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| Rendered homeless by government action: elderly Iban woman of Sungai Sekabai, Sarawak (Malaysia) | Iban villagers of Sungai Sekabai are gathering their belongings after their houses were demolished by a government team.
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| Destroyed house at the Iban village of Sungai Sekabai. | Destroyed house at the Iban village of Sungai Sekabai.
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| Iban natives of Sungai Sekabai are shocked after the destruction of their village by the Malaysian authorities; in the center headman Nor anak Nyaway. | Headman Nor anak Nyawai of Sungai Sekabai in front of his destroyed house. Nor was the plaintiff of a 2001 landmark court case in which a Malayian court acknowledged for the first time that native communities had customary rights over primary rainforests. |