Brazilian Guarani tortured and murdered 22 December 2009A Brazilian Indian has been murdered in the latest in a string of killings related to the theft of his tribe's land.
Mining company’s scare tactics against human rights NGO 14 December 2009Metals giant Vedanta Resources’ Indian subsidiary has launched an unprecedented attack on Survival International, apparently to drive their researchers out of an area where the company is planning to mine.
Bushmen’s land ‘should be reserved for wildlife’ claims Botswana official 7 December 2009One of Botswana’s senior officials has argued that the Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR), the ancestral home of the Gana and Gwi Bushmen, ‘should be reserved for wildlife’, despite the fact that the country's High Court has ruled that the Bushmen have
Plea for UNESCO to witness uncontacted tribe's forest destruction 7 December 2009Relatives of one of the world’s last uncontacted tribes have urged UNESCO officials to see ‘with their own eyes’ how their traditional territory is being illegally and rapidly destroyed.
Amazon mega dam delayed following protests 3 December 2009The go-ahead to build the Belo Monte hydroelectric dam, planned for the Xingu river in the Brazilian Amazon, has been delayed following protests by Indians and objections by local and international organisations.
‘Journalist of the Year’ award for palm oil article 1 December 2009A journalist from the UK’s Independent newspaper has won the Foreign Press Association’s prestigious ‘Journalist of the Year’ award for an article about the devastation of rainforests for palm oil.
UNESCO biosphere bulldozed by Brazilian ranchers 30 November 2009A UNESCO Biosphere Reserve inhabited by an uncontacted tribe is being bulldozed by Brazilian cattle ranchers at a devastating rate.
Highway endangers uncontacted Amazon Indians 27 November 2009Brazil’s Attorney General’s office has warned that uncontacted Indians in the Amazon are at risk of extinction due to a highway that runs through Rondônia state to the Bolivian border.
Brazilian Indian found dead following attack by gunmen 17 November 2009The body of a Guarani Indian has been found dead and badly bruised in a river close to his ancestral land in Brazil, following an armed attack on the community of Ypo’i on 30 October.
Anglo-French company nominated for spoof Friends of the Earth award 16 November 2009An Anglo-French company has been nominated for a spoof Friends of the Earth (FoE) award for its billion dollar project in a part of the Amazon inhabited by two of the world’s last uncontacted tribes.
Uncontacted tribe's forest bulldozed for beef 9 November 2009The only uncontacted tribe in South America outside the Amazon is having its forest rapidly and illegally bulldozed by ranchers who want their land to graze cattle for beef.
Isolated Amazon Indians die in ‘swine flu epidemic’ 4 November 2009Seven Yanomami Indians in Venezuela have died from an outbreak of suspected swine flu in the last two weeks. Another 1,000 Yanomami are reported to have caught the virulent strain of flu.
Peru plans to disband national indigenous organisation 28 October 2009The Peruvian government is planning to disband Peru’s national organisation representing indigenous people in the Amazon, known by its Spanish acronym AIDESEP.
Brazilian senator condemns dispossession of Guarani Indians 23 October 2009Senator Marina Silva has given a strong speech in the Brazilian congress following her recent visit to Mato Grosso do Sul state where she attended a large meeting of Guarani Indians.
Amazon tribe down to five as oldest member dies 19 October 2009The Akuntsu tribe in the Brazilian Amazon has lost its oldest member, Ururu, leaving the tribe with only five surviving members.
UK party pledges to sign ILO 169 1 October 2009The UK's Liberal Democrats pledged to sign ILO Convention 169 (ILO 169) on the rights of indigenous and tribal peoples at the party's annual conference last week.
New report reveals tribal peoples at greatest risk from swine flu 30 September 2009A report launched today by human rights group Survival International shows that tribal peoples across the world are at greatest risk from swine flu, as many have poor immunity and suffer chronic underlying illnesses.
Pressure mounts on Tanzanian government following Maasai evictions 29 September 2009Pressure is mounting on the Tanzanian government following the recent violent evictions of Maasai from their land in Loliondo, Northern Tanzania, to make way for the hunting company, Otterlo Business Corporation (OBC).
US oil company sued for Amazon exploration 25 September 2009Indigenous people from south-east Peru are suing Repsol-YPF and US company Hunt Oil for their plans to explore for oil on their land.
