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News from the Wanniyala-Aetto

Sri Lanka: Survival calls on UN to stand up for Wanniyala-Aetto

March 13, 2013

Survival has urged the UN Human Rights Council to call on Sri Lanka to recognize the rights of the Wanniyala-Aetto.

Sri Lankan park guard kills tribal man

March 27, 2012

Sri Lankan park guard shoots dead man from the Wanniyala-Aetto tribe

Charges against Wanniyala-Aetto honey collectors dropped

December 10, 2007

Charges against four Wanniyala-Aetto men, arrested in Sri Lanka in August for collecting honey on their own land, have been dropped.

Four Wanniyala-Aetto arrested for collecting honey

August 23, 2007

Four men from the Wanniyala-Aetto tribe of Sri Lanka have been arrested for collecting honey on their own land.

Wanniyala-Aetto fined for ‘trespassing’ on their land

December 6, 2006

Two Wanniyala-Aetto men have been fined for ‘trespassing’ on their own land in an attempt to return to their hunting grounds.

Ten Wanniyala-Aetto arrested for ‘trespassing’ on their own land

September 14, 2006

Ten Wanniyala-Aetto people have been arrested for ‘trespassing’ on their own land in an attempt to return to their hunting grounds. They face trial later this year.

Cattle ranchers take Wanniyala-Aetto land

August 16, 2005

Ranchers are illegally grazing their cattle on the forest land of the Wanniyala-Aetto people.

Wanniyala-Aetto issue appeal

July 1, 2004

The Wanniyala-Aetto (Veddah) people of Sri Lanka have appealed to their country's government to allow them to return to their land.

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