Come Aug 31, 2005, Malaysia will be celebrating 48 years of independence from colonial rule. But almost after 50 years of independence, we, the Sarawak Penans , continue to live in extreme poverty ...

A movie about the Penans of Sarawak is showing in Europe now. — Photo courtesy of Bruno Manser Foundation MIRI: Any local or overseas money-making project that features the Penans of Sarawak must ...

A Penan village chief has appealed to Sarawak Chief Minister Tan Sri Adenan Satem to reconsider the ethnic group's request to alienate land for a Peace Park. The government under Adenan’s predecessor ...

The leader of an indigenous group here, pushing for better compensation from the Sarawak government and its energy board, has been ordered to appear in court next month to face a criminal trespass ...

The voluntary firefighting squad from Long Kevok. MIRI: The Penans of Long Kevok settlement in the interiors of northern Sarawak have set up their own voluntary firefighting unit — a first among the ...

About 100 Penans, or aboriginal hunter-gatherers, have blocked access to the project, which they claim is affecting their lands and livelihoods. The 521-kilometre 36-inch diameter onshore pipeline ...

Bruno Manser has always had a streak of daring. Last year the Swiss environmentalist descended by motorized paraglider into the remote Malaysia state of Sarawak. He wanted to deliver a symbolic toy ...

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Bruno Manser Fonds releases over 10,000 photos by environmentalist hero Bruno Manser On April 19th over 10,000 of Bruno Manser’s photographs will be made available to the public on-line. The pictures ...

I think for all its rhetoric, the government has failed the first inhabitants of Malaysia badly. The malaysiakini report, Penan plight shocks Suhakam team is timely. Some years ago the plight of the ...

The headman of the Penan community of Long Jaik here has appealed to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to stop Japan’s use of wood from a company that, he says, is destroying their forests and their ...