Nukak return to the forest
The isolated tribe of Amazonian nomads who fled their rainforest home in Colombia as fighting engulfed them are returning to the forest.
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Indigenous peoples win historic vote on rights Canada votes against
On UN Indigenous Peoples Day (9 August), Survival welcomes the UN Human Rights Councils historic vote in favour of the declaration on Indigenous peoples rights. Canada and Russia were the only two countries on the council to vote against .
Supreme Court upholds genocide ruling
Brazils highest court, the Federal Supreme Court, yesterday upheld the conviction of genocide against four goldminers who murdered 16 Yanomami Indians in 1993.
Bishops warn of genocide of uncontacted Indians
Bishops and other religious leaders in the Amazonian state of Mato Grosso are warning that uncontacted Indians of the Rio Pardo are 'suffering the imminent threat of genocide'.
Mary Robinson - Survival's 'little book contains the big message'
Mary Robinson, former President of Ireland and former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, has praised Survival's newly launched cartoon book, There you go! by Oren Ginzburg.
More arrests as hounding of Bushmen intensifies
The Botswana government's crackdown on Bushmen found hunting to feed their families has entered a new phase. Survival has received reports that five Bushmen were arrested within the last week in the relocation camp at Kaudwane for hunting duikers (a small
Indians denounce illegal logging
A group of Ayoreo Indians has angrily condemned the landowners who are logging their territory illegally. Senior government officials have travelled to the Ayoreo's villages to investigate.
New cartoon book satirises 'development'
A biting critique of how tribal peoples are being destroyed in the name of 'development' is being launched by Survival. The critique is presented in a cartoon book designed to be read in two minutes.