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11 Jun 2012

Earth’s 'most threatened tribe' demands action as logging season starts

Earth’s ‘most threatened tribe’ has made a desperate appeal for the Brazilian government to halt the illegal logging that is ravaging its territory.
15 May 2012

Indians rejoice at Brazilian court ruling

The Pataxó Hã-Hã-Hãe Indians of Brazil are celebrating a Supreme Court decision to allow them to live undisturbed on their land.
29 Apr 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.
22 Mar 2012

Brazil's Awá tribe face 'real genocide'

Calls were growing to stop “genocide” inside Brazil’s Amazon, as the UN marked the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination yesterday.
7 Mar 2012

Outrage over 'freakshow TV' portraying indigenous people as savages

An Australian TV show branding an Amazon tribe as child murderers has been condemned by campaigners against racist depictions of tribal peoples.
12 Jan 2012

Indigenous child allegedly burnt alive by loggers in Brazil

Loggers have reportedly invaded the Amazon home of uncontacted Awá Indians in Brazil. One of them has allegedly been "burnt alive".
2 Dec 2011

Church members demonstrate in Rio to back public transport lifeline

Churches joined a recent demonstration in Rio de Janeiro's Santa Teresa neighbourhood, protesting neglect of a transport system lifeline for residents.
20 Nov 2011

Masked gunmen kill Brazilian Indian leader

Survival International reports that masked gunmen in Brazil have executed an Indian religious leader in front of his community.
14 Nov 2011

WCC supports a truth commission in Brazil

The Moderator of the Central Committee of the World Council of Churches has met with the Brazilian minister for human rights in the capital.
27 Oct 2011

Brazilian Lutherans prepare for 2017 Reformation anniversary

Brazilian Lutheran church leaders have outlined plans for events in 2017 commemorating the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation.

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