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Brazil: Good news for Raposa-Serra do Sol
1 December 2002
Four tribes in northern Brazil have won a huge victory in the Brazilian courts. For decades the Makuxi, Wapixana, Ingaricá and Taurepang have fought for the full legal recognition of their land, an area known as Raposa-Serra do Sol. 
Brazil: Good news for Raposa-Serra do Sol
1 December 2002
Four tribes in northern Brazil have won a huge victory in the Brazilian courts. For decades the Makuxi, Wapixana, Ingaricó and Taurepang have fought for the full legal recognition of their land, an area known as Raposa-Serra do Sol. 
Brazil: Guarani-Kaiowá of Brazil win land rights
12 November 2002
The Guarani-Kaiowá Indians of Cerro Marangatu in Brazil have won back their land after 50 years. Last week, Brazil's Minister of Justice signed a bill for the demarcation of 9,300 hectares of land, covering the Cerro Marangatu area, stolen from the Guaran 
Brazil: Evicted Guarani-Kaiowá camp on the roadside
31 October 2002
During the night of 12 October 2002, about 200 Kaiowá Indians were thrown out of the village of Tey Cuê in an area called Caarapó, and are now camped on the side of a highway near the town of Dourados, under plastic tarpaulins. Their homes and possessions 
Botswana: UN Condems Botswana's Racism
31 August 2002
A report released by the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination condemns Botswana's treatment of the 'Bushmen' as racist . The report, released in August 2002, criticises both Botswana's eviction of the Gana and Gwi Bushmen f 
Paraguay: Uncontacted Indians in danger
31 August 2002
The last uncontacted Indians south of the Amazon basin are being squeezed from all sides. With their last refuge gradually being overrun, they have nowhere left to hide. 
Brazil: Guarani: respected shaman dies
31 August 2002
Paulito Aquino, a Kaiowá shaman and one of Brazil's oldest citizens, died on 3 September 2002 in his village of Panambizinho in Mato Grosso do Sul state, Brazil. Reckoned to be aged about 120, he had witnessed massive changes in his long life. His Kaiowá 
Botswana: Diamonds bring despair for the Bushmen
31 July 2002
'Why must I move? They will kill me for my land... We are oppressed until we die, and soon there will be no one left.' Mogetse Kaboikanyo, who died in June 2002 after being forced to move. 
Peru: Peru - alert over loggers
1 June 2002
An increasing number of loggers are now encroaching on the land of uncontacted Indians in south-east Peru. FENAMAD, the regional Indian organisation, has issued an urgent alert about this. The land the loggers are entering, home to groups of the Yora, Ama 
India: Indian Supreme Court protects tribes
26 May 2002
The Supreme Court of India has issued an unprecedented order which at a stroke removes three of the biggest threats to the isolated Jarawa tribe on India's Andaman Islands. Peru: Reserve for uncontacted Indians
1 May 2002
The Peruvian government has announced the creation of a State Reserve for uncontacted tribes in the south-east of the country, who include the Yora. The creation of the reserve is extremely good news for these vulnerable tribes; Survival has been calling 
Canada: Canadian natives help isolated tribe in India
19 March 2002
A Canadian chief is today calling on an Indian court to prevent the recently contacted Jarawa tribe from being brought out of their forest home. Local authorities in the Andaman Islands, Indian territories in the Bay of Bengal, planned to remove the nomad Botswana: Worldwide ad campaign launched for Bushmen
28 February 2002
Survival, the worldwide organisation supporting tribal peoples, launches an international advertising campaign on 2 March. The advertisements highlight the persecution of the Gana and Gwi Bushmen of the Central Kalahari Game Reserve in Botswana. 
Sudan: Good news for the Nuba?
28 February 2002
Over the last ten years the Nuba tribes of central Sudan have been caught in the middle of the vicious civil war between the Islamist government of Sudan and the rebel movement based in the south of the country. Botswana: Bushmen silenced and barred from ancestral lands
24 February 2002
The Botswana government last week denied the Gana and Gwi Bushmen still in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve their only means of communication with the outside world, and turned back Bushmen bringing them essential supplies of food and water. 
Kenya: Kenyan President implicated in tribal forest land grab
10 February 2002
Kenyan President Daniel arap Moi has been exposed as one of the main beneficiaries of a controversial plan to cut down nearly 70,000 hectares (170,000 acres) of Kenya's remaining forest, much of it in the Mau forest, home of Kenya's Ogiek tribe. 
Indonesia: Papuan leader killed amid military build-up
31 January 2002
Papuan peoples have suffered greatly under the Indonesian occupation which has been in force since 1963. The Indonesian army has a long history of human rights violations against the Papuans - including killings, arbitrary arrests, rape and torture. 
India: India considers closing 'road of death'
31 January 2002
Survival's campaign for the recently-contacted Jarawa tribe in India's Andaman Islands is having a significant impact. Now events are creating a unique opportunity to ensure their survival.
