Survival International has organised a protest against De Beers to coincide with London Fashion Week at the De Beers party today, Tuesday 20 September 7pm-9pm (De Beers, 45-50 Old Bond Street, London W1).
Clashes have erupted between Gana and Gwi Bushmen desperate to stay inside the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, and wildlife officers and police trying to force them out.
A group of internationally renowned veterinary experts have today dismissed as 'spurious' the Botswana government's given reason for the closure of the Gana and Gwi Bushmen's reserve.
The Bushmen are facing a new and severe assault on their rights since the resumption of their three-year court case against the government for evicting them from their ancestral lands in the central Kalahari.
Gana and Gwi Bushmen who have returned to their land were today ordered to leave within ten days.
Wildlife guards have entered the Central Kalahari Game Reserve and are threatening Bushmen at gunpoint.
The Guarani Ñandeva community of Yvy Katu is facing the threat of eviction from its land in the first week of September.
The Botswana government's lead attorney in the Bushman case was today ordered to be arrested and imprisoned.