News from the Awá

Exposed: World’s ‘most threatened tribe’ outnumbered 10:1 by invaders
17 May 2012 Brazilian officials have acknowledged the scale of the emergency after receiving 20,000 messages of protest
Colin Firth campaign for Brazilian tribe breaks records in just 3 days
28 April 2012 More than 10,000 protest emails have been sent to the Brazilian government.
Colin Firth launches campaign to save ‘Earth’s most threatened tribe’
25 April 2012 Brazil's Justice Minister is urged to save the Awá from 'genocide' and 'extinction'
‘Genocide’ risk in Brazil despite UN push to end racism
21 March 2012 The Awá are facing high levels of deforestation of their forest home.
‘Evidence of attack’ where Indian child was reportedly ‘burned alive’
20 January 2012 The findings suggest loggers were operating 400 meters away from an uncontacted Awá camp
Loggers invade tribal home of Amazon Indian child 'burned alive'
10 January 2012 The Awá are regularly attacked by loggers invading their territory
It’s official – the key to conservation lies with indigenous peoples
10 November 2011 A World Bank study shows how deforestation rates are lower in indigenous areas
Amazon Indian nomad beaten up by loggers
21 September 2011 A man of the nomadic hunter-gatherer Awá tribe has been brutally attacked by loggers who have invaded Awá land
Uncontacted Amazon Indians face annihilation
14 February 2011 Shocking report shows that almost a third of Awá territory has been illegally logged
Amazon nomads demand justice
3 December 2010 10 Awá Indians have traveled from the Amazon to Brazil's capital, to demand that the authorities protect their land

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