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Vedanta snubs British government again

Vedanta snubs British government again 12 March

Vedanta Resources has once again snubbed a British government investigation into its planned mine in Orissa, India, by labelling government calls for a change in its corporate behaviour ‘one-sided’, and urging it to ‘rest the case’.

Bari Indians speak at landmark Supreme Court hearing

Bari Indians speak at landmark Supreme Court hearing 11 March

Thirteen Bari Indians attended an historic hearing at the Supreme Court in Caracas last week, to defend their right to own their ancestral land.

 
Britain’s Foreign Office criticized for misleading public about Botswana

Britain’s Foreign Office criticized for misleading public about Botswana 11 March

A London barrister has criticized the UK’s Foreign Office of for failing to acknowledge on its website that the Botswana government ’s illegally and forcibly removed treatment of the Gana and Gwi Bushmen from their ancestral lands. on its website.

 
Legal blow for controversial Andaman tourist resort

Legal blow for controversial Andaman tourist resort 10 March

Weeks after the last member of the Bo tribe died on the Andaman Islands, an Indian court has moved to protect the neighbouring Jarawa tribe by suspending the operation of a controversial tourist resort.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Colombian leaders in London to launch ‘campaign against extinction’

Colombian leaders in London to launch ‘campaign against extinction’ 9 March

Two indigenous Colombian leaders are on a European tour to launch an international campaign aimed at protecting at least eighteen tribes facing the ‘imminent risk of extinction’.

 
Stars line up in West End to celebrate tribal peoples

Stars line up in West End to celebrate tribal peoples 9 March

Survival International is proud to announce ‘WE ARE ONE – a celebration of tribal peoples’, a fundraising evening in aid of Survival International created and directed by Mark Rylance, on Sunday 18 April at the Apollo Theatre.

 
Peru bars oil companies from uncontacted tribes’ reserve

Peru bars oil companies from uncontacted tribes’ reserve 8 March

A reserve inhabited by uncontacted tribes in the remote Peruvian Amazon can no longer be explored by oil and gas companies.

 
Guatemala adopts indigenous rights into Constitution

Guatemala adopts indigenous rights into Constitution 4 March

The Constitutional Court of Guatemala has adopted ILO Convention 169 on indigenous and tribal peoples into the country’s Constitution.

 
UN report condemns Botswana’s treatment of Bushmen

UN report condemns Botswana’s treatment of Bushmen 3 March

Report demands ‘urgent’ action by government over water

 

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Peru bars oil companies from uncontacted tribes’ reserve

Peru bars oil companies from uncontacted tribes’ reserve

A reserve inhabited by uncontacted tribes in the remote Peruvian Amazon can no longer be explored by oil and gas companies.

 
 

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