After 22 years, UN votes on Indigenous peoples declaration
Twenty-two years of intensive debate and negotiations climax this week in New York, as the UN General Assembly votes on whether to approve the declaration on Indigenous peoples’ rights.
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Bushmen hunting charges withdrawn
Twenty-one Botswana Bushmen arrested in June and July for hunting to feed their families were celebrating today after all charges against them were dropped.
Six Bushmen arrested for hunting
Six Gana and Gwi Bushmen have been arrested by Botswana police for hunting on their ancestral land in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve in Botswana. This follows twenty-one arrests for hunting in June and July.
Highway condemned because of uncontacted tribes
Plans for the construction of a highway in one of the most remote parts of the Peruvian Amazon have been rejected by a local Indigenous organization because of the danger it poses to uncontacted tribes living there.
Rights body pressures government on uncontacted tribes
The top human rights body in Latin America, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), has demanded to know what the Peruvian government is doing to protect uncontacted tribes living in the remote Amazon.
Julie Christie and Survival launch Uncontacted Tribes campaign
Screen icon Julie Christie and Survival will launch a campaign tomorrow to save uncontacted tribes from extinction with a new film featuring previously unseen footage of some of the world?s most remote and endangered peoples.
UN law on tribal peoples to be ratified
Nepal's parliament has this week announced its decision to sign the UN law on tribal peoples (ILO Convention 169).
Four Wanniyala-Aetto arrested for collecting honey
Four men from the Wanniyala-Aetto tribe of Sri Lanka have been arrested for collecting honey on their own land.