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Botswana: Bushmen Await Judgement On Wednesday
Tuesday, 12 December 2006, 10:25 am | Survival International
Judges in Botswana's High Court will rule on Wednesday on the landmark case brought by the Kalahari Bushmen against the Botswana government. More >>
Bushmen Renew Appeal To Dicaprio
Wednesday, 6 December 2006, 11:26 am | Survival International
The Kalahari Bushmen have renewed their desperate appeal to Leonardo DiCaprio as diamond companies begin exploration on their land. More >>
March To Parliament To Condemn Bushmen Evictions
Tuesday, 5 December 2006, 10:18 am | Survival International
Around 200 people took to the streets in Botswana's capital Gaborone on Saturday to protest the government's refusal to allow the Bushmen of the Central Kalahari to return to their ancestral homes. More >>
UN Declaration On Indigenous People Blocked
Friday, 1 December 2006, 10:25 am | Survival International
Final approval at the UN General Assembly of the declaration on indigenous peoples' rights has been blocked by a group of African countries led by Namibia, and supported by Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Russia. More >>
Bushman Case - Court To Rule On 13 December
Thursday, 30 November 2006, 11:38 am | Survival International
Judges in Botswana's High Court will rule on 13 December on the landmark case brought by the Kalahari Bushmen against the Botswana government. More >>
Kenyans Call On Botswana To Learn From Them
Wednesday, 29 November 2006, 10:10 am | Survival International
Two Kenyan hunter-gatherers who travelled 2,800 km to investigate the plight of the Kalahari Bushmen have called on Botswana's government to 'learn from our experience'. More >>
Botswana: Kenyan Hunter-Gatherers Questioned
Tuesday, 28 November 2006, 9:22 am | Survival International
Two Ogiek hunter-gatherers visiting Botswana to investigate the situation of the Kalahari Bushmen have been detained and questioned by the authorities. More >>
Aids Takes Hold Of Evicted Bushmen
Friday, 17 November 2006, 11:13 am | Survival International
A new wave of diamond exploration is sweeping the lands of the Kalahari Bushmen in Botswana. More >>
Mother's Death Highlights Growing Aids Crisis
Thursday, 16 November 2006, 10:53 am | Survival International
A 29-year-old Gana Bushman woman from the Central Kalahari Game Reserve has died of AIDS in New Xade resettlement camp, Botswana. Tumelo Sebelegangwana leaves one child of her own, and two children of her sister, who died earlier of TB. More >>
Peru: Campaigner Investigates Amazon Tribes
Wednesday, 15 November 2006, 10:06 am | Survival International
A Survival campaigner has recently returned from a trip to the Peruvian Amazon to identify areas inhabited by uncontacted tribes. More >>
Archbishop Tutu Condemns Bushman Evictions
Wednesday, 8 November 2006, 9:57 am | Survival International
Archbishop Desmond Tutu has condemned the eviction of the Kalahari Bushmen and has appealed to the Botswana government not to destroy them. More >>
Brazil: Indian Child Found Dead In Amazon
Saturday, 4 November 2006, 5:05 pm | Survival International
The body of an isolated Indian child has been discovered in the Brazilian Amazon, in the state of Maranh£o. An Indian from the Guajajara tribe came across the remains of the body whilst out hunting. The child's age is estimated at about eight years ... More >>
Peru: Historic Double Triumph For Indians
Friday, 3 November 2006, 10:08 am | Survival International
A Chinese oil company, SAPET, exploring in the southeast Peruvian Amazon has announced it will not enter territory inhabited by isolated Indians. More >>
Colombia: Suicide Of Amazon Nomad Leader
Thursday, 26 October 2006, 11:28 am | Survival International
A leader of the nomadic Nukak tribe has committed suicide after drinking a poison usually used by his people to kill fish. More >>
Treatment of Bushmen Slammed
Wednesday, 18 October 2006, 10:04 am | Survival International
The African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights' (ACHPR), the continent's top human rights body, is about to publish its report on indigenous peoples in Botswana. It is highly critical of the government's treatment of Bushmen, especially the Gana ... More >>
Vigils As Jarawa Tribe Faces Extinction
Wednesday, 11 October 2006, 1:37 pm | Survival International
Survival will hold vigils tomorrow, 10 October, in London and Paris in support of the Jarawa tribe of the Andaman Islands, India. The Jarawa are in danger of being wiped out by settlers and poachers invading their land. More >>
Botswana: Bushman Activists Face Jail
Saturday, 7 October 2006, 2:37 pm | Survival International
Bushman human rights activists in Botswana are to appear in court on Monday. They face up to one year in jail on charges of 'unlawful assembly'. More >>
Colombia: Amazon Nomads Ask To Go Home
Friday, 6 October 2006, 12:08 am | Survival International
The nomadic Nukak tribe, who were recently moved by Colombian authorities to a new camp far from their traditional lands, have asked to return to their own homes. More >>
Call On UN To Approve Indigenous Declaration
Tuesday, 3 October 2006, 11:28 am | Survival International
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and Survival International today called on the UN General Assembly to adopt the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, at its current session in New York. More >>
Model Urged To Step Down As Face Of De Beers
Saturday, 23 September 2006, 2:58 pm | Survival International
Bushmen Urge Linda Evangelista To Step Down As Face Of De Beers And Harrods Not To Open De Beers Concession More >>
