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Botswana: Bushmen send thanks to Survival supporters
20 December 2006 As the full meaning of their historic court win starts to sink in, the Bushmen have sent a message to Survival supporters around the world, whose generosity has been so crucial in bringing about their victory.
Botswana: Survival welcomes governments decision not to appeal court ruling
19 December 2006 Survival International today welcomed the statement by the Botswana government that it would not appeal last weeks historic High Court ruling in favour of the Central Kalahari Bushmen.
Spain: Key international law on indigenous peoples ratified
18 December 2006 Spain on Wednesday signed up to the world's key international law on indigenous peoples' rights, becoming only the fourth European country to do so.
Botswana: Bushmen give their reaction to historic court win
14 December 2006 Bushmen involved in Wednesdays historic court victory in Botswana have today been giving their reaction.
Botswana: Bushmen win landmark legal case
13 December 2006 Scenes of jubilation greeted the Botswana High Court's ruling today in favour of the Kalahari Bushmen.
Botswana: Bushmen await judgement on Wednesday
11 December 2006 Judges in Botswanas High Court will rule on Wednesday on the landmark case brought by the Kalahari Bushmen against the Botswana government.
Sri Lanka: Wanniyala-Aetto fined for trespassing on their land
6 December 2006 Two Wanniyala-Aetto men have been fined for trespassing on their own land in an attempt to return to their hunting grounds.
Botswana: Bushmen renew appeal to DiCaprio as diamond companies move in
5 December 2006 The Kalahari Bushmen have renewed their desperate appeal to Leonardo DiCaprio as diamond companies begin exploration on their land.
Botswana: March to Parliament to condemn Bushman evictions
4 December 2006 Around 200 people took to the streets in Botswana's capital Gaborone on Saturday to protest the government's refusal to allow the Bushmen of the Central Kalahari to return to their ancestral homes.
Global: UN declaration on indigenous people blocked
30 November 2006 Final approval at the UN General Assembly of the declaration on indigenous peoples rights has been blocked by a group of African countries led by Namibia, and supported by Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Russia.
Botswana: Bushman case - court to rule on 13 December
29 November 2006 Judges in Botswanas High Court will rule on 13 December on the landmark case brought by the Kalahari Bushmen against the Botswana government.
Botswana: Kenyan hunter-gatherers call on Botswana to learn from our experience.
28 November 2006 Two Kenyan hunter-gatherers who travelled 2,800 km to investigate the plight of the Kalahari Bushmen have called on Botswanas government to learn from our experience.
Botswana: Kenyan hunter-gatherers detained and questioned by Botswana authorities
27 November 2006 Two Ogiek hunter-gatherers visiting Botswana to investigate the situation of the Kalahari Bushmen have been detained and questioned by the authorities.
Bolivia: Protection for isolated Indians
23 November 2006 The Bolivian government has created a reserve especially for isolated Indians. The reserve, created to protect the isolated Toromona tribe, is almost 19,000 sq km, and prohibits all logging activity, oil exploration and mining.
Botswana: Kenyan hunter-gatherers in press conference with Bushmen
22 November 2006 Two members of the hunter-gatherer Ogiek tribe of Kenya will hold a joint press conference in Gaborone tomorrow, 23 November, with Bushman organisation First People of the Kalahari.
Malaysia: Tribe holds out against loggers
20 November 2006 A small group of nomads on the island of Borneo are continuing to defy loggers targeting their rainforest home.
Colombia: New diseases hit nomads as government stands by
17 November 2006 The nomadic Nukak-Maku, one of the last hunter-gatherer tribes in the world, has been hit by tuberculosis and chicken pox, putting their survival at serious risk.
Botswana: Opposition party stands with the Bushmen
17 November 2006 One of Botswanas leading opposition parties, the Botswana Congress Party (BCP), has attacked President Mogae over the eviction of the Bushmen.
Botswana: Diamond companies move in as AIDS takes hold of evicted Bushmen
16 November 2006 A new wave of diamond exploration is sweeping the lands of the Kalahari Bushmen in Botswana.
Botswana: Tragedy of mother's death highlights growing AIDS crisis
15 November 2006 A 29-year-old Gana Bushman woman from the Central Kalahari has died of AIDS in New Xade resettlement camp, Botswana. Tumelo Sebelegangwana leaves one child of her own, and two children of her sister, who died earlier of TB.
