Indian anger at Pope's comments
Brazilian Indians have reacted with anger to Pope Benedict XVI's claim during his recent trip to Brazil that their ancestors had been 'silently longing' to become Christians when Brazil was colonised 500 years ago.
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Government restricts UN access
The Botswana government has announced that access to the country for the top UN human rights spokesman for Indigenous peoples will be restricted.
Report highlights logging threat to uncontacted tribes
A recent investigation has found evidence of large-scale illegal logging in remote parts of the Peruvian Amazon inhabited by uncontacted tribal people.
Andaman Islands defy Supreme Court on Jarawa
This week marks the fifth anniversary of an order by the Supreme Court of India that an Andaman Islands highway, which threatens the lives of the Jarawa tribe, must close. The government has defied the order, and the road remains open.
Ikpeng tribe – ‘We will not let this dam be built’
The Ikpeng tribe of the Xingu Park in Brazil have written an impassioned letter demanding that plans to build a hydroelectric dam on their river be halted.
CNN Critics see democracy eroding
A Reuters report published on CNN yesterday cites the governments treatment of the Kalahari Bushmen and the banning of 17 people including Survival International staff as evidence of Botswanas eroding democracy.
Malaria and hepatitis threaten Javari Valley tribes
The Indians of the Javari Valley in the Brazilian Amazon have warned that rates of malaria and hepatitis in their communities are spiralling out of control, and that uncontacted tribes in the area are in grave danger.
Leader wins Goldman Prize for defending uncontacted tribes
Indigenous 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.