EU urges removal of military camps on tribal land
The European Union last week urged Bangladesh to remove military camps from the land of the Jumma tribes, and to help re-settle Jummas who have lost their land.
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Post-killings, Peru clamps down on NGOs
Senior figures in Peru are clamping down on both Peruvian and foreign NGOs in the wake of the violent protests which erupted in the country on 5th June.
Celebrity resort threatens isolated tribes
A luxury resort being built on the Andaman Islands in India is threatening the survival of the Jarawa tribe, who number just 320 and have only had contact with outsiders since 1998.
Worldwide protests in support of Amazon Indians
Thousands of protesters marched in towns and cities around the world yesterday in support of Peru's Amazonian Indians.
Indian leader forced into exile as President calls protesters ‘savages’
The President of Peru’s Amazon Indian organisation AIDESEP has been forced into exile, having sought refuge in the Nicaraguan embassy in Lima.
‘Dalai Lama of the rainforest’ condemns Peruvian violence
A Yanomami Indian shaman from the Brazilian Amazon, dubbed ‘the Dalai Lama of the rainforest’, today denounced the violence in Peru during his visit to London.
Oil companies ‘should withdraw’ as Peru ‘faces its Tiananmen’
Survival International today called on all oil companies operating in the Peruvian Amazon to suspend operations as the country comes to terms with the worst political violence since the Shining Path insurgency in the 1980s.
'27 dead' as blockade broken up by authorities
UPDATE - Reports indicate that up to twenty Indian protesters and seven police officers have died after an Indian blockade of a highway in northern Peru was violently broken up by the authorities today. The number of people injured is believed to be signi