India:Supreme Court bars British company from mining sacred hills 29 November 2007India’s Supreme Court has surprised and delighted the Dongria Kondh tribe by barring the UK company Vedanta Resources Plc from mining bauxite in the sacred Niyamgiri hills in Orissa, eastern India.
Global:HIV/AIDS spreading among tribal peoples 29 November 2007HIV/AIDS is spreading among tribal peoples due to increased contact with outsiders and dramatic social change, says Survival International in its new report, ‘Progress can kill’.
Global:Tribal women ‘particularly vulnerable’ to violence 22 November 2007Survival has written to the UN expressing concern that tribal women are ‘particularly vulnerable’ to violence and sexual exploitation when outsiders invade their land.
Brazil:Four Guarani Indians shot in land conflict 21 November 2007Four Guarani Indians were shot and wounded on Saturday in a conflict with ranchers who are occupying their land in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul.
Botswana:Bushmen – back to court? 20 November 2007Bushmen in Botswana today announced they plan to return to court within a matter of weeks if the government continues to prevent them from returning home.
Brazil:Davi Kopenawa Yanomami threatened with death 16 November 2007A rancher who is illegally occupying land within the Yanomami indigenous territory in Brazil has threatened to kill renowned Yanomami leader Davi Kopenawa.
Peru:Oil chief – uncontacted tribes photos do not prove they exist 14 November 2007The chairman of Perupetro, the government body responsible for granting oil exploration licences, has said that photos of twenty-one uncontacted Indians taken recently in south-east Peru prove ‘nothing’ of their existence.
Global:Tribal people at risk of extinction from diabetes 13 November 2007As 14 November marks the first UN World Diabetes Day, a new report from Survival has highlighted the catastrophic impact of diabetes on tribal people who have been removed from their land.
Brazil:Guarani women raped as rancher’s men threaten community 12 November 2007Two Guarani women have been raped in the past month by security guards working for a rancher who is illegally occupying their land in the community of Nanderú Marangatú.
Malaysia:Iban leader arrested over oil palm dispute 9 November 2007Police in Sarawak, Malaysia, have arrested an Iban indigenous community leader. Rajang anak Sengalang was arrested from his longhouse on Wednesday.
Indonesia:West Papuan lawyer arrested for sending text message 8 November 2007Sabar Iwanggin, a lawyer who defended Papuan students arrested in 2006 after demonstrations against the Indonesian regime, has been arrested and interrogated by Indonesia’s special anti-terrorism police force, Detachment 88.
Tanzania:Hadzabe celebrate land victory 6 November 2007A safari company representing clients from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has confirmed that it has withdrawn from a deal on the Hadza tribe’s land.
Peru:President Garcia questions existence of 'unconnected’ tribes 5 November 2007Peru’s President Garcia has questioned the existence of uncontacted tribes living in the remote Peruvian rainforest. The president’s comments come just six weeks after 21 uncontacted Indians were photographed in south-east Peru.
UK:Survival advert condemns torture of Bushmen 5 November 2007Survival has placed a full-page advert in the UK’s Independent newspaper today, condemning the torture of Bushmen evicted from their land in the Kalahari in Botswana and appealing to the British public to support them.
Brazil:Enawene Nawe village burned to the ground 2 November 2007The village of the remote Enawene Nawe tribe in Brazil has burned to the ground in a fire, leaving them to rebuild their homes from scratch.
