Bushman hunters arrested at gunpoint and tortured
Eight Bushmen were arrested at gunpoint, threatened with death, and tortured last week before being held for a night in prison and charged for hunting in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, Botswana.
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Amnesty Chile launches Bushman rights campaign
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Drug wars force forest nomads to flee
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British peer claims Bushman way of life is biologically less evolved
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