The Botswana government's crackdown on Bushmen found hunting to feed their families has entered a new phase. Survival has received reports that five Bushmen were arrested within the last week in the relocation camp at Kaudwane for hunting duikers (a small
Two Bushmen have been arrested, tortured and charged with hunting an antelope illegally.
Tomorrow, 5 July, marks two years since the Kalahari Bushmens legal case against the Botswana government began. In a groundswell of support, 135 Bushmen have asked to be added to the original list of 243 applicants.
French TV station France 2 has withdrawn a controversial TV show featuring tribal peoples, following a letter from human rights organisations denouncing the show as derogatory.
Supporters of the Central Kalahari Bushmen protested outside a conference for investors in Botswana held in London today.
Survival supporters handed out leaflets about the eviction of the Kalahari Bushmen outside Christies in Paris on 27 June as De Beers diamond jewellery was auctioned inside.
The Lancet, the worlds leading medical journal, has published an article heavily criticising the Botswana governments eviction of the Gana and Gwi Bushmen from the Central Kalahari Game Reserve.
The last group of Bushmen still holding out inside the Central Kalahari Game Reserve have smuggled out an appeal for help.