The human rights organization denounced Survival five companies violated in different parts of the world, indigenous rights.
In a statement issued in London, publishes Survival what he calls his 'Top 5 Hall Of Shame' ('The top five in the hall of shame'), which includes the energy giant GDF Suez that has partial ownership of the French Government for his involvement in the construction of the dam Jirau will be the largest in Brazil.
Survival According , the company continues with the construction work despite warnings from several organizations in which they are alerted that inhabit this area tribes. The oil
Perenco / Repsol also appear in the note of Survival, which accuses it of exploiting the territory inhabited by tribes in northern Peru.
The organization claims that the suggestions given by the Anglo-French Perenco their employees in case they are attacked by Indians encourages its employees to "frighten and scare them away" or "tell them to go home" .
The Malaysian company Samling is another of the names mentioned in this 'hall of shame ' to destroy, according to Survival, the forests of the Malaysian state of Sarawak on the island of Borneo , where live Penan tribe. Many Indians of this tribe have been arrested and imprisoned for protesting against that company.
Survival The note recalls that an executive of Samling, James Ho, said "the indigenous Penan have no rights to the forest."
The organization also criticizes Wilderness Safaris, a tour operator that recently opened a luxury hotel in the Game Reserve in Botswana's Central Kalahari , an area in which the Bushmen deprived of access to water and food.
The fifth company is Brazil's Survival quoted Yaguarete Pora, which wants to operate in a forest area of \u200b\u200bthe Paraguayan Chaco but Ayoreo inhabit.
According to CEO Survival Stephen Corry, these multinationals "really symbolizes the pursuit of money and benefits at the expense of people who just want to live in peace in their own land. "
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