Peru: Survival campaigner investigates uncontacted Amazon tribes
13 November 2006 A Survival campaigner has recently returned from a trip to the Peruvian Amazon to identify areas inhabited by uncontacted tribes.
Brazil: Brazil: Land for last survivor of unknown Amazon tribe
9 November 2006 The last survivor of an unknown Amazon tribe is to be given more land to ensure his survival.
Botswana: Archbishop Tutu condemns Bushman evictions
7 November 2006 Archbishop Desmond Tutu has condemned the eviction of the Kalahari Bushmen and has appealed to the Botswana government not to destroy them.
Brazil: Uncontacted Indian child found dead in Amazon
3 November 2006 The body of an isolated Indian child has been discovered in the Brazilian Amazon, in the state of Maranhão. An Indian from the Guajajara tribe came across the remains of the body whilst out hunting.
Peru: Historic double triumph for Indians over oil companies
2 November 2006 A Chinese oil company, SAPET, exploring in the southeast Peruvian Amazon has announced it will not enter territory inhabited by isolated Indians.
Colombia: Suicide of Amazon nomad leader
25 October 2006 A leader of the nomadic Nukak tribe has committed suicide after drinking a poison usually used by his people to kill fish.
Brazil: Landmark trial begins
24 October 2006 19 years after the murder of Vicente Canas, the trial of those accused of killing him began today in Cuiabá, capital of Mato Grosso state.
Venezuela: Miners set fire to Yekuana and Sanema houses
24 October 2006 Communal houses belonging to Yekuana and Sanema Indians living in the Caura river basin, in the southern state of Bolivar, have been burned down by gold miners. Indian leaders have received death threats and one was beaten up by miners.
Brazil: Guarani Indian mother of four commits suicide
20 October 2006 Teresa Murilha, a young Guarani Kaiowá mother of four children, killed herself on 11 October. Her oldest son found her body hanging from the rafters of their shack in the community of Paso Piraju.
Australia: Aborigines win 'native title' over Perth
19 October 2006 The Noongar Aborigines, traditional owners of the land surrounding Western Australia's capital city, Perth, have won legal recognition of their ownership in a landmark court ruling.
Peru: Oil company 'won't drill on isolated Indians' land'
18 October 2006 An oil company exploring for oil in the Peruvian Amazon has announced that it will not enter the territory of isolated Indians, even though the area was inside its concession.
Botswana: African human rights watchdog slams Botswanas treatment of Bushmen
17 October 2006 The African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights (ACHPR), the continents top human rights body, is about to publish its report on indigenous peoples in Botswana.
Brazil: Ranchers threaten Enawene Nawe Indians
13 October 2006 Cattle ranchers have threatened Enawene Nawe Indians with reprisals if they attempt to visit the Rio Preto, an area where the Indians build dams to trap fish every year.
Kenya: Two Ogiek killed in violent land clash
13 October 2006 Two Ogiek have died after several days of violent clashes between Ogiek and a neighbouring tribe, the Kipsigis (Kalenjin).
Botswana: Trial of Bushman activists postponed
11 October 2006 The court case in which 23 Gana and Gwi Bushmen were due to appear this week has been postponed until next February. The 23 face up to one year in prison for 'unlawful assembly'.
Botswana: Bushman supporters challenge President Mogae in New York
11 October 2006 American supporters of the Gana and Gwi Bushmen challenged President Mogae of Botswana at a diamonds for development meeting in New York yesterday.
USA: President of Botswana in New York to promote diamonds as Bushman campaign intensifies
9 October 2006 President Mogae of Botswana is due in New York tomorrow to promote his countrys diamonds, amid increasing concern over the eviction of the Bushmen from the Central Kalahari.
Global: Vigils in London and Paris as Jarawa tribe faces extinction
9 October 2006 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.
Botswana: Government censors media reporting on Bushmen
6 October 2006 A senior Botswana government official has ordered all the state media, including Botswana Television and Radio, to use positive government statements when reporting on the eviction of Gana and Gwi Bushmen from the Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR).
