Botswana:Lawyer Bushmens land belongs to government 28 April 2006The Botswana governments lawyer claimed in court this week that the Gana and Gwi Bushmens home in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR) belonged to the government, and that it could decide who was allowed to live there.
Brazil:Kayapó set to fight massive dam project 27 April 2006Mebegokre Kayapó Indians have vowed to oppose the building of five dams along the Xingu River in Amazonia. Two hundred Kayapó met recently to discuss the dams, which they fear will have a devastating impact on their land.
Peru:Isolated Indians land protected 25 April 2006The Peruvian government has created a new reserve in the Amazon rainforest, protecting the lands of the isolated Isconahua Indians and several other indigenous tribes.
Brazil:Guarani warn of bloodbath 20 April 2006Guarani Indians facing eviction from their land have warned of a bloodbath. The Indians are to be forced to return to the roadside where they lived in miserable conditions before 2004.
Botswana:Bushman hunters arrested at gunpoint and tortured 12 April 2006Eight Bushmen were arrested at gunpoint, threatened with death, and tortured last week before being held for a night in prison and charged for hunting in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, Botswana.
Brazil:Indians 'Lulas government is bad for us' 11 April 2006Five hundred and fifty leaders from eighty-six Brazilian tribes have written an open letter slamming President Lulas governments record on indigenous peoples.
Botswana:NGOs appeal to German president over Bushmen 10 April 2006German NGOs have written to German President Dr. Horst Köhler urging him to discuss the eviction and torture of the Gana and Gwi Bushmen with President Mogae of Botswana during his visit to Botswana this week.
Botswana:Amnesty Chile launches Bushman rights campaign 6 April 2006Amnesty International in Chile has launched a campaign in support of the Gana and Gwi Bushmen, adding to the growing list of international NGOs speaking out against the Botswana governments eviction of the Bushmen.
Brazil:Guarani death toll rises 4 April 2006Two Guarani infants from the community of Ñanderú Marangatú died last week, bringing the number of deaths due to their eviction from their land in December to seven.
Colombia:Drug wars force forest nomads to flee 3 April 2006150 Indians belonging to one of the last nomadic tribes in the Amazon have been forced to flee their land after becoming caught up in Colombias drugs war.
