Bushmen's agonising trek to return home 20 December 2004Bushmen who were evicted by the government from their homes in the Kalahari are braving exhaustion and starvation to return to their land.
Campaign wins back land for isolated tribe 14 December 2004Authorities in India have bowed to local and international pressure and increased the size of the reserve set aside for the recently-contacted Jarawa tribe.
UK backs USA against tribal peoples 9 December 2004Tribal peoples are appealing to the British government on UN Human Rights Day (December 10) to stop following the USA in opposing their rights.
Hunger strike as UK blocks indigenous rights declaration 3 December 2004Six indigenous people have been on hunger strike at the UN in Geneva in protest at the UK and other governments' blocking of an historic UN declaration on indigenous rights.
Anger at government's new resettlement project 20 November 2004Looked down on by the Ethiopian government, the cattle-herding Mursi and Bodi have had three thousand families belonging to the farming Konso people moved on to their land.
New wave of violence hits Jummas 20 November 2004An 11-month old baby badly injured and his parents killed during an attack by settlers on the Jumma people of the Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh.
De Beers supports Bushman book but not their rights 15 November 2004In what is presumably an attempt to deflect attention from the controversy surrounding its reaction to the eviction of the Gana and Gwi Bushmen of Botswana, De Beers is sponsoring the launch of a new book about the Bushmen of southern Africa.
Botswana President tells MPs 'Bushmen can hunt in reserve' 12 November 2004In an astonishing reversal of government policy, Botswana's President Festus Mogae has told British MPs that Bushmen are free to hunt in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve.
Bushman witness 'feared for her life' during evictions 10 November 2004The first Bushman woman to give evidence during the court case in which 243 Bushmen are suing the government for the right to return to their ancestral land has told the court that she 'feared for her life' when being evicted in 2002.
Indigenous leader shocked by visit to Botswana Bushmen 8 November 2004A Khoisan youth leader from South Africa's Northern Cape has returned from Botswana shocked by the conditions he found in the Bushman eviction site of New Xade.
Critical time for uncontacted Indians 28 October 2004A bill now being debated in Paraguay's Senate could provide a vital safe haven for uncontacted Indians - the last outside the Amazon.
Future of tribes lies in the balance 25 October 2004The Brazilian government is delaying ratifying the boundaries of an Indian area, Raposa-Serra do Sol, in north Brazil with disastrous consequences for the 12,000 Indians who have lived there since time immemorial.
10-year-old is latest victim in wave of Indian murders 25 October 2004South America celebrates Columbus Day on Sunday 12 October - only days after a ten-year-old Brazilian Indian became the latest victim in a spate of killings and persecution of South American Indians.
Bushmen's historic court case to recommence in November 25 October 2004The historic court case brought by the Gana and Gwi Bushmen against the Botswana government is due to recommence on 3 November in Lobatse, the seat of Botswana's high court.
Bushmen's historic court case to recommence in November 25 October 2004The historic court case brought by the Gana and Gwi Bushmen against the Botswana government is due to recommence on 3 November in Lobatse, the seat of Botswana's high court.
Columbus Day marked by Indians' suicide 'epidemic' 14 October 2004Indians in North and South America are killing themselves in record numbers as the continent marks Columbus Day (12th October). In one small Indian community in Canada, four young people have hanged themselves in the past three months alone.
Kalahari Bushmen journey to Britain 28 September 2004Two Kalahari Bushmen are making a dramatic journey to Britain on an urgent
mission to save their people from extinction. The two leaders will be in London
from 29 September to 5 October.
Bushmen describe eviction horror in court 3 September 2004Botswana's High Court has heard the first Bushman witnesses in their case
against the government tell their harrowing stories of eviction from their
ancestral land.
Bushmen start USA tour with Hollywood Amnesty Event 24 August 2004Launching a month-long tour of the USA, two Kalahari Bushmen are to visit
Hollywood with Amnesty International. Roy Sesana and Jumanda Gakelebone will attend an event in Beverly Hills on 27 August hosted by singer-songwriter
Jackson Browne.
Botswana's President 'bribes' Bushmen - Again! 3 August 2004Botswana's President this week handed out blankets and sweets to Bushmen in a relocation centre. His action comes in the middle of a court case in which the
Bushmen are suing his government for the right to return to their ancestral land.
'Don't destroy us; our way of life is as modern as yours'. 1 August 2004Remote hunter-gatherer tribes have issued a plea to the outside world to mark the UN Day of Indigenous Peoples on 9 August, saying, 'We are not backward, our way of life is as modern as yours'.
Wanniyala-Aetto issue appeal 1 July 2004The Wanniyala-Aetto (Veddah) people of Sri Lanka have appealed to their country's government to allow them to return to their land.
Maasai speak out for the Bushmen 20 May 2004Maasai representatives join protests against the Botswana government's treatment of the Bushmen.
Bushman hunters arrested 18 May 2004Three Bushmen from the Central Kalahari Game Reserve in Botswana have been arrested and charged with 'unlawful hunting'.
Iman proves diamonds aren't forever 5 May 2004In a dramatic new development, Somalian supermodel Iman has quit as the public 'face' of De Beers.
Innu return to London with a new initiative to help young Innu people 6 April 2004Four years after coming to London to launch Survival International's report 'Canada's Tibet: the killing of the Innu', Jean-Pierre Ashini has returned to publicise a new initiative which seeks to reconnect young Innu with their land.
Cameroon: Mbororo Land Campaigners Freed 31 March 2004Three men from the Mbororo herding people of northwest Cameroon, imprisoned by a military tribunal, were freed on March 23 2004 by the Court of Appeal in North-West Cameroon.
Last isolated Indians south of the Amazon make contact 9 March 2004A group of previously uncontacted Ayoreo Indians has emerged from the forests of Paraguay, under pressure from deforestation all around them. The 17 people (five men, seven women and five children) are in excellent health, but acutely short of water.
Ogiek at risk of eviction 1 March 2004Facing the threat of eviction, the Ogiek call on the Kenyan government to recognise their right to their forest territory.
Violence continues despite call for peace 12 February 2004Papua has been besieged by conflict for the past four decades, with an estimated 100,000 tribal people killed during that time.
No Valentine's Day present for the Bushmen 12 February 2004To mark Valentine's Day Survival has launched a postcard campaign calling for a boycott of De Beers and the Somali supermodel Iman.
100,000 new supporters for the Bushmen 10 February 2004Survival supporters around the world are handing in a 100,000 signature petition to Botswana embassies and consulates this week.
Wave of harassment marks Bushman anniversary 8 February 2004The Botswana government is marking the second anniversary of its expulsion of Gana and Gwi 'Bushmen' from their land by carrying out a new wave of harassment.
'Bushmen' on the brink: government persecution intensifies 31 January 2004Two years after the Botswana government evicted hundreds of Gana and Gwi 'Bushmen' from their ancestral land, the authorities are now stepping up their persecution.
South Africa's indigenous people condemn Bushman evictions 18 January 2004Two organisations representing some of South Africa's indigenous peoples have spoken out in support of the rights of the Gana and Gwi 'Bushmen' of Botswana to return to their land.
Bushmen return to London 7 January 2004Survival International and Rebecca Hossack are proud to announce 'Survival', an exhibition of Bushmen art, embroidery and jewellery.
