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1 Feb 2011

Vedanta fights mining ban on Indian hill tribe’s sacred mountain

The FTSE 100 mining giant Vedanta is challenging a ban on mining the sacred mountain of India’s Dongria Kondh tribe.
27 Jan 2011

Victory for Kalahari Bushmen as court grants right to water

In a momentous decision, Botswana’s Court of Appeal have quashed a ruling that denied the Kalahari Bushmen access to water on their ancestral lands.
24 Jan 2011

Derisory sentences for torture video soldiers

Three Indonesian soldiers captured on video torturing two Papuan villagers last May have been sentenced to between eight and ten months in prison.
22 Jan 2011

Survival protestors target international tourism fair in Madrid

Visitors to the international tourism fair in Madrid today, (22 January 2011) were met by Survival protestors calling for a boycott of tourism to Botswana.
19 Jan 2011

Bushmen back in court over water rights

Kalahari Bushmen pleaded for the right to water in Botswana’s Court of Appeal on 17 January 2011.
14 Jan 2011

Bushmen ‘determined’ as legal battle over water approaches climax

Botswana’s Court of Appeal will next week begin a hearing to decide whether Bushmen living on their ancestral lands have the right to water.
12 Jan 2011

Borneo tribe launch legal case to save rainforest

Penan tribespeople in Sarawak, in the Malaysian part of Borneo, have launched a legal case against the logging giant Samling.
28 Dec 2010

WikiLeaks shows US renewed Indonesia military ties after ‘threat’

WikiLeaks has revealed Indonesia threatened President Obama’s visit to Jakarta this year unless America reversed its ban on military assistance.
17 Dec 2010

US formally endorses tribal rights declaration

The US has formally endorsed the UN Declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples, meaning that no countries now oppose it.
15 Dec 2010

Obama urged to back UN declaration on indigenous people's rights

Barack Obama has been urged to support the UN Declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples. The United States is the only country that still opposes it.

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