
Isolated Indians land protected
The Peruvian government has created a new reserve in the Amazon rainforest, protecting the lands of the isolated Isconahua Indians and several other Indigenous tribes.
The Peruvian government has created a new reserve in the Amazon rainforest, protecting the lands of the isolated Isconahua Indians and several other Indigenous tribes.
Guarani Indians facing eviction from their land have warned of a bloodbath. The Indians are to be forced to return to the roadside where they lived in miserable conditions before 2004.
British Conservative MP Malcolm Moss has attacked Survivals campaign in support of the Gana and Gwi Bushmen.
Eight Bushmen were arrested at gunpoint, threatened with death, and tortured last week before being held for a night in prison and charged for hunting in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, Botswana.
Five hundred and fifty leaders from eighty-six Brazilian tribes have written an open letter slamming President Lulas governments record on Indigenous peoples.
German NGOs have written to German President Dr. Horst Köhler urging him to discuss the eviction and torture of the Gana and Gwi Bushmen with President Mogae of Botswana during his visit to Botswana this week.
Fifty Jumma people were injured and two Jumma women raped when Bengali settlers attacked two villages in the northern Chittagong Hill Tracts this week.
Amnesty International in Chile has launched a campaign in support of the Gana and Gwi Bushmen, adding to the growing list of international NGOs speaking out against the Botswana governments eviction of the Bushmen.