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Australian Professor Kenneth Good, who was deported from Botswana last
month as a 'threat to national security,' over his criticism of
Botswana's democracy and his correspondence with Survival, lost his
appeal in the Botswana courts on July 27.
Professor Good, who has taught political science at the University of
Botswana for fifteen years, was deported from the country on 31 May,
and is now in London. He had written and spoken against the
evictions of Bushmen from their ancestral homes in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve
In a recent statement Good said, 'My deportation is another sign that the government of Botswana is heading in an increasingly
autocratic direction. It is a defeat for democracy and free speech.'
Botswana's President Mogae said on BBC TV's Newsnight programme on
Monday, '[Professor Good] is a rogue and a vagabond, he's not a
gentleman… I am determined to keep him out of this country.'
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