Amazon nomads demand justice 3 December 201010 Awá Indians have traveled from the Amazon to Brazil's capital, to demand that the authorities protect their land
Aboriginal anger at gas project plans 8 October 2010Plans by the Premier of Western Australia to force through a massive gas project have aroused Aboriginal anger.
Amazon Indians fight controversial mega dam 19 August 2010Hundreds of Indians participated in a landmark protest highlighting the threat to their survival posed by the Belo Monte dam
Anti-Vedanta tribal leaders abducted 10 August 2010Two leaders of the tribal resistance to a mine planned by Vedanta have been abducted at gunpoint and are missing.
Colombian indigenous leader shot dead by hitman 6 August 2010Leader of the Colombian Wayúu tribe was allegedly killed by a paramilitary hitman after organizing indigenous rights demonstrations.
New wave of violence in West Papua 22 June 2010The Indonesian military and para-military police have launched a violent operation against Papuan tribal people in the Punkak Jaya region.
Blood samples return to Amazon Indians 20 May 2010Research centers in the United States are to return thousands of blood samples of Yanomami Indians to the tribe.
Mark Rylance becomes Survival ambassador 1 April 2010Olivier Award winning actor and long-term Survival supporter, Mark Rylance, has become an ambassador for Survival
‘Pioneering' plan to give Bushmen armbands as tourist lodge opens 1 April 2010In a major announcement, Botswana’s government today responded to critics of its ‘immoral policy’ of allowing safari lodges with swimming pools in the Kalahari while the Bushmen who live there are denied access to water.
Deadly pipeline threat to uncontacted tribes 25 March 2010Anglo-French oil company Perenco has revealed plans to build a pipeline deep into the heart of uncontacted tribes’ land in the Amazon rainforest.
Giant dam to devastate 200,000 tribal people in Ethiopia 23 March 2010A massive hydroelectric dam project on Ethiopia’s Omo River will devastate at least 200,000 tribal people, human rights organization Survival International said today.
Uncontacted tribes threatened by 'thousands of explosions' 22 March 2010A pioneer scientific study has revealed how some of the world’s last uncontacted tribes are threatened by ‘the detonation of thousands of seismic explosives’ on their land.
Bushmen mark eight years without water 21 March 2010As the world marks World Water Day, the Gana and Gwi Bushmen of Botswana are marking eight years without access to a regular supply of water in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve.
UN report means no oil exploration on uncontacted tribes’ land 17 March 2010A report by a major UN body urges Peru’s government to suspend the hunt for natural resources on indigenous land if the people living there have not given their full consent.
Vedanta mine slammed by Indian government team 16 March 2010A team of experts from the Indian government has released a damning report on the activities of FTSE 100 company Vedanta Resources, and its plans to mine for bauxite on tribal land in Orissa, India.
Vedanta snubs British government again 12 March 2010Vedanta Resources has once again snubbed a British government investigation into its planned mine in Orissa, India, by labelling government calls for a change in its corporate behaviour ‘one-sided’, and urging it to ‘rest the case’.
Bari Indians speak at landmark Supreme Court hearing 11 March 2010Thirteen Bari Indians attended an historic hearing at the Supreme Court in Caracas last week, to defend their right to own their ancestral land.
Britain’s Foreign Office criticized for misleading public about Botswana 11 March 2010A London barrister has criticized the UK’s Foreign Office of for failing to acknowledge on its website that the Botswana government ’s illegally and forcibly removed treatment of the Gana and Gwi Bushmen from their ancestral lands. on its website.
Legal blow for controversial Andaman tourist resort 10 March 2010Weeks after the last member of the Bo tribe died on the Andaman Islands, an Indian court has moved to protect the neighbouring Jarawa tribe by suspending the operation of a controversial tourist resort.
Stars line up in West End to celebrate tribal peoples 9 March 2010Survival International is proud to announce ‘WE ARE ONE – a celebration of tribal peoples’, a fundraising evening in aid of Survival International created and directed by Mark Rylance, on Sunday 18 April at the Apollo Theatre.
Borneo dams chief under media scrutiny 24 February 2010The CEO of the company overseeing a massive dam project on Penan tribal land in the Malaysian part of Borneo has come under scrutiny in his native Norway over violations of indigenous rights.
New Aboriginal community offers glimmer of hope 23 February 2010A group of Alyawarr Aborigines have abandoned their central Australian settlement, and set up a new community at a place called Honeymoon Bore.
