Ten people showed up in solidarity with the Jarawa tribe today, at a vigil outside India House in Aldwych. Holding placards saying "India act now" and "the Jarawa face extinction" the campaigners were calling on the Indian government to uphold the decision of their supreme court and close the trunk road that cuts through the tribe's land.

The isolated Jarawa tribe, having hit the headlines for surviving the 2004 tsunami intact, are in danger of being wiped out completely by settlers invading their land. Indian settlers are stealing the animals the Jarawa hunt, plying them with alcohol and tobacco, sexually abusing Jarawa women and using the men as cheap labour. Outsiders also bring the risk of disease to which the Jarawa, following thousands of years of isolation, have no immunity.

Survival International will be holding a weekly vigil outside India House in Aldwych, between 12.30 and 2.00pm


Please join us and help make our protest a powerful statement. For directions, please see the following link:  http://www.streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf?x=530679&y=180971&z

Please call 020 7687 8700 for more information