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Awá

August 16, 2018

Indigenous environmental defender killed 'as logging mafia targets tribe'

Survival International says Amazon tribes face catastrophe unless their land is protected.
May 23, 2018

'Guardians of the Amazon' seize illegal loggers to protect uncontacted tribe

Members of an Amazon tribe have seized a notorious logging gang, burned their truck, and expelled them from the jungle.
June 20, 2016

Amazon tribe protest against Brazilian mining giant

Members of Brazil’s Awá tribe have blockaded a railroad owned by Vale mining company in the eastern Amazon.
November 2, 2015

Forest fire in Brazil threatens uncontacted tribespeople

A huge forest fire in the Brazilian Amazon is threatening to consume one of the most vulnerable peoples on the planet.
April 15, 2015

Health disaster strikes recently contacted Indians in Brazil

An Indian woman from Earth’s most threatened tribe is fighting for her life after being contacted in Brazil’s north-eastern Amazon rainforest.
April 28, 2014

Campaign victory saves Earth’s most threatened tribe

Following a campaign to save Earth’s most threatened tribe, the Brazilian government has announced that all invaders have now been removed from Awá indigenous territory.
January 6, 2014

Brazil begins long-awaited operation to save Earth’s most threatened tribe

Brazil’s government has launched a major ground operation to evict illegal invaders from the land of the Awá, Earth’s most threatened tribe.
October 3, 2013

London protest joins demand to end Brazil’s assault on indigenous rights

Survival International has protested at Brazil's London embassy in support of indigenous demonstratorsl protesting at attacks on their land rights in Brazil.
May 7, 2013

Awá’s plight reaches top human rights watchdog

An official submssion from Survival International calls on the IACHR to hold Brazil’s government accountable for failing to remove illegal invaders from Awá land.
April 18, 2013

Brazil ignores deadline to save Earth’s most threatened tribe

Brazil’s authorities have ignored an urgent deadline by a federal judge to evict all invaders from the heartland of Earth’s most threatened tribe by the end of March.