Pygmies are victims in Congo atrocities 31 December 2002Pygmy' tribespeople are among the victims of the horrific atrocities which have recently been reported as taking place in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Good news for Raposa-Serra do Sol 1 December 2002Four tribes in northern Brazil have won a huge victory in the Brazilian courts. For decades the Makuxi, Wapixana, Ingaricá and Taurepang have fought for the full legal recognition of their land, an area known as Raposa-Serra do Sol.
Good news for Raposa-Serra do Sol 1 December 2002Four tribes in northern Brazil have won a huge victory in the Brazilian courts. For decades the Makuxi, Wapixana, Ingaricó and Taurepang have fought for the full legal recognition of their land, an area known as Raposa-Serra do Sol.
Evicted Guarani-Kaiowá camp on the roadside 31 October 2002During the night of 12 October 2002, about 200 Kaiowá Indians were thrown out of the village of Tey Cuê in an area called Caarapó, and are now camped on the side of a highway near the town of Dourados, under plastic tarpaulins.
Hope for Indians as international law on tribal peoples ratified 1 October 2002The Brazilian senate has finally approved ratification of the most important international law concerning tribal peoples, the International Labour Organisation's Convention 169 on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples.
UN Condems Botswana's Racism 31 August 2002A report released by the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination condemns Botswana's treatment of the 'Bushmen' as racist.
Uncontacted Indians in danger 31 August 2002The last uncontacted Indians south of the Amazon basin are being squeezed from all sides. With their last refuge gradually being overrun, they have nowhere left to hide.
Guarani: respected shaman dies 31 August 2002Paulito Aquino, a Kaiowá shaman and one of Brazil's oldest citizens, died on 3 September 2002 in his village of Panambizinho in Mato Grosso do Sul state, Brazil. Reckoned to be aged about 120, he had witnessed massive changes in his long life.
MEP slams Botswana government 28 August 2002A senior MEP has publicly slated the Botswana government over their eviction of the Gana and Gwi Bushmen from the central Kalahari.
Diamonds bring despair for the Bushmen 31 July 2002'Why must I move? They will kill me for my land... We are oppressed until we die, and soon there will be no one left.' Mogetse Kaboikanyo, who died in June 2002 after being forced to move.
Appeal judges rule that Bushman case be heard 25 July 2002The Gana and Gwi 'Bushmen' and their neighbours the Bakgalagadi have received significant support from three senior judges in the court of appeal.
Peru - alert over loggers 1 June 2002An increasing number of loggers are now encroaching on the land of uncontacted Indians in south-east Peru. FENAMAD, the regional Indian organisation, has issued an urgent alert about this.
Cameroon: four men arrested and tortured 31 May 2002Four members of the Mbororo pastoralist people of Cameroon have been imprisoned without charge and tortured, and are facing arbitrary trial by a military tribunal.
Racist comment on BBC fuels unfounded stereotype of Amazonian tribe 29 May 2002The Yanomami tribe of the Amazon rainforest were branded 'the meanest people on the planet' in a racist insult broadcast on the BBC this morning. The remark, made by Dirk Wittenborn, author of the novel 'Fierce People', was completely without foundation.
Indian Supreme Court protects tribes 26 May 2002The Supreme Court of India has issued an unprecedented order which at a stroke removes three of the biggest threats to the isolated Jarawa tribe on India's Andaman Islands.
Reserve for uncontacted Indians 1 May 2002The Peruvian government has announced the creation of a State Reserve for uncontacted tribes in the south-east of the country, who include the Yora.
UN notes: Brazil's Awá Indians losing forest and hope 17 April 200219th April is Brazil's Indian Day, yet the Brazilian government may end up with egg on its face when the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, now in session in Geneva, discusses indigenous issues on 22 and 23 April.
Bushmen take Botswana's government to court 9 April 2002The Gana and Gwi 'Bushmen', who have been evicted from the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, are taking Botswana's government to court.
Yanomami health budget restored 1 April 2002The Brazilian government's health authority has reversed an earlier decision to cut funding for health care for the Yanomami Indians.
Canadian natives help isolated tribe in India 19 March 2002A Canadian chief is today calling on an Indian court to prevent the recently contacted Jarawa tribe from being brought out of their forest home.
Survival's advertising campaign spreads to Canada 17 March 2002Survival International's advertising campaign has spread to Canada. A new advert appears today in the Ottawa Citizen highlighting the eviction of the Gana and Gwi Bushmen from the Central Kalahari Game Reserve.
Worldwide ad campaign launched for Bushmen 28 February 2002 Survival, the worldwide organisation supporting tribal peoples, launches an international advertising campaign on 2 March. The advertisements highlight the persecution of the Gana and Gwi Bushmen of the Central Kalahari Game Reserve in Botswana.
Good news for the Nuba? 28 February 2002Over the last ten years the Nuba tribes of central Sudan have been caught in the middle of the vicious civil war between the Islamist government of Sudan and the rebel movement based in the south of the country.
Bushmen silenced and barred from ancestral lands 24 February 2002The Botswana government last week denied the Gana and Gwi Bushmen still in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve their only means of communication with the outside world, and turned back Bushmen bringing them essential supplies of food and water.
Botswana tortures Bushmen, then prosecutes them 13 February 2002The Botswana authorities are prosecuting 13 Gana and Gwi Bushmen for 'hunting without a licence' after they had been tortured by wildlife officers.
Kenyan President implicated in tribal forest land grab 10 February 2002Kenyan President Daniel arap Moi has been exposed as one of the main beneficiaries of a controversial plan to cut down nearly 70,000 hectares (170,000 acres) of Kenya's remaining forest, much of it in the Mau forest, home of Kenya's Ogiek tribe.
Government sides with loggers against Indians 1 February 2002The Peruvian government, despite promises, has failed to remove loggers from the territory of uncontacted Indians in the south-east of the country.
Judge sides with Wichí against land barons 1 February 2002A Wichí Indian village has won an important victory in its battle to hold on to some of its land, in the face of a brutal campaign by absentee landowners.
India considers closing 'road of death' 31 January 2002Survival's campaign for the recently-contacted Jarawa tribe in India's Andaman Islands is having a significant impact. Now events are creating a unique opportunity to ensure their survival.
Papuan leader killed amid military build-up 31 January 2002Papuan peoples have suffered greatly under the Indonesian occupation which has been in force since 1963. The Indonesian army has a long history of human rights violations against the Papuans - including killings, arbitrary arrests, rape and torture.
