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August 16, 2019

Paraguay must investigate human rights violations in context of agrochemical fumigations, says UN

The landmark decision recognises the link between severe harms to the environment and the enjoyment of core civil and political rights.
April 2, 2019

Indigenous people in Paraguay celebrate land victory

A fundamentalist American missionary group helped organise ‘manhunts’ in which large groups of uncontacted Ayoreo were forcibly brought out of the forest.
August 1, 2018

Acquittal of smallholder farmers unjustly convicted in Paraguay

Court orders eleven farmers unjustly jailed after the 'Curuguaty massacre' to be released immediately.
August 25, 2017

Talks on uncontacted Paraguyan tribe fail to stop logging

Landmark talks between the Paraguayan government and a recently contacted tribe have yet to reach an agreement, allowing rampant deforestation to continue. Some members of the tribe are uncontacted, and live in a rapidly shrinking island of forest.
March 30, 2017

Talks begin over fate of uncontacted Paraguayan tribe

Efforts to protect the territory of a vulnerable uncontacted tribe from rampant illegal deforestation have received a boost with the opening of talks between the Paraguayan government and tribal representatives.
September 14, 2016

Paraguayan government defies order to protect uncontacted tribe

The Paraguayan government has failed to act to protect a group of uncontacted tribal people, despite having been ordered to do so in February of this year.
February 12, 2016

Government of Paraguay ordered to protect uncontacted tribe

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights has ordered Paraguay’s government to protect an uncontacted tribe from being wiped out.
October 15, 2015

‘State of emergency’ for Paraguay’s tribal peoples, says UN

Indigenous peoples in Paraguay are in a state of emergency according to the United Nations’ Special Rapporteur.
April 28, 2015

Jail sentence for Paraguay government minister who stole tribal land

The minister responsible for protecting indigenous rights in Paraguay has been jailed for six years after he was found guilty of selling off indigenous land.
August 6, 2014

Survival International reveals ‘five faces of genocide’ for UN Indigenous Day

To mark UN Indigenous Day on 9 August, Survival International reveals five tribal peoples who have been victims of genocide during the 20th century and warns of a potential genocide in the 21st.