One year after court victory, Bushmen still far from home
13 December marks the first anniversary of the Kalahari Bushmen’s landmark victory in Botswana’s High Court. But most of the Bushmen remain stranded in resettlement camps.
13 December marks the first anniversary of the Kalahari Bushmen’s landmark victory in Botswana’s High Court. But most of the Bushmen remain stranded in resettlement camps.
Bushmen in Botswana today announced they plan to return to court within a matter of weeks if the government continues to prevent them from returning home.
Survival has placed a full-page advert in the UK’s Independent newspaper today, condemning the torture of Bushmen evicted from their land in the Kalahari in Botswana and appealing to the British public to support them.
Shocking new details have emerged of the torture and beating of a group of Bushmen in Kaudwane resettlement camp, Botswana. Fifteen men were arrested in late September for hunting, and at least ten of them were tortured.
A renowned Yanomami Indian leader from Brazilian Amazonia has made an emotional plea to the Botswana government to let the Kalahari Bushmen live on their land, ‘in peace for the rest of their lives’.
Six Bushmen have been arrested for hunting in New Xade resettlement camp, according to First People of the Kalahari, a Bushman human rights organisation.
A Bushman human rights organisation today reported that at least ten men in Kaudwane resettlement camp have been arrested and beaten by wildlife officials for hunting.
Just three days after Survival International re-ignited its Bushman campaign, a lengthy cover article in The Times has described the Botswana government’s continuing refusal to honour the terms of the Bushmen’s court victory.