Peru:British TV company deny allegations about Peru visit 27 March 2008The British TV company Cicada Films has denied being responsible for a flu epidemic in a remote region of Peru that according to local Indians caused four deaths.
Global:Survival names winner of the 'most racist article of the year' award 19 March 2008An article comparing Paraguayan Indians to cancer and describing them as ‘Neolithic’, ‘out-of-date’ and ‘filthy’ has been named by Survival as the ‘most racist article’ in the mainstream media published in the last year.
France:President Mogae to be met by protestors during French visit 19 March 2008Supporters of Survival International in France will hold a peaceful demonstration in support of the Kalahari Bushmen on Friday, to coincide with an official visit from Botswana’s president, Festus Mogae.
Brazil:Ranchers threaten Enawene Nawe Indians 17 March 2008A group of armed men have walked into an Enawene Nawe fishing camp in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso, and threatened the Indians with reprisals unless they leave.
UK:Demonstrators prepare for Minghella/Curtis film premiere 13 March 2008Human rights group Survival International will be holding a protest outside the premiere of Anthony Minghella and Richard Curtis’s latest film The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency.
Botswana:Survival protest yesterday – ‘Bushman women dying for diamonds’ 13 March 2008Botswana’s Attorney General, the Governor of the Bank of Botswana and the CEO of De Beers Botswana were greeted in London yesterday by protesters holding blown-up photographs of Bushman women who have died due to the eviction of the Bushmen from their lan
Colombia:Bombing and assassination bring civil war to Amazon nomads 12 March 2008One of the Amazon’s last nomadic tribes, the Nukak, has become tragically caught up in the aftermath of the recent hostage deal negotiated in Colombia between the government and left-wing FARC guerrillas.
Chile:Key international law on tribal peoples ratified 11 March 2008Chile has signed up to the world’s key international law on tribal peoples, following Spain and Nepal to become the third country to sign in the last eighteen months.
UK:Survival protest – ‘Bushman women dying for diamonds’ 10 March 2008Survival International will hold a peaceful protest in support of the Kalahari Bushmen outside a public meeting hosted by the Botswana diamond industry at Chatham House in London.
