Troops pour into Papua
Fifteen thousand more soldiers are to be relocated to Papua, bringing the total in the province to 50,000.
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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.
US State Department condemns Bushman evictions
The US State Department has condemned the Bushman eviction sites as being 'threatened by the lack of employment opportunities and rampant alcohol abuse.'
Congress to decide fate of uncontacted Indians
The fate of the last uncontacted South American tribe outside Amazonia will be decided this week. Paraguay's Congress will debate a bill which would protect the heart of their territory.