Banks meet activists to discuss Vedanta 24 September 2009A meeting of bankers, NGOs and lawyers took place in London this week to discuss concerns over British company Vedanta Resources’ mining operations.
President Khama sweeps Bushman issue under the carpet 24 September 2009To mark Botswana’s Independence Day (30 September), and 18 months since Ian Khama came to office, Survival International has released a cartoon by an anonymous artist from Botswana depicting the President trying to sweep the Bushmen under a carpet.
Arrested Penan: ‘Water from the dam will flood our lands’ 23 September 2009The Penan who were arrested last week outside government offices in the Malaysian part of Borneo have released a statement made on the eve of their arrest about their fears that a hydroelectric dam will destroy their lives.
Another Brazilian Indian community attacked and torched 22 September 2009In the early hours of 18 September, the Guarani Kaiowá community of Apyka´y in Brazil was attacked by ten gunmen, who fired shots in to their camp, wounding one Indian.
World Bank suspends oil palm loans after protests 21 September 2009The World Bank has announced it will not provide any more loans to oil palm companies until it can guarantee the loans are not causing social and environmental harm.
Davi Yanomami asks Brazil’s President to remove goldminers 18 September 2009Yanomami spokesman and shaman Davi Kopenawa met with President Lula this week and asked him to remove all the goldminers working illegally in the Yanomami territory in north Brazil.
Village torched as Guarani Indians evicted from land 17 September 2009A community of 130 Guarani-Kaiowá Indians in Brazil have this week been evicted from their land. They are now living under tarpaulins on the side of a busy highway, with no access to running water or food.
Penan tribe arrested outside government offices in Borneo 16 September 2009At least fourteen people, including six members of the Penan tribe, were arrested in Malaysia today as they tried to voice their opposition to hydroelectric dams that will force them off their land.
Government report confirms Penan girls were raped by loggers 15 September 2009The Malaysian government has released a report confirming that Penan women and girls as young as ten have been raped and sexually abused by logging company workers in Sarawak.
Twelve Indians shot dead by armed men 27 August 2009Twelve members of the Awa tribe were shot dead yesterday, 26 August, by a group of unidentified armed men.
Call for napalm bombing of 'savages' wins Survival racism award 26 August 2009An article implying Peruvian Indians should be bombed with napalm has been named by human rights organisation Survival International as the ‘most racist article’ published in the last year by the mainstream media.
Logging protests spread in Borneo as nomads block roads 24 August 2009Protests by the Penan tribe in Borneo have escalated, with twelve villages coming together to mount new road blockades against the logging and plantation companies that are destroying their rainforest.
Botswana official admits: 'Bushmen were evicted for diamonds' 18 August 2009A senior Botswana government official has admitted that the Kalahari Bushmen were evicted from their land to make way for diamond mining in a new book published this month.
Government investigates reports of illegal logging 14 August 2009Peru’s Indigenous Affairs Department, INDEPA, has announced it will investigate claims that loggers have invaded a reserve created for uncontacted Indians.
Amazon Indians struck by swine flu 'for first time' 12 August 2009The first cases of swine flu have just been reported amongst Amazonian Indians, raising experts’ fears of a devastating contagion amongst peoples with no immunity to outside diseases.
Human Rights Commission to investigate Survival complaint 12 August 2009India's National Human Rights Commission has written to the Government of Orissa demanding a full report into its joint venture mining project with British mining giant Vedanta Resources, following a complaint submitted by Survival.
‘Amazon auction’ suspended until later in the year 10 August 2009Peru’s state oil company, Perupetro, has announced that its auction of new oil and gas exploration rights will take place later this year.
Bushmen freed as government clampdown backfires 5 August 2009An attempt by the Botswana government to punish Bushmen for hunting to feed their families has backfired after a magistrate let them off with a caution, and ordered their release from prison.
Amnesty urges government to suspend laws and oil concessions 4 August 2009Amnesty International has published a damning statement following a visit to Peru in the wake of violent conflict in the Amazon that left more than 30 policemen and civilians dead.
Top 3 places not to go on holiday 3 August 2009As the holiday season enters full swing, Survival International today names three destinations holidaymakers should avoid.
Nukak 'face extinction', indigenous leaders tell UN 31 July 2009Colombia’s national indigenous organisation, ONIC, has warned the United Nations that the Nukak, the country’s last hunter-gatherers, are in danger of extinction.
