Survival tells UN Jarawa tribe could be wiped out
Survival International has submitted a report to the UN warning that the Jarawa tribe of the Andaman Islands could be wiped out unless the Indian government acts to protect them.
News from the Jarawa
Police to be trained to protect Jarawa tribe
The authorities on the Andaman Islands have begun a training programme for local police and welfare staff charged with protecting the Jarawa tribe.
Vigils in London and Paris as Jarawa tribe faces extinction
Survival will hold vigils tomorrow, 10 October, in London and Paris in support of the Jarawa tribe of the Andaman Islands, India. The Jarawa are in danger of being wiped out by settlers and poachers invading their land.
Fourteen arrested in clampdown on poachers
Police in the Andaman islands have arrested 14 men who illegally entered the reserve of the isolated Jarawa tribe. Survival and groups in the islands have been urging the government to clamp down on rampant poaching in the reserve.
50,000 sign to support Andaman tribe – Sonia Gandhi receives petition
Survival has presented a petition with 50,000 signatures in support of the Jarawa tribe to Sonia Gandhi in Delhi and to the Indian High Commission in London.
Conflict with Jarawa as poachers overrun tribes land
A man from the isolated Jarawa tribe has been beaten up by a poacher hunting illegally on the tribe's land.
Doctors confirm Jarawa have measles
Doctors on the Andaman Islands have confirmed that members of the Jarawa tribe have been suffering from measles.
Top officials fly to Andamans as disease strikes Jarawa tribe
A group of top Indian officials flew to the Andaman Islands on Friday, at the end of the week in which news broke of a disease epidemic among the isolated Jarawa tribe.
Disease strikes 16% of isolated Andaman tribe
Forty-two children from the isolated Jarawa tribe of the Andaman Islands have been hit by disease in the last three weeks, in an epidemic which could wipe them out.
Isolated Andaman tribe hit by measles epidemic
The isolated Jarawa tribe of the Andaman Islands in the Indian Ocean have been hit by a measles epidemic which could wipe them out. Seven Jarawa children have been admitted to hospital.