CIA named Papua 'cannibal land'
In 1962, President Kennedy instructed the Netherlands to hand Papua over to Indonesia, rather than granting it independence.
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BBC's John Simpson on misery of evicted Bushmen
In a high-profile article published yesterday, the BBC's World Affairs Editor John Simpson reveals how shocked he was by his visit to the evicted Gana and Gwi Bushmen.
Troops pour into Papua
Fifteen thousand more soldiers are to be relocated to Papua, bringing the total in the province to 50,000.
Government moves to scrap Bushman rights
Botswana's government is pushing a bill through Parliament to scrap the key clause in the Constitution which protects 'Bushman' rights.
Two hundred Ogiek homeless and hungry
Under government instruction, police have torched Ogiek houses and destroyed crops, instilling widespread terror.
Guarani children starve to death
In Brazil, Guarani children are dying from starvation. Robbed of almost all their lands, the Indians can no longer feed themselves.
Bushmen to be wiped from Constitution
Botswana's government is pushing a bill through Parliament to scrap the key clause in the Constitution that protects Bushman rights.
Congress rejects bill to protect isolated Indians
Paraguay's Congress yesterday rejected a bill to protect the heartland of the last isolated Indians south of the Amazon basin.