Borneo tribe mounts new blockades against rainforest destruction 30 July 2009Dozens of Penan tribespeople armed with blowpipes and spears have erected blockades across the roads cut by logging companies deep into their forest in Borneo. The blockaders are calling for an end to logging on their land.
Six Kalahari Bushmen imprisoned for hunting 29 July 2009Six Kalahari Bushmen in Botswana have been arrested and jailed, charged with hunting inside the Central Kalahari Game Reserve.
Victory for Awá nomads 27 July 2009A Brazilian federal judge has ruled that ranchers and colonists illegally occupying the Awá Indian reserve must leave the territory within 180 days.
Tribe brings warning to London with help of celebrities 27 July 2009Human rights campaigner, Bianca Jagger, and Booker Prize winner Arundhati Roy lent their support for a protest today outside the AGM of British mining company Vedanta Resources.
Guarani land rights – ‘a question of honour’ 24 July 2009The president of the Brazilian government’s Indian affairs department, FUNAI, has declared that resolving Guarani land rights in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul is ‘a question of honour’.
Control post to protect uncontacted tribes 16 July 2009Peru’s government has announced that a control post protecting uncontacted tribes will start operating next month.
Urgent appeal to UN to stop mine 15 July 2009Survival International lodged two urgent appeals today to stop a controversial bauxite mine in India. Survival has called on both the UN and India’s National Human Rights Committee to stop Vedanta Resources’ mine in the Niyamgiri Hills, Orissa.
Two more indigenous leaders seek asylum 10 July 2009Two more of Peru’s most prominent indigenous leaders have been forced to seek asylum after orders for their arrest were issued by a judge following violent clashes in the Peruvian Amazon last month.
Government ignores land rights ruling 8 July 2009The government of the Malaysian state of Sarawak is ignoring a recent court ruling recognizing the rights of the Penan and other tribes to their land, according to a leading Sarawak indigenous rights lawyer.
‘Cover-up’ storm over uncontacted tribes 4 July 2009An article in today’s Guardian newspaper alleges that a consultancy firm working for Anglo-French oil company Perenco ‘edited out’ evidence showing that uncontacted Indians are living in the area of the company’s project. The company has claimed that the
Government prepares to investigate 'Amazon's Tiananmen' 30 June 2009Peru’s government is gearing up to investigate the tragic violence in the Amazon last month that left more than 30 people dead, over a hundred injured, and many still missing.
Destroyer of Penan’s forests given honorary knighthood 30 June 2009The founder and chairman of a Malaysian timber company that has logged the forests of the Penan tribe for decades has been given an honorary knighthood.
Congress repeals controversial Amazon laws 22 June 2009The Peruvian Congress has voted to repeal two controversial Amazonian laws after protests that led to the death of an unknown number of policemen and indigenous people.
Eyewitness account of killings published 19 June 2009An eyewitness account of the killings in Peru which caused shockwaves around the world has been published by Survival International.
Post-killings, Peru clamps down on NGOs 17 June 2009Senior figures in Peru are clamping down on both Peruvian and foreign NGOs in the wake of the violent protests which erupted in the country on 5th June.
EU urges removal of military camps on tribal land 17 June 2009The European Union last week urged Bangladesh to remove military camps from the land of the Jumma tribes, and to help re-settle Jummas who have lost their land.
Celebrity resort threatens isolated tribes 15 June 2009A luxury resort being built on the Andaman Islands in India is threatening the survival of the Jarawa tribe, who number just 320 and have only had contact with outsiders since 1998.
Oil companies ‘should withdraw’ as Peru ‘faces its Tiananmen’ 8 June 2009Survival International today called on all oil companies operating in the Peruvian Amazon to suspend operations as the country comes to terms with the worst political violence since the Shining Path insurgency in the 1980s.
‘Dalai Lama of the rainforest’ condemns Peruvian violence 8 June 2009A Yanomami Indian shaman from the Brazilian Amazon, dubbed ‘the Dalai Lama of the rainforest’, today denounced the violence in Peru during his visit to London.
'27 dead' as blockade broken up by authorities 5 June 2009UPDATE - Reports indicate that up to twenty Indian protesters and seven police officers have died after an Indian blockade of a highway in northern Peru was violently broken up by the authorities today. The number of people injured is believed to be signi
Pippa Small and Astley Clarke unite to celebrate Survival’s 40th anniversary 2 June 2009To celebrate the 40th anniversary of Survival, jeweller Pippa Small has designed the Peacock Collection, an exotically coloured hand-made jewellery line using labradorite, lapis and turquoise set in 18-carat yellow gold.
