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  • 31 Oct 2006
    Race and Identity

    Gordon Brown has proposed that Remembrance Sunday might be developed into a patriotic national day to celebrate British history, achievements and culture. Ekklesia has suggested that Martin Luther King’s ‘World House’ vision would be a better starting point.

  • 23 May 2013
    Responding rationally to the Woolwich murder

    In the streets of Woolwich, south-east London, a brutal murder took place yesterday (22 May). Pictures and eyewitness accounts suggest that a man was hacked to death in broad daylight and those responsible for this horrific crime were arrested shortly afterwards. While this was a tragedy for the victim, his family and friends and a shock to the local community, the reaction by some in government risks spreading unnecessary panic.

  • 23 May 2013
    Ekklesia daily e-briefing resumes

    We are pleased to announce that as of yesterday, 22 May 2013, Ekklesia's daily e-mail briefing service (covering news, events and comment) has resumed.

  • 14 May 2013
    Brazilian Indians forced to leave mega-dam site

    The Brazilian authorities have evicted Indians from the Belo Monte dam site, where they were protesting for their land rights.

  • 11 May 2013
    Landmark operation evicts illegal ranchers from Yanomami land

    The Brazilian authorities have begun an operation to remove eleven illegal ranches from the Yanomami territory in Brazil, and return the land to the Indians

  • 7 May 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.

  • 6 May 2013
    Italian Supreme Court strikes down anti-Roma policy

    Italy’s Supreme Court has declared an anti-Roma policy - the so-called 'Nomad emergency' - unlawful and unfounded.

  • 30 Apr 2013
    Survival launches tourism boycott of India’s Andaman Islands

    Survival International has launched a tourism boycott of India’s Andaman Islands, until the degrading practice of ‘human safaris’ to the Jarawa tribe is stopped.

  • 25 Apr 2013
    Worldwide protests demand protection for Peru’s uncontacted tribes

    Survival International has held protests outside Peruvian embassies and consulates, calling for an end to expansion of the Camisea gas project in Peru’s Amazon rainforest.

  • 22 Apr 2013
    Indonesian military ‘development’ programme spreads fear in West Papua

    Papuan leaders have voiced their concern at plans for Indonesian soldiers to build 1,500 km of new roads in the next two years to accelerate ‘development’ in West Papua.