Uncontacted tribe photographed near Brazil-Peru border
Members of one of the world’s last uncontacted tribes have been spotted and photographed from the air near the Brazil-Peru border.
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French company in legal battle over uncontacted tribes
A French company is locked in a legal battle with Amazon Indians over its plans to drill for oil in parts of the jungle inhabited by some of the world’s last uncontacted tribes. A hearing is due on 30 May.
Survival protest - ‘Finsbury profits from tribe’s destruction’
Survival International this morning held a demonstration outside the London PR company FINSBURY, a subsidiary of global advertising company WPP.
Survival to protest outside London PR firm
Survival will protest tomorrow, Wednesday 28 May 2008, outside London PR firm FINSBURY (45 Moorfields, London EC2Y 9AE) urging them to resign their account representing Anil Agarwal and his company Vedanta, in the interest of human rights.
Enawene Nawe Indians mount blockade
Indians from the Enawene Nawe tribe mounted a blockade of a road bridge in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso on Sunday, to protest against a complex of dams to be built upriver from their land.
‘Nobody has consulted us about dams’ say Indians
Brazilian Indians holding a mass rally this week in the Amazon town of Altamira say they have not been consulted about a series of huge dams that the Brazilian government wants to build on the Xingu River.
Jumma representative tells British MPs of repression of tribes
A representative of the Bawm people, one of the eleven ‘Jumma’ tribes of the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh, spoke to British MPs and peers yesterday about the violent repression faced by his people.
Spanish celebrities join campaign for uncontacted tribes
Two Spanish celebrities have joined Survival’s campaign to defend the rights and lives of the world’s last uncontacted tribes.