The Botswana governments lawyer claimed in court this week that the Gana and Gwi Bushmens home in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR) belonged to the government, and that it could decide who was allowed to live there.
Mebegokre Kayapó Indians have vowed to oppose the building of five dams along the Xingu River in Amazonia. Two hundred Kayapó met recently to discuss the dams, which they fear will have a devastating impact on their land.
The Peruvian government has created a new reserve in the Amazon rainforest, protecting the lands of the isolated Isconahua Indians and several other Indigenous tribes.
Guarani Indians facing eviction from their land have warned of a bloodbath. The Indians are to be forced to return to the roadside where they lived in miserable conditions before 2004.
British Conservative MP Malcolm Moss has attacked Survivals campaign in support of the Gana and Gwi Bushmen.
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.
Five hundred and fifty leaders from eighty-six Brazilian tribes have written an open letter slamming President Lulas governments record on Indigenous peoples.
German NGOs have written to German President Dr. Horst Köhler urging him to discuss the eviction and torture of the Gana and Gwi Bushmen with President Mogae of Botswana during his visit to Botswana this week.