Peru:Leader wins Goldman Prize for defending uncontacted tribes 25 April 2007Indigenous leader Julio Cusirichi Palacios has won the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize for his work defending the rights and lives of uncontacted tribes in the Peruvian Amazon.
Peru:Government warned uncontacted tribes at 'great risk' 24 April 2007Peru?s national indigenous peoples? organization has urged the Peruvian government to protect uncontacted tribes living in the most remote parts of the Peruvian Amazon.
Peru:Oil chief ? Do uncontacted tribes really exist? 22 April 2007The president of Perupetro, the government body responsible for granting oil exploration licences, has caused outrage after calling into doubt the existence of uncontacted Indian tribes in the Peruvian Amazon.
Peru:Ombudsman - Oil threatens uncontacted tribes 19 April 2007Peru's Ombudsman, the top human rights body in the country, has warned the Peruvian government that uncontacted Indian tribes are threatened with extinction by oil exploration.
Peru: IACHR ? Uncontacted tribes must be protected 1 April 2007The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) has urged the Peruvian government to protect some of the world?s last uncontacted Indian tribes.
