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The Dongria depend entirely on the Niyamgiri Hills for their livelihood. © Survival Human rights investigators in India have been harassed and intimidated by large gangs of men apparently paid to stop any outsiders reaching the site of a controversial proposed mine in India....

Armed police shoot at indigenous protesters at Bagua, northern Peru. © Thomas Quirynen and Marijke Deleu A draft report on the violent conflict in the Peruvian Amazon in June has drawn widespread condemnation from organisations in Peru....

Bushman woman, CKGR, Botswana 2004 © Stephen Corry/Survival An editorial in one of Botswana’s leading daily newspapers, Mmegi, has criticized the Botswana government for its racist attitude and undemocratic actions towards the Bushmen. T...

Yupka woman and child, Sirapta, Sierra de Perijá.© Fiona Watson/Survival Yukpa Indian leader, Sabino Romero, has been detained following the deaths of three Yukpa in October in a fight in the Sierra de Perijá mountains in western Venezuela. T...

The creation of the Yanomami Park was one of Survival's greatest successes.© Fiona Watson/Survival The human rights organization Survival International celebrates its 40th birthday this month, and is highlighting the huge advances in tribal peoples’ rights since 1969. S...

There have been repeated protests against Vedanta's planned mine.© Satyabady Naik Metals giant Vedanta Resources’ Indian subsidiary has launched an unprecedented attack on Survival International, apparently to drive its researchers out of an area where the company is planning to mine. T...

Armed police attack indigenous protesters at Bagua.© Independent journalist courtesy of Amazon Watch Amnesty International (AI) is ‘urgently’ pressing the Peruvian government to suspend companies whose work could affect the rights of indigenous people. AI ...

Penan men in the forest.© Andy Rain/Nick Rain/Survival A Malaysian politician has said that the Penan tribe of Borneo must ‘stop living in the jungles’, according to the country’s Star newspaper. A cab...

Santa Claus delivers a bottle of water to the Botswana High Commission, London.© M. Cowan/Survival Santa Claus made a special delivery to the Botswana High Commission in London today, UN Human Rights Day, on behalf of the Kalahari Bushmen....

The 'Man of the Hole's' house and garden where he grows manioc and other vegetables© J.Pessoa The last survivor of an unknown and uncontacted Amazon tribe has been targeted by gunmen....

Bushman children, CKGR, Botswana 2004 © 2004 Stephen Corry/Survival One of Botswana’s senior officials has argued that the Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR), the ancestral home of the Gana and Gwi Bushmen, ‘should be reserved for wildlife’, despite the fact that the country’s High Court ha...

Bulldozers being brought in for illegal deforestation in territory of uncontacted Ayoreo Indians.© GAT/Survival Relatives of one of the world’s last uncontacted tribes have urged UNESCO officials to see ‘with their own eyes’ how their traditional territory is being illegally and rapidly destro...

Kayapó Indians at a week-long protest against the Belo Monte hydroelectric dam in late 2009.© Greenpeace The go-ahead to build the Belo Monte hydroelectric dam, planned for the Xingu river in the Brazilian Amazon, has been delayed following protests by Indians and objections by local and i...