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Botswana: Bushmen Arrested And Beaten

Wednesday, 14 February 2007, 10:03 am | Survival International

Six Bushmen have been arrested, starved and held for six days after police and wildlife guards accused them of hunting in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve in Botswana. They were then released without charge. More >>

Botswana: Bushmen To Return Home On Friday

Wednesday, 10 January 2007, 10:11 am | Survival International

A group of Kalahari Bushmen will return to their land on Friday, following their historic court victory on 13 December. More >>

Bushmen Give Their Reaction To Historic Court Win

Friday, 15 December 2006, 9:42 am | Survival International

Some of the Bushmen involved in Wednesday's historic court victory in Botswana have today been giving their reaction. More >>

Botswana: Joy As Bushmen Win Landmark Legal Case

Thursday, 14 December 2006, 10:48 am | Survival International

Scenes of jubilation greeted the Botswana High Court's ruling today in favour of the Kalahari Bushmen. More >>

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 >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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