UK Human rights policies 'abhorrent and shameful'
Indigenous peoples are marking Commonwealth Day on 14 March by attacking the UK government for blocking the recognition of their rights at the UN.
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Survival launches Botswana boycott
Survival International is launching a boycott of Botswana today at the world's largest tourism fair, ITB (Internationale Tourismus-Börse) Berlin. Supporters of the Gana and Gwi Bushmen will give out leaflets outside the fair.
Congress to decide fate of uncontacted tribe
Moves to protect the heartland of South America's last uncontacted tribe south of the Amazon basin are now being debated in Paraguay's Congress. The area at stake is home to an unknown number of uncontacted Ayoreo-Totobiegosode Indians.
Subanen face eviction
Several Subanen familes fear eviction from their ancestral land by the Canadian mining company, TVI.
New baby is a sign of hope for the Onge
A new baby has been born to the Onge tribe of the Andaman Islands. The Onge's numbers have plummeted in the past century and their birth rate is very low, so the birth, which brings the population to 97, is a cause for hope.
Indian children starve to death
Three Guarani children have starved to death so far this year; hundreds more are suffering from malnutrition. Crammed onto tiny pockets of land, the Indians have nowhere to hunt, fish or even plant crops.
Government clamps down on freedom of speech; academic to be expelled
Kenneth Good, professor of political science studies at the University of Botswana for 15 years, has been ordered to leave Botswana. Late last Friday three men arrived at his home with handcuffs to inform him that he had 48 hours to leave the country.
Botswana's President prejudges court case
Botswana's President Mogae told a UK audience yesterday that he would not allow the Bushmen to return to their homes in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve. 'I cannot allow them to go back,' he said, prejudging the court case currently in progress.