
Opposition party condemns evictions of Bushmen
The Botswana Congress Party (BCP), one of the country's leading opposition parties, has condemned the Botswana governments eviction of the Bushmen from the Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR).
The Botswana Congress Party (BCP), one of the country's leading opposition parties, has condemned the Botswana governments eviction of the Bushmen from the Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR).
Police in the Andaman islands have arrested 14 men who illegally entered the reserve of the isolated Jarawa tribe. Survival and groups in the islands have been urging the government to clamp down on rampant poaching in the reserve.
The nomadic Nukak tribe, who fled their jungle homes after being caught up in Colombias civil war, have been hit by a flu epidemic.
The Kalahari Bushmen of Botswana have made a desperate appeal for help to Leonardo DiCaprio, who stars in the forthcoming film The Blood Diamond. The appeal appears today as a full-page advert in Variety magazine.
Ten Wanniyala-Aetto people have been arrested for trespassing on their own land in an attempt to return to their hunting grounds. They face trial later this year.
Indonesian police have unleashed a new wave of violence against the tribal people of Papua. Survival has received numerous reports of torture, mal-treatment and extra-judicial killings committed by the police this year.
Survival has presented a petition with 50,000 signatures in support of the Jarawa tribe to Sonia Gandhi in Delhi and to the Indian High Commission in London.
As the final arguments came to a close in the Kalahari Bushmens court case against the Botswana government on Friday, the court announced that a judgement will be made on 13 December.