Ogiek tribe to become ‘conservation refugees’ 1 June 2009The hunter-gather Ogiek tribe of Kenya could become the latest in the world’s growing tide of ‘conservation refugees’ if Kenya’s government acts on its threat to evict them from their land in the name of conservation.
'Dalai Lama of the rainforest' brings climate change warning to Britain 28 May 2009A Yanomami Indian shaman from the Brazilian Amazon, dubbed ‘the Dalai Lama of the Rainforest’, will journey to Europe in June to give a message to world leaders in advance of the UN climate change conference in Copenhagen in December.
London protesters vow to stop British mine and destruction of tribe in India 26 May 2009Survival International will hold a protest tomorrow outside the Indian High Commission in London, to demand that the Indian government stops the mining giant Vedanta Resources from destroying the land of the Dongria Kondh tribe.
French hotel group to review cooperation with Borneo loggers 22 May 2009Following pressure from members of the Penan tribe in Borneo, Europe’s leading hotel chain ACCOR has announced an independent review of the operations of logging company Interhill.
ConocoPhillips poses 'deadly' threat to uncontacted tribes 21 May 2009One of the United States’ largest energy companies, ConocoPhillips, could constitute a ‘deadly’ threat to uncontacted tribes in northern Peru, says a new report by AmazonWatch and Save America’s Forests (SAF).
Exposed - Vedanta’s ‘lies’ about tribe 20 May 2009An exposé of the ‘lies’ of British FTSE-100 company Vedanta Resources was launched today by Survival International.
Government renews assault on Bushmen 20 May 2009Botswana’s government sent trucks full of police and wildlife scouts into the Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR) yesterday to confiscate goats from Bushmen who have returned to their ancestral homes.
Government approves controversial mine 18 May 2009The Indian government has given Britain’s Vedanta Resources final approval to start a controversial bauxite mine in the hills of the Dongria Kondh tribe.
'State of emergency' declared in the Amazon 14 May 2009Peru’s government has declared a ‘state of emergency’ in several regions in the Amazon following protests involving thousands of indigenous people.
'Mother Earth in climate crisis' say indigenous people 12 May 2009A statement by indigenous representatives from around the world describes ‘Mother Earth (as) no longer in a period of climate change, but climate crisis.’
Farmers leave Indian land 5 May 2009After years of conflict and tension, rice farmers are finally leaving the indigenous territory known as Raposa-Serra do Sol (the Land of the Fox and Mountain of the Sun) in northern Brazil.
Government determined to exploit uncontacted Indians’ land 1 May 2009Peru’s government has shown its determination to permit work on uncontacted tribes’ land by passing a law declaring oil exploitation in northern Peru a ‘national necessity.’
Perenco chairman meets president as Indians protest across Amazon 30 April 2009The chairman of Anglo-French oil company Perenco has told the Peruvian president his company will invest $2 billion in the country, as Indians protest against the invasion of their territories by oil companies.
Anglo-French company has oil seized and sold 28 April 2009Almost three quarters of a million barrels of oil seized from Anglo-French company Perenco will be auctioned by Ecuador’s government.
Penan slam French hotel group’s cooperation with Borneo loggers 28 April 2009Members of the Penan tribe in Borneo have written to the CEO of Europe’s foremost hotel chain, ACCOR, asking him to end his company’s cooperation with the loggers who are destroying their forests.
Indians blockade main Amazon tributary 24 April 2009A large number of Indians have blockaded one of the Amazon’s main tributaries, the Napo River, in response to the violation of their rights by oil companies and Peru’s government.
Government urged to release findings on sexual abuse of Penan women 22 April 2009Women’s and indigenous peoples’ groups have urged the Malaysian government to release the findings of its investigation into claims that Penan women have been sexually abused by loggers operating on their land.
Supreme Court ruling could threaten Indians’ land 3 April 2009Brazilian Indians are concerned that the ‘small print’ of last month’s Supreme Court ruling on the Raposa-Serra do Sol indigenous territory could jeopardize Indian land rights.
