarawa tribe of the Andaman Islands, India, have apprehended two groups of poachers in their reserve.
Signing of international law on tribal peoples complete
Chile has become the latest country to sign the key international law on tribal peoples’ rights, becoming the third country in the last two years to do so.
Government ousts tribal leaders who oppose logging
In an attempt to break resistance by tribal communities to logging, the government of Sarawak, Malaysia, has announced that it will no longer recognise elected leaders in some Penan communities.