Australia:Aboriginal organisations condemn government response 30 July 2007One month after the Australian government set up an 'emergency response taskforce' to tackle widespread child abuse in Aboriginal communities, its actions have been widely condemned by Aboriginal organisations.
Bangladesh:Jumma leader sentenced to 17 years in jail 27 July 2007Ranglai Mro, a Jumma leader from the Chittagong Hill Tracts in Bangladesh, has been sentenced to 17 years in jail after protesting against the eviction of his people from their land to make way for an army training centre.
Malaysia:Penan – ‘Our forests are disappearing’ 26 July 2007Nine Penan leaders from Sarawak, Malaysia, told visitors to the World Rainforest Music Festival this month that their rainforest home was disappearing.
Peru:Indians ask court to ban oil exploration 20 July 2007Peru?s Amazon Indian organisation, AIDESEP, has applied to the courts for oil exploration and drilling to be banned in parts of the Peruvian Amazon inhabited by uncontacted tribes.
Botswana:UN Human Rights Committee to examine Botswana 19 July 2007Survival has submitted a report to the UN Human Rights Committee detailing the Botswana government?s failure to implement the December 2006 ruling in the case of the Kalahari Bushmen.
Brazil:Guarani leader assassinated 17 July 2007Ortiz Lopes, a Guarani Kaiowá Indian, was murdered by a gunman on 8 July. The assassin approached his home, called him outside and shot him at point blank range.
Peru:Uncontacted tribes compared to 'Loch Ness monster' 11 July 2007A spokeswoman for Peru's state oil company, Perupetro, has questioned the existence of uncontacted tribes in the Peruvian Amazon by comparing them to the Loch Ness monster.
Peru:Oil industry told to keep off uncontacted tribes’ land 5 July 2007Oil companies from all over the world have been warned by Peru?s national indigenous peoples? organization not to explore for oil in areas where uncontacted tribes live.
