Human rights investigators in India have been harassed and intimidated by large gangs of men apparently paid to stop any outsiders reaching the site of a controversial proposed mine in India.
A draft report on the violent conflict in the Peruvian Amazon in June has drawn widespread condemnation from organisations in Peru.
An editorial in one of Botswana’s leading daily newspapers, Mmegi, has criticized the Botswana government for its racist attitude and undemocratic actions towards the Bushmen.
Yukpa Indian leader, Sabino Romero, has been detained following the deaths of two Yukpa in a fight
The human rights organization Survival International celebrates its 40th birthday this month, and is highlighting the huge advances in tribal peoples’ rights since 1969.
Metals giant Vedanta Resources’ Indian subsidiary has launched an unprecedented attack on Survival International, apparently to drive their researchers out of an area where the company is planning to mine.
Amnesty International (AI) is ‘urgently’ pressing the Peruvian government to suspend companies whose work could affect the rights of Indigenous people.
A Malaysian politician has said that the Penan tribe of Borneo must ‘stop living in the jungles’, according to the country’s Star newspaper.