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.
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.
Ahead of World Mental Health Day on 10 October, Survival International has revealed shocking new suicide figures afflicting the Guarani tribe in Brazil.
Brazilian Guarani Indians have carried out a courageous ‘retomada’ (re-occupation) of the sugar cane plantation that has taken over their ancestral land.
Brazil’s Public Prosecutors have called for the closure of a security firm accused of carrying out brutal attacks on Guarani communities and of killing at least two of their leaders.
Brazil’s head of indigenous affairs has resigned, citing ill health. Her resignation follows the police killing of a Terena Indian and moves against indigenous rights.