British MP attacks Survival over Bushmen
British Conservative MP Malcolm Moss has attacked Survivals campaign in support of the Gana and Gwi Bushmen.
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.
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.
Amnesty International in Chile has launched a campaign in support of the Gana and Gwi Bushmen, adding to the growing list of international NGOs speaking out against the Botswana governments eviction of the Bushmen.
Jenny Tonge, a former MP and now member of the UK's House of Lords, has sparked outrage by claiming that the Bushmen's way of life is biologically less evolved.
A senior Botswana government official admitted under cross-examination this week that wildlife and police officers were camped around the Bushman community of Metsiamenong in December 2005 and January 2006.
The Botswana government has admitted that evicted Bushmen are drinking themselves to death in relocation camps.
At least fifteen Bushmen have died suddenly of unknown causes this year in New Xade resettlement camp and three remain in a critical condition.