Botswana: Bushman activists face jail
6 October 2006 Bushman human rights activists in Botswana are to appear in court on Monday. They face up to one year in jail on charges of 'unlawful assembly'.
Colombia: Amazon nomads ask to go home
5 October 2006 The nomadic Nukak tribe, who were recently moved by Colombian authorities to a new camp far from their traditional lands, have asked to return to their own homes. The plea comes after the death of a nine year old Nukak boy and a severe flu epidemic which
Global: ICJ and Survival call on UN General Assembly to approve indigenous declaration
2 October 2006 ICJ and Survival call on UN General Assembly to approve indigenous declaration
South Africa: South Africa: Khomani Bushman elder dies
28 September 2006 Sanna, the Khomani Bushman, whose photograph features on Survivals Bushmen arent Forever poster campaign, died last month.
Colombia: International experts visit the Nukak
27 September 2006 A team of international experts are today due to visit the nomadic Nukak tribe, who fled their forest home after Colombias drug war overran them.
Botswana: De Beers donation to High Court arouses criticism
27 September 2006 De Beers Botswana has made a 100,000 pula ($15,000) donation to the country's High Court, bringing accusations of interference in the judicial system.
South Africa: Bushman play to be staged next week
25 September 2006 A play telling the story of the eviction of the Gana and Gwi Bushmen and their campaign to return to their land is being staged in Bloemfontein in South Africa next week.
Botswana: Opposition party condemns evictions of Bushmen
22 September 2006 The Botswana Congress Party (BCP), one of the country's leading opposition parties, has condemned the Botswana governments eviction of the Bushmen from the Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR).
India: Fourteen arrested in clampdown on poachers
21 September 2006 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.
Colombia: Epidemic hits nomadic Amazon tribe
20 September 2006 The nomadic Nukak tribe, who fled their jungle homes after being caught up in Colombias civil war, have been hit by a flu epidemic.
Global: Bushmen appeal to Leonardo diCaprio
18 September 2006 The Kalahari Bushmen of Botswana have made a desperate appeal for help to Leonardo DiCaprio, who stars in the forthcoming film The Blood Diamond. The appeal appears today as a full-page advert in Variety magazine.
Sri Lanka: Ten Wanniyala-Aetto arrested for trespassing on their own land
14 September 2006 Ten Wanniyala-Aetto people have been arrested for trespassing on their own land in an attempt to return to their hunting grounds. They face trial later this year.
Indonesia: New wave of police violence in Papua
13 September 2006 Indonesian police have unleashed a new wave of violence against the tribal people of Papua. Survival has received numerous reports of torture, mal-treatment and extra-judicial killings committed by the police this year.
India: 50,000 sign to support Andaman tribe - Sonia Gandhi receives petition
12 September 2006 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.
Botswana: Bushman case court to rule on 13 December
11 September 2006 As the final arguments came to a close in the Kalahari Bushmens court case against the Botswana government on Friday, the court announced that a judgement will be made on 13 December.
Botswana: Attorney Bushmen have legal rights to their land
7 September 2006 As a group of Bushmen arrived in court this week to hear the final legal arguments in their case against the Botswana government, their attorney argued that they have the legal right to occupy and use their land.
Brazil: Indians denounce destruction of fishing waters
6 September 2006 A group of Indians have denounced the destruction of their most important river. The Enawene Nawe tribe are angry that the rainforest bordering the Rio Preto, an abundant source of fish, is being rapidly destroyed by cattle ranchers.
Botswana: Eviction of Bushmen unlawful and unconstitutional
5 September 2006 Botswanas high court began hearing the Bushmens lawyer present his final arguments yesterday. Lawyer Gordon Bennett argued that the eviction of the Bushmen was unlawful, unconstitutional and was done without their consent.
Sweden: Solidarity demonstration as Bushmens case ends
4 September 2006 The Swedish Network Leave the Bushmen alone! held a demonstration today outside the Embassy of Botswana in Stockholm, in support of the Gana and Gwi Bushmen.
Botswana: Bushman case adjourned until 4 September
29 August 2006 The Gana and Gwi Bushmens landmark court case against the Botswana government has been adjourned until 4 September. The lawyers were due to present their final arguments to the court this week.
