Judge throws out Bushmen's case against Botswana
A crucial case for the future of Botswana's 'Bushmen' was today dismissed on a technicality.
A crucial case for the future of Botswana's 'Bushmen' was today dismissed on a technicality.
The Gana and Gwi 'Bushmen', who have been evicted from the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, are taking Botswana's government to court.
Botswana has been condemned by the United Nations for its 'discrimination' against Bushman tribes.
Survival International's advertising campaign has spread to Canada. A new advert appears today in the Ottawa Citizen highlighting the eviction of the Gana and Gwi Bushmen from the Central Kalahari Game Reserve.
Survival, the worldwide organisation supporting tribal peoples, launches an international advertising campaign on 2 March. The advertisements highlight the persecution of the Gana and Gwi Bushmen of the Central Kalahari Game Reserve in Botswana.
The Botswana government last week denied the Gana and Gwi Bushmen still in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve their only means of communication with the outside world, and turned back Bushmen bringing them essential supplies of food and water.
The Botswana authorities are prosecuting 13 Gana and Gwi Bushmen for 'hunting without a licence' after they had been tortured by wildlife officers.
The Botswana government is set to destroy the remaining Bushman communities in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve.