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Spanish construction giant targeted over uncontacted Indians' land grab

Protestors demanded 'Save the Ayoreo' at the annual shareholder meeting of Spanish company Grupo San José.© Victoria Herranz/SurvivalProtestors demanded “Save the Ayoreo” at the annual shareholder...

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Brazil: Gunmen set fire to Indian community

Smoke rises in the distance as Kurusu Mba community burns.© Reprodução/TV Morena, 2015Gunmen have attacked and set ablaze a Guarani Indian community in south west Brazil.Initial reports indicated that...

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Defending tribes' right to remain uncontacted

Uncontacted Indians in Amazonia make their views clear.© G. Miranda/FUNAI/Survival, 2008Stephen Corry, Director of Survival International, the global movement for tribal peoples’ rights, has attacked...

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Amazon Indians demand: 'Respect our right to remain uncontacted'

Crossed spears found on a path in northern Peru. Crossed spears are a common sign used by uncontacted Indians to warn outsiders to stay away. © Marek Wolodzko/AIDESEPAmazon Indian organizations have...

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Pope apologizes for Catholic church’s crimes against indigenous peoples

A Guarani representative told the Pope his people are dying as they struggle for their land rights.© Survival InternationalPope Francis has asked forgiveness from the indigenous peoples of Latin...

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Undercover TV report exposes mass evictions from India's tiger reserves

Canal Plus has exposed the illegal eviction of villagers such as Jatiya from Kanha Tiger Reserve in the name of conservation. © Canal Plus, 2015A special undercover investigation by French TV channel...

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Peru to initiate dialogue with uncontacted tribe

The Peruvian government will initiate dialogue with the uncontacted Mashco-Piro who have been coming into close proximity with outsiders. © Jean-Paul Van BelleThe Peruvian government has announced...

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UN Indigenous Day: Most recently contacted Indian speaks out for first time

Irahoa Awá and his family were forced out of their forest home after being surrounded by loggers. © Survival International 2015Ahead of U.N. Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples on Sunday, August 9,...

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Groundbreaking communications technology gives remote tribes a voice

'We'll be able to communicate with people who live far away.' Mariazinha Yanomami, recording the first-ever message for Tribal Voice. © Survival International, 2015Survival International, the global...

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Yosemite stunt launches 'Stop the Con' campaign to change conservation

Survival campaigner Tesia Bobrycki suspended in mid-air from El Capitan in Yosemite National Park to launch Survival's 'Stop the Con' campaign. © Edwin Bobrycki/ Survival 2015With a daring stunt,...

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Survival Director condemns rise of 'green militarism' in conservation

Kinessa Johnson is one of the former soldiers in VETPAW, an organization which sends veterans to Africa to 'defund' terrorism. © SurvivalSurvival’s Director Stephen Corry has exposed the hypocrisy in...

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UN appeals for Guarani in Brazil as gunmen 'prepare to attack'

Thousands of Guarani Indians holding on to tiny patches of their ancestral land are living in fear of being forcibly evicted.© Survival International 2015The United Nations has appealed to the...

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Conservation's links to eugenics exposed on Park Service anniversary

Awahneechee Indians were tolerated inside Yosemite for a few decades but had to pretend to be Plains Indians for tourists in Yosemite, 1916-29.© SurvivalOn the 99th anniversary of the U.S. National...

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Attempt at triple world record: Oldest, youngest & fastest water-ski the...

Robin Hanbury-Tenison will attempt to break a world record by becoming the oldest person to water-ski the English Channel at age 79.© Survival InternationalExplorer Robin Hanbury-Tenison will attempt...

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Peru: Land at last for families of murdered Ashéninka Indians

Ashéninka leader Edwin Chota was murdered on 1 September 2014 by suspected illegal loggers.© Scott WallaceAshéninka Indians in Peru have obtained title of their ancestral land on the anniversary of the...

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Brazil: Guarani man assassinated by gunmen as tensions rise

Guarani man Semião Vilhalva was murdered by ranchers' gunmen after his community reoccupied parts of their ancestral land. © Local mediaA Guarani Indian leader has been shot dead in west-central...

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Exposed: Forced evictions in Ethiopia – what the UK government tried to cover up

The UK government has tried to suppress evidence of gross human rights violations in Ethiopia's Lower Omo Valley, such as the forced resettlement of the Bodi and other tribes. © Nicola Bailey/...

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Celebrities call for a new conservation that respects tribal peoples' rights

Actor Gillian Anderson and other world-renowned celebrities have joined a call for a new conservation that respects tribal peoples' rights.© SurvivalIn a letter published today in the UK’s “i”...

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Wave of attacks hits Brazil’s Guarani tribe

Young Guarani leader Semião Vilhalva was shot dead one week after his community reoccupied part of their ancestral land.© Local mediaGunmen have launched a wave of attacks against Guarani Indians in...

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Brazilian Indians kidnapped by ranchers

The community of Guarani leader Lide has been brutally attacked by ranchers' gunmen. © Survival International, 2015Members of one of Brazil’s most persecuted tribes have been kidnapped by the ranchers...

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