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August 2, 2019

Indigenous leader murdered in Brazil's northern Amazon

Survival International says President Bolsonaro’s recent comments on opening up indigenous territories to mining are emboldening illegal goldminers and other invaders.
June 18, 2019

Indian government 'prepares all-out assault on tribal rights'

Survival International says one of the biggest human rights violations in the world is being planned, with almost no voices outside India raised in opposition.
June 3, 2019

Food insecurity: UN experts urge equality for rural women in developing countries

Around the world, rural women in developing countries are more likely to be food insecure than men. But equality for women can be a cornerstone in building a world without hunger and poverty, according to experts from the International Fund for Agricultural Development.
March 8, 2019

IFAD launches global campaign to amplify voices of rural women

On International Women’s Day, the United Nations' International Fund for Agricultural Development will launch a campaign aimed at closing the gender gap in agriculture by drawing attention to the often overlooked contributions that rural women in developing countries make to rural economies, local communities and to improving the lives of rural families
February 22, 2019

Indian Supreme Court orders eviction of estimated 8 million tribespeople

The ruling is in response to requests to declare invalid the Forest Rights Act, which gives forest-dwelling people rights to their ancestral lands.
April 4, 2018

Human rights groups urge Liam Fox to stop exports of surveillance equipment to Honduras

Human rights organisations are urging the Secretary of State to stop the export of surveillance equipment to Honduras, given the 'alarming' human rights situation there.
March 20, 2018

Call for EU action to better regulate palm oil, coffee and beef

Global Witness has welcomed a new study published by the European Commission, and urges it to now commit to taking ambitious action.
March 17, 2018

Christian Aid condemns killings of Brazilian human rights defenders

Christian Aid has condemned the week killings of human rights defenders in Brazil and called for urgent inquiries into their deaths.
December 27, 2017

A decade of 'broken promises' for Brazilian tribal people

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.
December 20, 2017

Eminent figures from arts and entertainment join boycott of India’s tiger reserves

Several eminent figures from the world of arts and entertainment have joined Survival International’s call for a global boycott of India’s tiger reserves, in protest at the ban on the recognition of tribal peoples’ rights in the reserves.