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Six Colombian Indians killed as armed groups invade

Apr 18, 2015 ... Scores of Indigenous leaders have been killed in the cross-fire between the army, FARC guerrillas, and paramilitaries. This week, President ...

Amazon Indian leaders shot dead by suspected illegal loggers

Sep 9, 2014 ... Four Ashéninka Indian leaders, renowned for their work against illegal logging in the Amazon, have been murdered near their home in eastern Peru.

Killed for gathering snails in National Park: Indigenous man beaten ...

Jul 29, 2020 ... Local Tharu Indigenous activist Birendra Mahato condemned both the killing and the destruction of the Chepang houses and asked why none of ...

Brazil: 5 years on, Amazon Guardian's killers still escape justice

Oct 24, 2024 ... Five years after the killing of Paulo Paulino Guajajara, an Indigenous Amazon Guardian who was gunned down by illegal loggers, his family still waits for ...

Two more Indigenous leaders seek asylum

Jul 10, 2009 ... The clashes, in which more than thirty Indigenous people and policemen died, are currently being investigated. Peru's Ombudsman recently ...

Ten Brazilian Indigenous leaders protest in London

Nov 14, 2019 ... The Indigenous leaders are in London as part of the Indigenous ... Indigenous Amazon Guardian killed in Brazil – the sixth in recent years.

Violence explodes as Lula government betrays Brazil's Indigenous ...

Apr 16, 2004 ... The Brazilian Amazon has this week seen an explosion of violence, with both Indians and diamond miners being killed and beaten.

Brazil's uncontacted tribes in peril from the COVID-19 crisis ...

” Indigenous leaders in the Javari Valley have denounced the NTM's plans as ... Brazil: Indigenous man killed as military polic... - Thu September 19 ...

Amazon Guardian Paulo Guajajara was my friend; 5 years after his ...

Survival Researcher and Advocacy Officer Sarah Shenker's article about Lobo Guajajara on the 5-year anniversary of his killing.

Nukak 'face extinction', Indigenous leaders tell UN

Jul 31, 2009 ... ... first sustained contact with outsiders, half of the population has died. 'The Nukak's history demonstrates how Indigenous people can very ...