Botswana:Bushman case adjourned until 4 September 29 August 2006The 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.
Bangladesh:Rape and torture in the Chittagong Hill Tracts 23 August 2006Violence 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 2006A 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 2006The 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 2006The 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 2006On 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 2006Brazils 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 2006Bishops 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'.