Botswana: Opposition party condemns colonial-style forced relocation of Bushmen
24 August 2006 One of Botswanas main opposition parties, the Botswana National Front (BNF), has branded the Botswana governments eviction of the Gana and Gwi Bushmen from their land as indefensible.
Bangladesh: Rape and torture in the Chittagong Hill Tracts
23 August 2006 Violence continues against the Jumma tribal people of Bangladesh. On 12 July a Jumma shopkeeper was arrested by the army in Mahalchari. He was severely beaten and tortured, and was given electric shocks.
Brazil: Arara Indians under 'threat of extinction'
17 August 2006 A federal prosecutor has ordered FUNAI, the Brazilian government's Indian affairs department, to draw up a plan to recognise the land of a group of Arara Indians.
Botswana: Bushman case court to hear final arguments 28 August
16 August 2006 The Kalahari Bushmens landmark court case against the Botswana government will reach a crucial stage at the end of August as the lawyers present their final arguments to the court.
Colombia: Nukak return to the forest
14 August 2006 The isolated tribe of Amazonian nomads who fled their rainforest home in Colombia as fighting engulfed them are returning to the forest.
Global: Indigenous peoples win historic vote on rights Canada votes against
7 August 2006 On UN Indigenous Peoples Day (9 August), Survival welcomes the UN Human Rights Councils historic vote in favour of the declaration on indigenous peoples rights. Canada and Russia were the only two countries on the council to vote against .
Brazil: Supreme Court upholds genocide ruling
4 August 2006 Brazils highest court, the Federal Supreme Court, yesterday upheld the conviction of genocide against four goldminers who murdered 16 Yanomami Indians in 1993.
Brazil: Bishops warn of genocide of uncontacted Indians
3 August 2006 Bishops and other religious leaders in the Amazonian state of Mato Grosso are warning that uncontacted Indians of the Rio Pardo are 'suffering the imminent threat of genocide'.
Global: Mary Robinson - Survival's 'little book contains the big message'
3 August 2006 Mary Robinson, former President of Ireland and former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, has praised Survival's newly launched cartoon book, There you go! by Oren Ginzburg.
Botswana: More arrests as hounding of Bushmen intensifies
28 July 2006 The Botswana government's crackdown on Bushmen found hunting to feed their families has entered a new phase. Survival has received reports that five Bushmen were arrested within the last week in the relocation camp at Kaudwane for hunting duikers (a small
Paraguay: Indians denounce illegal logging
27 July 2006 A group of Ayoreo Indians has angrily condemned the landowners who are logging their territory illegally. Senior government officials have travelled to the Ayoreo's villages to investigate.
Global: New cartoon book satirises 'development'
25 July 2006 A biting critique of how tribal peoples are being destroyed in the name of 'development' is being launched by Survival. The critique is presented in a cartoon book designed to be read in two minutes.
Botswana: Bushman hunters arrested and charged
20 July 2006 Two Bushmen have been arrested, tortured and charged with hunting an antelope illegally.
UK: BBC launches second series of hit TV show Tribe
14 July 2006 Bruce Parry, presenter of BBC 2s hit television show Tribe, has urged viewers of the programme to support tribal peoples by getting involved with Survival. The second series of Tribe starts this Sunday 16 July, at 9pm.
UK: Virginia Indians arrive in UK to commemorate 400 years since English settlement
12 July 2006 A group of Virginia Indians arrive in Gravesend, England the resting place of Pocahontas tomorrow to start commemorations of the founding of Jamestown, the first permanent English-speaking settlement in the New World.
UK: Kelvingrove Museum reopens with new tribal peoples display
10 July 2006 Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in Glasgow reopened this morning with a new interactive display on tribal peoples, developed in association with Survival.
Malaysia: Penan We will keep on the struggle for our forest forever
7 July 2006 Malaysian logging company Interhill has dismantled a road blockade mounted in Sarawak by members of the Penan tribe to prevent the company cutting down their forest.
Brazil: Brazil: Xavante Indians launch campaign to save river basin
5 July 2006 Xavante Indians blockaded a national highway in Mato Grosso state to draw attention to the devastating impact of soya cultivation on the Rio das Mortes river basin.
