Bushmen hunting charges withdrawn
Twenty-one Botswana Bushmen arrested in June and July for hunting to feed their families were celebrating today after all charges against them were dropped.
Twenty-one Botswana Bushmen arrested in June and July for hunting to feed their families were celebrating today after all charges against them were dropped.
Six Gana and Gwi Bushmen have been arrested by Botswana police for hunting on their ancestral land in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve in Botswana. This follows twenty-one arrests for hunting in June and July.
Survival has submitted a report to the UN Human Rights Committee detailing the Botswana government?s failure to implement the December 2006 ruling in the case of the Kalahari Bushmen.
Twenty-one Gana and Gwi Bushmen have been arrested by Botswana police for hunting on their ancestral land in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve in Botswana.
British peer Lord Jones of Cheltenham has denied reports that he questioned Survival International's integrity and accounting procedures.
Bushman leader Roy Sesana will return to Botswana today from Italy, where he met with the Vice President of the Senate, the Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and the former Minister of Culture.
Bushman leader Roy Sesana went to Downing Street yesterday to deliver a letter from his people to Prime Minister Tony Blair. On Wednesday he addressed MPs and peers at Westminster to ask for their support.
Bushman leader Roy Sesana will meet with British MPs at Westminster this Wednesday 23 May to seek support for his people’s ten-year struggle to return to their land in the Kalahari desert, Botswana.