Olympics: Tribe facing “genocide” defies ranchers after baby’s death
The Guarani have a deep sense of connection to their land, but have seen most of it stolen and destroyed by intensive agriculture.© Fiona Watson/SurvivalOn the eve of the Olympics, a tribe in Brazil...
View Article“Stop Brazil’s Genocide”: Brazil blocks dangerous dam
On the eve of the Rio Olympics, Brazil has blocked a dam which would have destroyed forest of the Munduruku tribe© Maíra Irigaray/Amazon WatchAs the Rio Olympics kick off, Brazil has blocked the...
View ArticleUN Indigenous Peoples’ Day: Uncontacted Amazon tribe faces annihilation
The Kawahiva's land is being targeted by illegal loggers and cattle ranchers© FUNAI 2013On UN Indigenous Peoples’ Day, Survival International is calling for the full demarcation and protection of the...
View ArticleBotswana: Helicopter crashes after shooting at Bushmen
Bushmen have been criminalized for feeding their families under Botswana’s hunting ban.© Forest Woodward / Survival, 2015A group of Bushmen who were hunting antelope to feed their families have been...
View ArticleBrazil: Amazon fires threaten to wipe out uncontacted Indians
Fires are destroying pre-Amazon forest and threatening to wipe out uncontacted Indians for the second time in less than a year© INPEForest fires are raging in an indigenous territory on the edge of the...
View ArticleWill IUCN tackle conservation's shoot on sight problem?
Akash Oram, a tribal boy, was shot by a park guard in Kaziranga National Park, Assam, India© JEEPALSurvival International has urged the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural...
View ArticleParalympics: Outrage as Rio 2016 organizers accuse tribal people of...
Suruwaha father and child, Brazil. Evangelical missionaries have falsely accused the tribe of infanticide on several occasions.© Adriana Huber/SurvivalIn an official press release, the organizers of...
View ArticleAmazon Indians take one look at “us” – and head back into the forest
Amakaria and Jakarewyj, isolated Awá women, who made contact with a settled Awá community in December 2014© Madalena Borges/CIMI-MATwo uncontacted Indians from the Amazon have completed an...
View ArticleParaguay: Government defies order to protect uncontacted tribe
"Many Ayoreo were contacted from the 1970s onwards. Since then they have suffered from poverty, disease and the destruction of their land."© SurvivalThe Paraguayan government has failed to act to...
View ArticleSurvival International announces nominees for “Racist of the Year” award
Cartoon by Bill Leak published in The Australian and widely accused of racism towards Aboriginal people© Bill Leak/ The AustralianSurvival International has announced four nominees for its notorious...
View ArticleVictory! Canadian oil company pulls out of Matsés territory
"The Matsés have strongly opposed any oil exploration on their land"© Survival InternationalA Canadian oil company has pulled out of the territory of an Amazon tribe in Peru. In July 2016, Pacific...
View ArticleSurvival complains to OFCOM over "racist" Channel 4 News piece
Channel Four made wide-ranging accusations against Brazilian tribes in its news report© Channel Four newsSurvival International has lodged a formal complaint to OFCOM over a Channel Four News report...
View ArticleTwo killed in violent eviction from 'shoot on sight' national park
Two people were killed during the evictions on the edge of Kaziranga. © The WireTwo people were killed and about 20 injured this week during a brutal eviction from India’s notorious shoot-on sight...
View ArticleUN expert raises alarm as Brazilian Indians fight “genocide”
"A UN expert has warned that the Brazilian government is failing to protect the country’s indigenous peoples."© Fiona Watson/SurvivalA UN expert has warned that the Brazilian government is failing to...
View ArticleBotswana President named as Racist of the Year 2016
President Ian Khama was named Survival's Racist of the Year 2016 for comments he made about the Bushmen© Foreign and Commonwealth OfficeSurvival International has given its “Racist of the Year” award...
View ArticleSurvival announces winners of annual photographic competition
"Dani, West Papua, 2014, Magda Zelewska © Magda Zelewska/ Survival"© SurvivalSurvival International, the global movement for tribal peoples’ rights, is delighted to announce the twelve winning entries...
View ArticleRevealed: The tragic second act of 'A United Kingdom'
President Seretse Khama, the hero of 'A United Kingdom' was widely praised for his treatment of the Bushmen, but subsequent Botswana presidents, including his son Ian, have been severely criticized.©...
View ArticleRevealed: ‘Master plan’ to open up uncontacted tribe’s Park to Big Oil
"Many contacted Matsés have expressed opposition to any efforts to contact their uncontacted neighbors, or to explore for oil in their territory."© Survival InternationalSurvival International has...
View ArticleTribal Voice: Pataxó Indians send desperate appeal
"The Pataxó tribe has sent a desperate appeal to the world"© PataxóA tribe of Brazilian Indians have sent a desperate appeal to the world, recorded in their community as they were evicted from their...
View ArticleXukuru-Kariri indigenous leader assassinated in Brazil
"João Natalício Xukuru-Kariri (center), a Brazilian Indian leader, has been assassinated."© José Hélio Pereira da Silva/CIMIA Brazilian Indian leader at the forefront of his people’s struggle to...
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