Botswana: Bushman support grows as court case 2 years old
4 July 2006 Tomorrow, 5 July, marks two years since the Kalahari Bushmens legal case against the Botswana government began. In a groundswell of support, 135 Bushmen have asked to be added to the original list of 243 applicants.
India: Conflict with Jarawa as poachers overrun tribes land
4 July 2006 A man from the isolated Jarawa tribe has been beaten up by a poacher hunting illegally on the tribe's land.
France: Survival participates in opening of new tribal art museum
30 June 2006 A major new museum of indigenous art has opened in Paris. The Musée du Quai Branly displays indigenous art from Africa, Asia and Australia.
Global: UN Human Rights Council approves text of indigenous rights declaration
30 June 2006 In a historic vote which brought a standing ovation from those present, the UNs Human Rights Council in Geneva has this week approved the text of a declaration on indigenous peoples rights.
USA: Italian mountaineer treks across Alaska to save Gwichin land
29 June 2006 Italian mountain guide Ario Sciolari has completed a 5-month solo trek across Alaska to raise awareness of the threat to the land of the Gwichin Indians.
France: France 2 withdraws 'Chameleons' TV show
28 June 2006 French TV station France 2 has withdrawn a controversial TV show featuring tribal peoples, following a letter from human rights organisations denouncing the show as derogatory.
France: Survival leaflets Christie's as De Beers jewellery is auctioned
27 June 2006 Survival supporters handed out leaflets about the eviction of the Kalahari Bushmen outside Christies in Paris on 27 June as De Beers diamond jewellery was auctioned inside.
UK: Bushman supporters target Botswana investors conference
27 June 2006 Supporters of the Central Kalahari Bushmen protested outside a conference for investors in Botswana held in London today.
Botswana: Lancet: Eviction from land is bad for Bushmens health
26 June 2006 The Lancet, the worlds leading medical journal, has published an article heavily criticising the Botswana governments eviction of the Gana and Gwi Bushmen from the Central Kalahari Game Reserve.
Botswana: Bushmen holding out in reserve appeal for help
22 June 2006 The last group of Bushmen still holding out inside the Central Kalahari Game Reserve have smuggled out an appeal for help.
Botswana: Survivals director Stephen Corry interviewed
21 June 2006 Survival has published an interview today with director Stephen Corry, conducted by a supporter from Botswana.
Ethiopia: Mursi eviction fears grow
19 June 2006 The Mursi, a nomadic, cattle-herding people living in the Omo National Park in southwest Ethiopia, fear eviction from their ancestral lands in the name of conservation. If evicted, they will lose precious agricultural and grazing lands which are central
Brazil: New report highlights increased violence and suicide among indigenous peoples
15 June 2006 New report highlights increased violence and suicide among indigenous peoples
Global: Survival and ten other leading charities launch code of conduct
9 June 2006 Survival International and ten other leading charities have launched a ground-breaking code of conduct for NGOs (non-governmental organisations).
Botswana: Tortured Bushmen to appear in court
8 June 2006 Eight Bushmen who were beaten and tortured by wildlife officials in April are appearing in court this week.
Global: The Lancet: Indigenous people's health worst in world
2 June 2006 The medical journal The Lancet has this week launched a high-profile series of articles highlighting the shocking health crisis facing indigenous peoples worldwide.
Botswana: Angelina Jolie - Kalahari Bushmen cry for help
1 June 2006 The Kalahari Bushmen in Botswana have sent a desperate plea for help to actress Angelina Jolie, who gave birth to a daughter on Saturday in neighbouring Namibia.
Canada: Book exposing Innu persecution wins award
31 May 2006 Professor Colin Samson, associate and supporter of Survival International, has won the prestigious Pierre Savard Award for his book on the forced assimilation of the Innu people of the Labrador-Québec peninsula.
Brazil: Guarani celebrate court victory
26 May 2006 A tribunal has ruled that the Guarani Kaiowá community of Paso Piraju should not be evicted from their land.
Botswana: Bushman court case - concluding arguments to be heard in August
25 May 2006 The lawyers representing the Gana and Gwi Bushmen of the Kalahari will present their final arguments to the High Court of Botswana in August this year.
