Bushmen's costs mount as case delayed
As the court case deciding the fate of the Gana and Gwi Bushmen comes to the end of its second week in 2006, the proceedings have already fallen more than one week behind schedule.
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Pilger and Simpson urge journalists to drop stone age and primitive
John Pilger and BBC World Affairs editor John Simpson have urged fellow journalists not to use terms such as stone age and primitive to describe contemporary tribal peoples, in a letter published in the Financial Times.
Government witness unable to substantiate claims
As the Gana and Gwi Bushmens case against the Botswana government restarted yesterday, government witness Kathleen Alexander was unable to support her claim that the Bushmen's livestock were causing diseases in wild animals.
Bushmen back in court tomorrow
The Gana and Gwi Bushmen return to court tomorrow with their case against the government of Botswana, 160 days after the government sealed off their reserve to the outside world.
Worlds most isolated tribe kills invaders
The Sentinelese of the Andaman Islands, have killed two fishermen who had illegally approached their island.
Prominent journalists and Survival launch new campaign against racism in the media
A new campaign launched today aims to end the portrayal of tribal people in the press as primitive and Stone Age.
Twenty Tupinikim and Guarani Indians injured in police evictions
At least twenty Tupinikim and Guarani Indians were seriously wounded last week when 120 federal police attempted to evict them from their land on behalf of the company Aracruz Cellulose.
Indigenous policy under fire from Indians as top official visits London
Brazilian Indians have called on President Lula to dismiss the countrys top Indian Affairs official Mércio Pereira Gomes, who is visiting London this week, after he implied that Indians already have enough land.