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tribal peoples

July 16, 2020

Notorious ‘Factory School’ for 30,000 children to host World Congress of Anthropology

Campaigners say Factory Schools strip children of their identities and teach them to feel ashamed of who they are and where they come from.
January 6, 2019

President Bolsonaro 'declares war' on Brazil's indigenous peoples

The new President's actions have been described as a declaration of war against the indigenous peoples of Brazil.
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.
November 4, 2017

Survival calls for stronger tribal voice at global climate conference

Survival International is calling for greater recognition from world leaders for tribal peoples’ crucial role in protecting the environment, ahead of the COP 23 conference in Bonn, Germany.
February 28, 2015

Legal analysis finds tribal peoples persecuted for ‘wildlife crime’

British human rights lawyer Gordon Bennett has issued a damning legal analysis of the negative impacts of wildlife law enforcement on tribal peoples.
October 9, 2013

Suicide 'epidemic' ravages Guarani, says Survival International

Ahead of World Mental Health Day on 10 October, Survival International has revealed shocking new suicide figures afflicting the Guarani tribe in Brazil.
March 25, 2013

UN demands ‘immediate suspension’ of Amazon gas plans

The United Nations has demanded an immediate halt to expansion of a gas project in the Peruvian Amazon, over concerns of the risk to lives of uncontacted Indians.
June 16, 2012

Shell scraps Brazilian biofuels plan after indigenous protest

A biofuels company set up by Shell in Brazil has scrapped plans to source sugar cane from land widely considered to have been stolen from the Guarani tribe.
May 29, 2012

Tribes call on UK to sign law to ‘guarantee’ their survival

Tribes from four continents have urged Britain to ratify a law that will ‘guarantee’ their survival.
April 29, 2012

Indigenous rights campaign breaks records for online activism

A campaign to save one of the world’s most threatened tribes has generated more than 10,000 protest emails to the Brazilian government in just three days.