Victory for Kalahari Bushmen as court grants right to water
Region: Botswana
January 27, 2011 - Botswana government guilty of ‘degrading treatment’ - Case described as ‘a harrowing story of human suffering and despair’ In a momentous decision, Botswana’s Court of Ap... more
Views: 1316Bushman arrested while helping tribe’s lawyer visit clients
Region: Botswana
January 26, 2011 The high profile Bushman activist Jumanda Gakelebone was arrested and held overnight while travelling through his homeland in Botswana’s Central Kalahari Game Reserve over the weekend. The arrest... more
Views: 1163One year after extinction of Bo, Andaman tribe in danger
Region: India
January 24, 2011 One year after the death of the last member of the Bo tribe of the Andaman Islands (January 26), Survival International has warned that the neighbouring Jarawa tribe is also in danger. Boa Sr, the last... more
Views: 1104Survival protestors target international tourism fair in Madrid
Region: Spain
January 22, 2011 Visitors to the international tourism fair in Madrid were today met by Survival protestors calling for a boycott of tourism to Botswana. The protestors, angry at the Botswana government’s tre... more
Views: 1402Wikileaks: US embassy condemned eviction of Kalahari Bushmen
Region: Botswana
The US Ambassador to Botswana strongly condemned the government’s forced eviction of the Kalahari Bushmen, according to secret US embassy cables released today. Ambassador Joseph Huggins told his bosses in Washin... more
Views: 2268Botswana approves $3bn mine as Bushman water case gets underway
Region: Botswana
Botswana’s government has green-lighted a massive $3bn mine in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve – in the middle of the Kalahari Bushmen’s appeal against the Botswana authorities’ refusal to... more
Views: 1611Bushmen ‘determined’ as legal battle over water approaches climax
Region: Botswana
On January 17th, Botswana’s Court of Appeal will begin a hearing to decide whether Kalahari Bushmen living on their ancestral lands have the right to water. The Bushmen, who returned to their lands in the Ce... more
Views: 951Borneo indigenous leaders arrested
Region: Malaysia
Police in Sarawak, in the Malaysian part of Borneo, have arrested two indigenous leaders for possession of ‘seditious materials’. The offices of the Sarawak Dayak Iban Association (SADIA) were raided and ... more
Views: 2273Obama: Stop funding Indonesian torture of Papuans
Region: Indonesia
November 4, 2010 Human rights organization Survival International is asking President Obama, who is due to visit Indonesia next week, to suspend US military assistance to Jakarta until its forces stop killing and tortu... more
Views: 2499Nukak’s desperate plea to return home
Region: Colombia
A leader of the Nukak tribe from the Colombian Amazon has made a desperate appeal for his people’s survival before the country’s top human rights committee. ’We want to return to our forest,’ s... more
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