UK: UK: Shamans from Amazon on unique music tour
25 May 2006 For the first time, a group of Mehinaku shaman musicians from the Brazilian Amazon will tour the UK. They will perform with the renowned Brazilian singer and composer, Marlui Miranda, and British musicians.
Brazil: Arara Indians fight for land
23 May 2006 The Arara Indians of Brazil are fighting to save their land, Cachoeira Seca (Dry Rapids). The territory has been invaded on a massive scale by settlers and loggers.
Brazil: Isolated tribes celebrate land victory
22 May 2006 Two of Brazil's smallest and most isolated tribes now face a more secure future after President Lula ratified (signed into law) their land. The signing of the decree took place on Brazil's national 'Indian Day', April 19.
India: Doctors confirm Jarawa have measles
19 May 2006 Doctors on the Andaman Islands have confirmed that members of the Jarawa tribe have been suffering from measles.
Botswana: Longest court case concludes Bushmen receive death threats
18 May 2006 Botswanas longest-running court case, brought by the Bushmen against the Botswana government, concluded on Tuesday. Over 10% of the 243 applicants have died in the government resettlement camps since the case was filed.
Colombia: Nukak tribe We are being wiped out
18 May 2006 The reclusive Nukak tribe, who hit headlines worldwide this month after fleeing their forest home, are caught up in a violent civil war between guerrillas and the Colombian army.
India: Top officials fly to Andamans as disease strikes Jarawa tribe
15 May 2006 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.
India: Disease strikes 16% of isolated Andaman tribe
10 May 2006 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.
India: Isolated Andaman tribe hit by measles epidemic
8 May 2006 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.
Botswana: Government witness says 'I don't remember' 36 times
4 May 2006 During cross-examination by the lawyer for the Bushmen, the main government official in charge of the 2002 relocation of hundreds of Bushmen claimed he could remember almost nothing about the exercise.
Botswana: Lawyer Bushmens land belongs to government
28 April 2006 The Botswana governments lawyer claimed in court this week that the Gana and Gwi Bushmens home in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR) belonged to the government, and that it could decide who was allowed to live there.
Brazil: Kayapó set to fight massive dam project
27 April 2006 Mebegokre Kayapó Indians have vowed to oppose the building of five dams along the Xingu River in Amazonia. Two hundred Kayapó met recently to discuss the dams, which they fear will have a devastating impact on their land.
Peru: Isolated Indians land protected
25 April 2006 The Peruvian government has created a new reserve in the Amazon rainforest, protecting the lands of the isolated Isconahua Indians and several other indigenous tribes.
Brazil: Guarani warn of bloodbath
20 April 2006 Guarani Indians facing eviction from their land have warned of a bloodbath. The Indians are to be forced to return to the roadside where they lived in miserable conditions before 2004.
Botswana: British MP attacks Survival over Bushmen
19 April 2006 British Conservative MP Malcolm Moss has attacked Survivals campaign in support of the Gana and Gwi Bushmen.
Botswana: Bushman hunters arrested at gunpoint and tortured
12 April 2006 Eight Bushmen were arrested at gunpoint, threatened with death, and tortured last week before being held for a night in prison and charged for hunting in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, Botswana.
Brazil: Indians 'Lulas government is bad for us'
11 April 2006 Five hundred and fifty leaders from eighty-six Brazilian tribes have written an open letter slamming President Lulas governments record on indigenous peoples.
Botswana: NGOs appeal to German president over Bushmen
10 April 2006 German NGOs have written to German President Dr. Horst Köhler urging him to discuss the eviction and torture of the Gana and Gwi Bushmen with President Mogae of Botswana during his visit to Botswana this week.
Bangladesh: Fifty Jumma people injured and two raped in attacks by settlers
7 April 2006 Fifty Jumma people were injured and two Jumma women raped when Bengali settlers attacked two villages in the northern Chittagong Hill Tracts this week.
Botswana: Amnesty Chile launches Bushman rights campaign
6 April 2006 Amnesty International in Chile has launched a campaign in support of the Gana and Gwi Bushmen, adding to the growing list of international NGOs speaking out against the Botswana governments eviction of the Bushmen.
Brazil: Guarani death toll rises
4 April 2006 Two Guarani infants from the community of Ñanderú Marangatú died last week, bringing the number of deaths due to their eviction from their land in December to seven.
