West Papuans' United Nations Plea for the Bushmen
A West Papuan delegation to the UN Commission on Human Rights has made a plea in solidarity with the Gana and Gwi Bushmen.
A West Papuan delegation to the UN Commission on Human Rights has made a plea in solidarity with the Gana and Gwi Bushmen.
A group of previously uncontacted Ayoreo Indians has emerged from the forests of Paraguay, under pressure from deforestation all around them. The 17 people (five men, seven women and five children) are in excellent health, but acutely short of water.
Facing the threat of eviction, the Ogiek call on the Kenyan government to recognise their right to their forest territory.
Papua has been besieged by conflict for the past four decades, with an estimated 100,000 tribal people killed during that time.
To mark Valentine's Day Survival has launched a postcard campaign calling for a boycott of De Beers and the Somali supermodel Iman.
Survival supporters around the world are handing in a 100,000 signature petition to Botswana embassies and consulates this week.
The Botswana government is marking the second anniversary of its expulsion of Gana and Gwi 'Bushmen' from their land by carrying out a new wave of harassment.
Two years after the Botswana government evicted hundreds of Gana and Gwi 'Bushmen' from their ancestral land, the authorities are now stepping up their persecution.