Joanna Lumley narrates new film about remote tribe 31 March 2009British actress Joanna Lumley has narrated a new film for Survival International. ‘Mine: story of a sacred mountain’ reveals the hidden story of the remote Dongria Kondh tribe in India and their battle to stop a vast bauxite mine destroying their land and
UN expert visits Bushmen, sees no access to water 31 March 2009The UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, James Anaya, visited Bushmen from the Central Kalahari Game Reserve in Botswana this month.
Government considers new uncontacted tribes’ reserves 30 March 2009Peru’s indigenous affairs department (INDEPA) has announced it will hold a meeting to discuss the creation of five new reserves for uncontacted tribes in the remote rainforest.
Oil rush accelerates 27 March 2009The head of Peru’s state oil company has announced that it will auction off up to twelve new ‘lots’ for oil and gas exploration, according to reports.
Brazilian rancher greeted by ‘illegal’ advert 26 March 2009A Brazilian rancher destroying uncontacted Indians’ land in Paraguay has today arrived in that country to be greeted with a national newspaper advert denouncing his actions as ‘illegal’.
At last – Australia announces support for UN Declaration 26 March 2009The Australian government has announced that it now intends to support the UN Declaration on indigenous peoples’ rights, reversing its previous opposition
'State of emergency' declared against Brazilian company 24 March 2009More than one hundred indigenous communities in northern Peru have declared themselves in a permanent ‘state of emergency’ after a Brazilian company announced its intention to enter their territories.
Tribe refuses food and medicine from British company 23 March 2009Dongria Kondh villagers in Orissa have refused to accept medicine and food from Vedanta Resources, in protest at the company’s plan to mine the tribe’s mountain.
Colombian oil company to enter uncontacted tribes' land 20 March 2009Colombia’s state oil company will enter territory inhabited by some of the world’s last uncontacted Indians in Peru under an agreement reached this week.
Missionary film leads to people 'hating Indians and wishing them dead' 19 March 2009To mark the UN International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, March 21, Survival is accusing the makers of a controversial film of inciting racial hatred against Brazilian Indians.
'Protect uncontacted tribe's land!' say local groups 10 March 2009A desperate plea for the protection of uncontacted Indians’ land in western Paraguay has been issued by nine local organisations after round-table talks sponsored by the United Nations Development Programme.
Peru's great 'hope' has oil income frozen in Ecuador 9 March 2009The French company tipped to transform Peru’s economy is having its income from oil revenues frozen in neighbouring Ecuador, it has been announced.
Commission calls for demilitarization and Jumma land rights 5 March 2009An international commission has urged Bangladesh’s new government to demilitarize the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) and return stolen land to its tribal owners, the Jummas.
112 mining licences granted on Bushman land since evictions 3 March 2009Since the Bushmen were forced off their land in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR) in 2002, the Botswana government has granted 112 mining licenses for mining companies to explore in the reserve. 16 licenses have been awarded for uranium exploration
Survival director says: 'Don't call tribal people primitive' 2 March 2009An article by Survival International’s director, Stephen Corry, published in one of the UK’s leading newspapers, slams the use of terms like ‘primitive’ and ‘stone age’ to describe tribal peoples.
British newspapers ban use of 'primitive' and 'stone age' 27 February 2009British newspapers The Guardian and The Observer have banned the use of ‘primitive’ and ‘Stone Age’ to describe tribal peoples following Survival’s ‘Stamp it Out' campaign.
Buerk criticized after 'primitive' gaffe 25 February 2009Former BBC newsreader Michael Buerk has been criticized by West Papuans after calling them ‘primitive’ and claiming they kill outsiders.
Experts denounce Amazon Indian cannibalism reports as 'false' and 'slanderous' 19 February 2009World experts on the Amazon tribe accused of killing and eating a white settler cast doubts today on the authenticity of the accusations. The tribe’s supposed cannibalism has been reported by media all around the world.
Hopes pinned on French company to overturn oil and gas deficit 17 February 2009High-ranking officials in the Peruvian energy sector are pinning their hopes on a French company to overturn Peru’s billion dollar oil and gas deficit, announced last week.
Endangered Amazon tribe featured in the UK Sunday Times 16 February 2009The Enawene Nawe, a small and remote tribe living in the Brazilian Amazon, is featured in an article in the Sunday Times Magazine by the journalist Christina Lamb.
Papuan lawyer acquitted for text message 'insult' 13 February 2009A Papuan human rights lawyer has been cleared of all charges under Indonesian law after accusations he sent a text message deemed ‘insulting’ to Indonesia’s president.
