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News from September 2006

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    South Africa: Khomani Bushman elder dies
    28 September 2006 Sanna, the Khomani ‘Bushman’, whose photograph features on Survival’s ‘Bushmen aren’t Forever’ poster campaign, died last month.
     
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    De Beers donation to High Court arouses criticism
    27 September 2006 De Beers Botswana has made a 100,000 pula ($15,000) donation to the country's High Court, bringing accusations of interference in the judicial system.
     
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    International experts visit the Nukak
    27 September 2006 A team of international experts are today due to visit the nomadic Nukak tribe, who fled their forest home after Colombia’s drug war overran them.
     
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    Bushman play to be staged next week
    25 September 2006 A play telling the story of the eviction of the Gana and Gwi Bushmen and their campaign to return to their land is being staged in Bloemfontein in South Africa next week.
     
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    Opposition party condemns evictions of Bushmen
    22 September 2006 The Botswana Congress Party (BCP), one of the country's leading opposition parties, has condemned the Botswana government’s eviction of the Bushmen from the Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR).
     
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    Fourteen arrested in clampdown on poachers
    21 September 2006 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.
     
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    Epidemic hits nomadic Amazon tribe
    20 September 2006 The nomadic Nukak tribe, who fled their jungle homes after being caught up in Colombia’s civil war, have been hit by a flu epidemic.
     
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    Bushmen appeal to Leonardo diCaprio
    18 September 2006 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.
     
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    Ten Wanniyala-Aetto arrested for ‘trespassing’ on their own land
    14 September 2006 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.
     
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    New wave of police violence in Papua
    13 September 2006 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.
     
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    50,000 sign to support Andaman tribe - Sonia Gandhi receives petition
    12 September 2006 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.
     
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    Bushman case – court to rule on 13 December
    11 September 2006 As the final arguments came to a close in the Kalahari Bushmen’s court case against the Botswana government on Friday, the court announced that a judgement will be made on 13 December.
     
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    Attorney – Bushmen have legal rights to their land
    7 September 2006 As a group of Bushmen arrived in court this week to hear the final legal arguments in their case against the Botswana government, their attorney argued that they have the legal right to occupy and use their land.
     
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    Indians denounce destruction of fishing waters
    6 September 2006 A group of Indians have denounced the destruction of their most important river. The Enawene Nawe tribe are angry that the rainforest bordering the Rio Preto, an abundant source of fish, is being rapidly destroyed by cattle ranchers.
     
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    Eviction of Bushmen ‘unlawful and unconstitutional’
    5 September 2006 Botswana’s high court began hearing the Bushmen’s lawyer present his final arguments yesterday. Lawyer Gordon Bennett argued that the eviction of the Bushmen was unlawful, unconstitutional and was done without their consent.
     
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    Solidarity demonstration as Bushmen’s case ends
    4 September 2006 The Swedish ‘Network Leave the Bushmen alone!’ held a demonstration today outside the Embassy of Botswana in Stockholm, in support of the Gana and Gwi Bushmen.
     
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