India:Isolated tribe not primitive says leading minister 21 March 2007On the UN Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, Survival is celebrating the success of its campaign against the use of terms like primitive and stone age to describe tribal and indigenous peoples in the media.
Botswana:Water ban - Bushman leader travels to London 19 March 2007The Botswana government has banned the Kalahari Bushmen from using their own water as UN World Water Day approaches on 22 March. A Bushman leader is travelling to London this week to protest against the ban.
Bangladesh:Arrest and torture of tribal leaders 8 March 2007The army and police in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh, arrested two Jumma tribal leaders this week, adding to the growing number of arrests since a state of emergency was declared in January.
Bangladesh:Army and police arrest and torture Jummas 6 March 2007The army and police in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh, have arrested at least nine Jumma tribal leaders this month after planting firearms in their homes. Some of those arrested have also been tortured.
UK:Tribal peoples not stone age and primitive say experts 5 March 2007The Association of Social Anthropologists (ASA), the UKs professional body for anthropologists, has condemned the use of terms like stone age and primitive to describe tribal and indigenous peoples alive today.