Colombia: Drug wars force forest nomads to flee
3 April 2006 150 Indians belonging to one of the last nomadic tribes in the Amazon have been forced to flee their land after becoming caught up in Colombias drugs war.
Botswana: British peer claims Bushman way of life is biologically less evolved
31 March 2006 Jenny Tonge, a former MP and now member of the UK's House of Lords, has sparked outrage by claiming that the Bushmen's way of life is biologically less evolved.
Botswana: Government admits Bushmen drinking themselves to death
30 March 2006 The Botswana government has admitted that evicted Bushmen are drinking themselves to death in relocation camps.
Botswana: Witness admits armed guards in Bushmen reserve
30 March 2006 A senior Botswana government official admitted under cross-examination this week that wildlife and police officers were camped around the Bushman community of Metsiamenong in December 2005 and January 2006.
Brazil: Indigenous children dying as health crisis deepens
24 March 2006 Since the Brazilian government's national health foundation, FUNASA, took over indigenous health care from non-governmental organistions last year, indigenous organisations report that diseases are spreading unchecked.
India: Government committee to determine future of Jarawa tribe
23 March 2006 The Indian government has set up a new committee to decide the future of the Jarawa tribe of the Andaman Islands.
Botswana: Mystery disease killing evicted Bushmen
22 March 2006 At least fifteen Bushmen have died suddenly of unknown causes this year in New Xade resettlement camp and three remain in a critical condition.
Indonesia: Six killed in Freeport mine protests
20 March 2006 Two Papuans, three police and an army intelligence officer were killed on teh 16th March in Papua in protests demanding the closure of the giant Freeport gold and copper mine.
USA: UN criticises US government over Western Shoshone tribe
15 March 2006 A key UN committee has censured the US government over its treatment of the Western Shoshone tribe of Nevada.
Global: British Baroness: Bushmen are 'primitive' and 'stone age'
14 March 2006 In a debate in the UK House of Lords last night, Baroness Tonge called the Kalahari Bushmens method of hunting with bows and arrows primitive and their way of life stone age.
Botswana: UN condemns Botswana government over Bushman evictions
13 March 2006 The UNs Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has reprimanded the Botswana government over its eviction and harassment of the Gana and Gwi Bushmen.
Global: Survival: Commonwealth must respect international law
13 March 2006 This Commonwealth Day (13 March) Survival International is calling for Commonwealth countries to put the genocide of tribal peoples behind them by signing up to international law.
Brazil: Amazon tribe hit by soya makes British TV news headlines
8 March 2006 The remote Enawene Nawe tribe of the Brazilian Amazon made British national TV news headlines yesterday in a hard-hitting report on the clearance of their land for soya plantations.
Botswana: Delegation faces tough questions from the UN
6 March 2006 The Botswana government faced tough questions from members of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) in Geneva on Friday over its eviction of the Gana and Gwi Bushmen from their ancestral land.
Brazil: 'Soya is killing us' says Amazon tribe
6 March 2006 As Brazils President Lula makes a state visit to the UK this week, one of the Amazons most unusual tribes is losing its land to plantations of soya that may be bound for the UK.
Botswana: Government tries to subvert Bushmens court case fundraising
3 March 2006 The Botswana government has attempted to subvert the Kalahari Bushmens efforts to raise money for their costly legal case over their eviction from their land in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve.
Paraguay: Fundamentalist missionaries make regular visits to recently-contacted group
2 March 2006 The controversial American fundamentalist missionary organisation New Tribes Mission is making weekly visits to a group of isolated Ayoreo-Totobiegosode Indians first contacted in 2004.
Botswana: Government witness: 'Bushmen spread diseases, tourists don't'
1 March 2006 The Botswana government's key 'expert witness' in the Bushmen's court case, American vet Kathy Alexander, has testified that Bushmen can spread diseases to wildlife, but tourists don't.
Peru: Uncontacted Indians flee as loggers invade
24 February 2006 Loggers operating illegally in the Purús National Park in Peru are causing large numbers of uncontacted Indians to flee from their traditional territory.
Botswana: De Beers's mine on Bushman land would be a hundred times larger than previously announced
23 February 2006 In a surprise revelation, the Botswana government has said that a diamond mine on the land of the Central Kalahari Bushmen would affect 5,027 square kilometres of land - well over a hundred times more than previously announced.
