Survival International has criticised the Brazilian government for its failure to recognise the land rights of tribal people, despite a landmark agreement made a decade ago.
A global wave of protest organised by Survival International, the global movement for tribal peoples' rights, has called for a halt to the destruction of tribal peoples’ land, lives, and human rights in Brazil, on the country’s Day of the Indian.
Survival International, the global movement for tribal peoples' rights, has launched a campaign to prevent the annihilation of tribal peoples in Brazil to coincide with the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio.
Survival International, the global organisation for the right of tribal people, said today (24 January) that a tribal community is being attacked by a large number of gunmen in southern Brazil.
Members of one of Brazil’s most persecuted tribes have been kidnapped by ranchers who occupy their land. The community have also been attacked, forcing women and children to flee.
The UN has appealed to the Brazilian government to take urgent action as gunmen have surrounded several Guarani communities, threatening them with imminent attack.
Survival International has launched a unique project to bring the latest communications technology to some of the world’s most remote tribal communities.
A young Brazilian Indian leader was assaulted on 2 June by four armed men, despite being under the care of a government protection programme since witnessing the murder of his father-in-law.