India orders crackdown on ‘human safaris’ in the Andaman Islands

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India orders crackdown on ‘human safaris’ in the Andaman Islands

As outrage over exploitation of Jarawa tribe spreads, minister flies in for talksEmbarrassed officials in the Andaman Islands are desperately attempting to deal with the fallout from reported abuse of tribal women, after revelations in the Observer that they were being exploited for the benefit of paying tourists. Video footage capturing the so-called “human safaris” which run on a daily basis through the forest home of the islands’ recently contacted Jarawa tribe has provoked worldwide outrage.