Indians invade press office at World Social Forum 12 February 2009Indians from the Javari Valley, one of the largest indigenous territories in Brazil, invaded the press office at the World Social Forum held in Brazil at the end of January.
Demonstrators target Graff Diamonds' London store 11 February 2009Survival’s campaign targeting Graff Diamonds over its involvement in a controversial diamond mine planned on the land of Kalahari Bushmen in Botswana has stepped up a gear.
Quentin Blake named ‘Survival ambassador’ 10 February 2009The world's best loved illustrator Quentin Blake was today named an ambassador for Survival International.
Yanomami give goldminers an ultimatum 9 February 2009The Yanomami of the community of Paapiú in the Brazilian Amazon are demanding that the authorities remove hundreds of illegal goldminers invading their land.
Survival targets Graff diamonds - protest tomorrow at Bond St store 9 February 2009Human rights group Survival International is holding a protest tomorrow outside Graff Diamonds’ flagship London store, to demand that Laurence Graff pulls out of a controversial diamond mine planned on the land of the Kalahari Bushmen in Botswana.
German NGO launches uncontacted tribes campaign 4 February 2009A German NGO has launched a campaign to protect the rights and lives of some of the world’s last uncontacted tribes living in the remote Peruvian Amazon.
Tribe forms human chain to keep British company off sacred mountain 29 January 2009Hundreds of members of the Dongria Kondh tribe, together with many tribal and non-tribal allies, formed a human chain at the base of their sacred Niyamgiri mountain on the 27th January to prevent British mining giant Vedanta from bulldozing it.
Christmas killing spree and increased repression in West Papua 28 January 2009There is mounting evidence that violence and repression in West Papua are intensifying. Over the Christmas and New Year period, there were several reports of killings and shootings, and a rise in ‘accidental deaths’.
Illegal miners murder Yekuana Indian 27 January 2009Illegal goldminers shot dead a Yekuana leader and injured his son on Wednesday in the Brazilian state of Roraima.
Leader of Mro tribe released from prison 27 January 2009Ranglai Mro, leader of the remote Mro (or Mru) people of the Chittagong Hill Tracts, was released on bail today after almost two years in prison.
Anglo-French oil company faces billion dollar headache in Amazon 26 January 2009An Anglo-French oil company hoping to drill for oil on uncontacted tribes’ land in the Peruvian Amazon may be forced to abandon the project after the government threatened to withdraw investment in it.
7,000 march against British mining company Vedanta 22 January 2009Thousands of protestors in India marched against British mining firm Vedanta on Saturday, to oppose the company’s plans to mine a sacred mountain and feed its aluminium refinery.
President's New Year's resolutions include uncontacted tribe 22 January 2009A cartoon published today by Survival International lists protecting the rights of an uncontacted tribe in Paraguay as one of President Lugo’s New Year’s Resolutions for 2009.
Indigenous leaders' inauguration 22 January 2009In the month the world saw the inauguration of the first African-American as president of the United States, two indigenous leaders were inaugurated as mayor and vice-mayor of a town in the Brazilian state of Amazonas.
New Year card for Vedanta’s shareholders predicts Indian tribe’s destruction 21 January 2009Key shareholders in British mining giant Vedanta Resources received a New Year card this morning, congratulating them on their involvement in the impending destruction of the remote Indian hill tribe, the Dongria Kondh.
British oil company in Amazon 'double trouble' 16 January 2009An Anglo-French oil company has run into trouble in the remote Amazon jungle following an OPEC ruling and concerns about uncontacted tribes in one of the regions it is working.
Kurt Jackson donates to Survival 12 January 2009Leading British artist Kurt Jackson is donating the monies from the sale of six works of art from his new exhibition 'Forest Gardens' (15-31 January 2009 at Messum's, 8 Cork Street, London W1S 3LJ) to Survival International.
Tribal leader to be released after two years in prison 9 January 2009Bangladesh’s High Court yesterday ordered the release on bail of Ranglai Mro, leader of the remote Mru people of the Chittagong Hill Tracts, after almost two years in prison.
New government commits to peace accord 7 January 2009The new government of Bangladesh, which swept to power in a landslide election victory on 29 December, has committed itself to honouring the 1997 peace accord with the Jumma tribal people.
