Peru:New law threatens uncontacted tribes 30 October 2007The existence of some of the world's last uncontacted tribes has been threatened by a new law passed by the Peruvian government.
Germany:Brazilian Indian leader – Germany must sign international law 26 October 2007Brazilian shaman Davi Yanomami delivered a letter to the German Chancellor’s office this week, urging the German government to sign the key international law on tribal peoples, ILO Convention 169.
Brazil:Police arrest health officials for fraud 26 October 2007Federal police in Brazil arrested 35 people suspected of misappropriation of funds from the National Health Foundation, FUNASA, in the state of Roraima yesterday.
UK:Yanomami leader - Britain must sign international law 17 October 2007Brazilian shaman Davi Yanomami today delivered a letter to 10 Downing Street calling on the UK government to ratify ILO Convention 169, the key international law on tribal peoples.
UK:Brazilian shaman’s visit – ‘Buying rainforest won’t save it’ 10 October 2007The visit to London by a renowned Yanomami Indian leader from Brazilian Amazonia will throw a spotlight on the increasingly exaggerated claims of organisations engaged in schemes to ‘buy the rainforest’.
Botswana:Government crackdown on Bushman hunters 9 October 2007Six Bushmen have been arrested for hunting in New Xade resettlement camp, according to First People of the Kalahari, a Bushman human rights organisation.
Botswana:Bushmen report further arrests, beatings 4 October 2007A Bushman human rights organisation today reported that at least ten men in Kaudwane resettlement camp have been arrested and beaten by wildlife officials for hunting.
UK:Tattoo artists bare all for Survival 2 October 2007Top UK tattoo artists are tastefully baring their all in a new 2008 calendar going on sale this week in support of Survival.
Peru:'They exist' - uncontacted Indians spotted from the air 1 October 2007Twenty-one uncontacted Indians have been spotted from the air during a flight over one of the most remote parts of the Peruvian rainforest. Their territory is currently being targeted by illegal loggers.