Brazil: Indigenous lands are most important barrier to Amazon deforestation
23 February 2006 A new report by a team of Brazilian and American scientists shows that indigenous territories are the most important barrier to Amazonian deforestation.
Botswana: Judges reject government evidence
21 February 2006 As the court case deciding the fate of the Gana and Gwi Bushmen continues, judges this morning upheld an objection by the Bushmen's attorney that the government lawyer had attempted to introduce evidence previously banned by the court.
Australia: Bush fires reveal ancient Aboriginal village
20 February 2006 The ancient remains of Aboriginal stone houses have been uncovered by a bush fire that burnt last month in the south-west of Victoria state.
Botswana: Bushmen's costs mount as case delayed
17 February 2006 As the court case deciding the fate of the Gana and Gwi Bushmen comes to the end of its second week in 2006, the proceedings have already fallen more than one week behind schedule.
UK: Pilger and Simpson urge journalists to drop stone age and primitive
17 February 2006 John Pilger and BBC World Affairs editor John Simpson have urged fellow journalists not to use terms such as stone age and primitive to describe contemporary tribal peoples, in a letter published in the Financial Times.
Botswana: Government witness unable to substantiate claims
9 February 2006 As the Gana and Gwi Bushmens case against the Botswana government restarted yesterday, government witness Kathleen Alexander was unable to support her claim that the Bushmen's livestock were causing diseases in wild animals.
Botswana: Bushmen back in court tomorrow
7 February 2006 The Gana and Gwi Bushmen return to court tomorrow with their case against the government of Botswana, 160 days after the government sealed off their reserve to the outside world.
India: Worlds most isolated tribe kills invaders
6 February 2006 Members of the worlds most isolated tribe, the Sentinelese of the Andaman Islands, have killed two fishermen who had illegally approached their island.
Global: Prominent journalists and Survival launch new campaign against racism in the media
31 January 2006 A new campaign launched today aims to end the portrayal of tribal people in the press as primitive and Stone Age.
Brazil: Twenty Tupinikim and Guarani Indians injured in police evictions
27 January 2006 At least twenty Tupinikim and Guarani Indians were seriously wounded last week when 120 federal police attempted to evict them from their land on behalf of the company Aracruz Cellulose.
Brazil: Indigenous policy under fire from Indians as top official visits London
24 January 2006 Brazilian Indians have called on President Lula to dismiss the countrys top Indian Affairs official Mércio Pereira Gomes, who is visiting London this week, after he implied that Indians already have enough land.
Bolivia: Bolivia's first indigenous president inaugurated
22 January 2006 Aymara Indian Evo Morales was inaugurated as President of Bolivia today, making him that country's first-ever indigenous president.
UK: Bishop of Oxford questions government on Bushman evictions
20 January 2006 The Bishop of Oxford challenged the UK government yesterday over violations of the rights of the Bushmen in Botswana.
Brazil: Recognition of Indian land may be limited
17 January 2006 The president of FUNAI, Brazils Indian Affairs department, has implied that Brazil may start to limit recognition of Indian territory because Indians already have enough land.
Botswana: Presidents office bans Bushman TV interview
13 January 2006 The office of the president of Botswana ordered Botswana Television in December not to air a scheduled programme containing an interview with Bushman leader Roy Sesana.
Botswana: Three dozen Bushmen holding out in Reserve
12 January 2006 Around three dozen Bushmen have been surviving on little other than melons and water since September at the community of Metsiamenong in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, Botswana.
India: Tribe blockades road in protest over killings
11 January 2006 Tribal people in the Indian state of Orissa are blocking a major highway in protest over the massacre of twelve people at Kalinganagar.
Brazil: Murder of Indians hits 11-year high
9 January 2006 The shooting of Guarani Kaiowá leader Dorvalino Rocha by hired gunmen on Christmas Eve brought the number of Brazilian Indians murdered in 2005 to thirty-eight the highest figure in eleven years.
India: Massacre of tribe in Orissa
5 January 2006 At least twelve tribal people died after police opened fire on a crowd at Kalinganagar in the Indian state of Orissa on Monday.

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