Bangladesh: Tribal people killed and villages burnt in army and settler attack 22 February 2010Reliable sources report that at least six Jumma tribal people were killed, and hundreds of houses burnt to the ground, in an attack by soldiers and settlers on tribal villages in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh on Saturday.
Survival applauds Rowntree decision to sell Vedanta shares over ethical concerns 18 February 2010Survival International welcomes the news that the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust is selling its shares in Vedanta Resources due to concerns over the company's human rights record. Two other shareholders, the Marlborough Ethical Fund and Millfield House
Bushmen denied right to vote 17 February 2010Over 400 Bushmen were denied the right to vote in Botswana’s 2009 general election, with five Bushman communities inside the Central Kalahari Game Reserve omitted from the electoral register.
Indonesia bans book on West Papua 12 February 2010The Indonesian government has banned a book on the repression of human rights in Papua.
Amnesty slams Vedanta Resources 11 February 2010Amnesty International this week released a report condemning the behaviour of FTSE 100 mining company Vedanta Resources.
Botswana High Commissioner targeted by Survival protestors 10 February 2010Botswana’s High Commissioner to the UK, Roy Blackbeard, will be met by protestors when he attends the opening of an exhibition celebrating Botswana in central London today.
Bushmen angry at president’s empty meeting 9 February 2010Hundreds of Bushmen were left angry and frustrated after the Botswana president refused to enter into discussions with them during a meeting on Thursday.
Tribal people appeal to James Cameron 8 February 2010Tribal peoples’ rights organization Survival International has appealed to Avatar director James Cameron on behalf of an Indian tribe through an advert in the film industry magazine Variety (published today 9 February 2010).
Church takes 'unprecedented' step to sell stake in Vedanta 5 February 2010In a shock move, the Church of England decided to disinvest from controversial miner Vedanta Resources on ethical grounds, dealing a devastating blow to the company’s credibility.
Extinct: Andaman tribe’s extermination complete as last member dies 4 February 2010Boa Sr, who died last week aged around 85, was the last speaker of ‘Bo’, one of the ten Great Andamanese languages. The Bo are thought to have lived in the Andaman Islands for as much as 65,000 years, making them the descendants of one of the oldest human
Protestors gather at Tiffany stores worldwide 3 February 2010Survival supporters demonstrated today outside Tiffany stores in London, San Francisco, Madrid, Paris and Berlin to protest at the company funding water boreholes for game animals on Bushman land where the people are forbidden access to their own borehole
Demonstrations in Kenya against Ethiopian dam 2 February 2010Demonstrators have protested in Kenya against a controversial dam that threatens the survival of a hundred thousand indigenous people.
Tiffany's target of global Survival protest 2 February 2010Survival supporters will tomorrow demonstrate outside Tiffany stores in five countries to protest at the company funding water boreholes for game animals on Bushman land where the people are forbidden access to their own borehole.
Penan feature in Eden Project oil palm exhibit 1 February 2010A new exhibit at the world famous UK visitor attraction the Eden Project features the Penan of Sarawak and the destruction of their forests to make way for oil palm plantations.
HIV reaches Yanomami in Amazon 27 January 2010Brazil’s National Health Foundation, FUNASA, has confirmed the first case of HIV amongst the Yanomami Indians in northern Brazil.
‘Avatar is real’, say tribal people 25 January 2010Following the film ‘Avatar’’s win at the Golden Globes, tribal people have claimed that the film tells the real story of their lives today.
UN publishes report detailing ‘critical situation’ of indigenous people 21 January 2010The United Nations has released a report highlighting the challenges faced by indigenous peoples, describing their situation as ‘critical’, and urging that land rights are crucial for their cultural and physical survival.
Avatar is not a fantasy, says Survival 19 January 2010Director James Cameron received his Golden Globes awards for ‘Avatar’ yesterday, and revealed one of the central ideas of the film.
Peru will hold ‘Amazon auction’ in April 9 January 2010Peru’s government has announced it will hold an auction for oil and gas concessions towards the end of April.
Expedition confirms existence of uncontacted Indians 8 January 2010An expedition conducted by FUNAI (Brazil’s Indigenous Affairs Department) has confirmed the existence of a group of uncontacted Indians in Maranhão state in the eastern Amazon.
Swine flu hits Yanomami in Brazilian Amazon 7 January 2010Two Yanomami men have contracted the swine flu virus, and it is suspected that a ten year old boy from the same community has also been infected.
Indigenous organisation rejects Perenco on its land 5 January 2010An indigenous organisation in Peru is demanding that companies stop entering its land without permission, citing Anglo-French company Perenco as an example.
