indigenous peoples

December 5, 2019

Court case reveals abuse in Indian tribal residential schools

A 2016 report found that almost 1,500 children had died in such schools across Maharashtra state in recent years.
November 4, 2019

Amazon Guardian killed and another shot as loggers attack in Brazil

An indigenous Amazon Guardian has been shot dead and another wounded after they were ambushed by loggers.
October 8, 2019

Warning of uncontacted tribes 'genocide' after sacking of Brazilian government coordinator

President Bolsonaro wants to open up the Amazon rainforest for large-scale agribusiness and mining, and 'integrate' uncontacted indigenous peoples into mainstream society.
October 3, 2019

Canada ignoring First Nation water crisis, says Human Rights Watch

There are serious and prolonged drinking water and sanitation problems for thousands of First Nations people living on reserves, says Human Rights Watch.
August 29, 2019

Uncontacted tribes now threatened by Amazon fires

The survival of uncontacted tribes in the Amazon is now at risk as some of their last forest refuges are being consumed by flames, says Survival International.
August 26, 2019

Malaysia vastly undercounting poverty, says UN rights expert

Malaysia lays claim to the world’s lowest national poverty rate by using an unduly low poverty line that does not reflect the cost of living, and by excluding vulnerable populations from its official figures, said UN human rights expert Philip Alston at the end of a mission to the country.
August 2, 2019

Indigenous leader murdered in Brazil's northern Amazon

Survival International says President Bolsonaro’s recent comments on opening up indigenous territories to mining are emboldening illegal goldminers and other invaders.
July 2, 2019

Thousands of goldminers invade Yanomami territory in Brazil

Up to 10,000 goldminers have invaded Yanomami lands in northern Brazil, spreading malaria in the region and polluting many of the rivers with mercury.
May 7, 2019

Change the system or face global ecological collapse, says global biodiversity assessment

The world faces ecological collapse and mass extinctions unless dramatic action is taken to change social and economic systems, according to a global assessment by The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services.
May 1, 2019

Women environmental defenders 'in life-threatening danger' in Ecuador

A new Amnesty International report shows the Ecuadorian authorities are failing to prevent attacks against the environmental defenders, Amazonian Women.