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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.
6 Apr 2013

Disability rights campaigners protest at Amazon depot

Disability rights campaigner and WOW petition organiser Susan Archibald has joined with fellow protestors to demonstrate at Amazon’s depot in Halbeath, Fife.
25 Mar 2013

UN demands ‘immediate suspension’ of Amazon gas plans

The United Nations has demanded an immediate halt to expansion of a gas project in the Peruvian Amazon, over concerns of the risk to lives of uncontacted Indians.
13 Feb 2013

Christians urged to fast from tax-dodging companies during Lent

Christians are being encouraged to do no business with tax-dodging corporations such as Amazon and Starbucks for the duration of Lent.
10 Dec 2012

Osborne ‘turning a blind eye’ to tax avoidance, says charity

A report released by War on Want says the Chancellor's anti-abuse rule will have no impact on the tax avoided by Amazon, Google and Starbucks.
27 Jul 2012

Brazilian Indians fear ‘absurd’ setback over land rights

Brazilian Indians have expressed their anger and dismay as a new directive threatens to weaken their control over their lands.
18 Jul 2012

Vietnam buys into Peru’s controversial oil fields

The Vietnamese oil company PetroVietnam has bought a stake in two Peruvian oil blocks in a region known to be inhabited by uncontacted tribes.
3 Jul 2012

Global pressure on Brazil over 'Earth's most threatened tribe'

Dozens of British politicians have joined an international campaign calling on Brazil to save “Earth’s most threatened tribe" by halting illegal logging.
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.
4 May 2012

Amazon road could cut uncontacted tribes’ land in half

Peru’s Congress is about to approve a highly controversial road that will slash in half the territory of at least two uncontacted tribes.

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