
Jubilant Indians thank Survival supporters
An Indian organisation in northern Brazil has sent a message of thanks to Survival supporters after winning back their land.
An Indian organisation in northern Brazil has sent a message of thanks to Survival supporters after winning back their land.
Kalahari ecologist Arthur Albertson told Botswana's high court this week that the Gana and Gwi Bushmen's lives were better in the Central Kalahari where they could hunt and gather than in the government eviction camps.
In 1962, President Kennedy instructed the Netherlands to hand Papua over to Indonesia, rather than granting it independence.
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.
Fifteen thousand more soldiers are to be relocated to Papua, bringing the total in the province to 50,000.
Botswana's government is pushing a bill through Parliament to scrap the key clause in the Constitution which protects 'Bushman' rights.
Under government instruction, police have torched Ogiek houses and destroyed crops, instilling widespread terror.
In Brazil, Guarani children are dying from starvation. Robbed of almost all their lands, the Indians can no longer feed themselves.