Botswana:Torture victims now total seven 27 June 2005Seven Bushmen have been tortured this month by wildlife officials in Kaudwane, a relocation camp close to the Central Kalahari Game Reserve.
Botswana:Bushmen tortured for hunting 22 June 2005Three Bushmen have been severely tortured by wildlife officials on suspicion of hunting to feed their families.
Botswana:De Beers celebrity store opening loses its sparkle 20 June 2005Celebrities will this Wednesday 22 June (5.30-9pm) be urged by protesters from human rights organisation Survival International not to cross their picket line at the opening of the first De Beers store in the USA (703 Fifth Avenue, New York).
Botswana:Academic deported 'for links with Survival' 17 June 2005Botswana's President Mogae has said that he decided to deport Australian Professor Ken Good as a 'threat to national security' over his links with Survival International.
Botswana:Judges order visit to diamond site 16 June 2005The judges in the Bushmen court case have ordered that the whole court will fly to the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, to establish whether preparations for diamond mining are taking place there.
Botswana:Government acted illegally, admits witness 14 June 2005A government witness has admitted that his department stopped issuing hunting licences to Bushmen living in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, even though it had no legal right to do so.
Botswana:Witness makes mockery of government argument 9 June 2005Government witness Joseph Matlhare has made a mockery of the argument that the Bushmen were evicted because provision of services in their reserve was too expensive.
Botswana:Government lies on Bushman hunting exposed 8 June 2005A government witness in the Bushman court case admitted yesterday that there was no evidence that Bushmen living in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve had been hunting using guns and vehicles, or hunting too many animals.
Botswana:Government expert witness fails to justify evictions 3 June 2005Testifying in the Bushman court case in Botswana yesterday, the governments expert witness in ecology and wildlife management said he felt it unnecessary to advance scientific reasons to back up the eviction of the Bushmen.
