Since the Bushmen were forced off their land in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR) in 2002, the Botswana government has granted 112 mining licenses for mining companies to explore in the reserve. 16 licenses have been awarded for uranium exploration
An article by Survival International’s director, Stephen Corry, published in one of the UK’s leading newspapers, slams the use of terms like ‘primitive’ and ‘stone age’ to describe tribal peoples.
British newspapers The Guardian and The Observer have banned the use of ‘primitive’ and ‘Stone Age’ to describe tribal peoples following Survival’s ‘Stamp it Out' campaign.
The number of Awa Indians massacred in a remote part of Colombia continues to rise.
Former BBC newsreader Michael Buerk has been criticized by West Papuans after calling them ‘primitive’ and claiming they kill outsiders.
World experts on the Amazon tribe accused of killing and eating a white settler cast doubts today on the authenticity of the accusations. The tribe’s supposed cannibalism has been reported by media all around the world.
Survival International today called on Oscar-nominated actresses Kate Winslet and Penelope Cruz not to wear Graff diamonds at this week’s Oscar ceremony. The jeweller is embroiled in controversy over its 9% stake in Gem Diamonds.
High-ranking officials in the Peruvian energy sector are pinning their hopes on a French company to overturn Peru’s billion dollar oil and gas deficit, announced last week.