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Botswana: Bushmen send thanks to Survival supporters
20 December 2006 As the full meaning of their historic court win starts to sink in, the Bushmen have sent a message to Survival supporters around the world, whose generosity has been so crucial in bringing about their victory.
Botswana: Survival welcomes governments decision not to appeal court ruling
19 December 2006 Survival International today welcomed the statement by the Botswana government that it would not appeal last weeks historic High Court ruling in favour of the Central Kalahari Bushmen.
Botswana: Bushmen give their reaction to historic court win
14 December 2006 Bushmen involved in Wednesdays historic court victory in Botswana have today been giving their reaction.
Botswana: Bushmen win landmark legal case
13 December 2006 Scenes of jubilation greeted the Botswana High Court's ruling today in favour of the Kalahari Bushmen.
Botswana: Bushmen await judgement on Wednesday
11 December 2006 Judges in Botswanas High Court will rule on Wednesday on the landmark case brought by the Kalahari Bushmen against the Botswana government.
Botswana: Bushmen renew appeal to DiCaprio as diamond companies move in
5 December 2006 The Kalahari Bushmen have renewed their desperate appeal to Leonardo DiCaprio as diamond companies begin exploration on their land.
Botswana: March to Parliament to condemn Bushman evictions
4 December 2006 Around 200 people took to the streets in Botswana's capital Gaborone on Saturday to protest the government's refusal to allow the Bushmen of the Central Kalahari to return to their ancestral homes.
Botswana: Bushman case - court to rule on 13 December
29 November 2006 Judges in Botswanas High Court will rule on 13 December on the landmark case brought by the Kalahari Bushmen against the Botswana government.
Botswana: Kenyan hunter-gatherers call on Botswana to learn from our experience.
28 November 2006 Two Kenyan hunter-gatherers who travelled 2,800 km to investigate the plight of the Kalahari Bushmen have called on Botswanas government to learn from our experience.
Botswana: Kenyan hunter-gatherers detained and questioned by Botswana authorities
27 November 2006 Two Ogiek hunter-gatherers visiting Botswana to investigate the situation of the Kalahari Bushmen have been detained and questioned by the authorities.
Botswana: Kenyan hunter-gatherers in press conference with Bushmen
22 November 2006 Two members of the hunter-gatherer Ogiek tribe of Kenya will hold a joint press conference in Gaborone tomorrow, 23 November, with Bushman organisation First People of the Kalahari.
Botswana: Opposition party stands with the Bushmen
17 November 2006 One of Botswanas leading opposition parties, the Botswana Congress Party (BCP), has attacked President Mogae over the eviction of the Bushmen.
Botswana: Diamond companies move in as AIDS takes hold of evicted Bushmen
16 November 2006 A new wave of diamond exploration is sweeping the lands of the Kalahari Bushmen in Botswana.
Botswana: Tragedy of mother's death highlights growing AIDS crisis
15 November 2006 A 29-year-old Gana Bushman woman from the Central Kalahari has died of AIDS in New Xade resettlement camp, Botswana. Tumelo Sebelegangwana leaves one child of her own, and two children of her sister, who died earlier of TB.
Botswana: Archbishop Tutu condemns Bushman evictions
7 November 2006 Archbishop Desmond Tutu has condemned the eviction of the Kalahari Bushmen and has appealed to the Botswana government not to destroy them.
Botswana: African human rights watchdog slams Botswanas treatment of Bushmen
17 October 2006 The African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights (ACHPR), the continents top human rights body, is about to publish its report on indigenous peoples in Botswana.
Botswana: Trial of Bushman activists postponed
11 October 2006 The court case in which 23 Gana and Gwi Bushmen were due to appear this week has been postponed until next February. The 23 face up to one year in prison for 'unlawful assembly'.
Botswana: Bushman supporters challenge President Mogae in New York
11 October 2006 American supporters of the Gana and Gwi Bushmen challenged President Mogae of Botswana at a diamonds for development meeting in New York yesterday.
USA: President of Botswana in New York to promote diamonds as Bushman campaign intensifies
9 October 2006 President Mogae of Botswana is due in New York tomorrow to promote his countrys diamonds, amid increasing concern over the eviction of the Bushmen from the Central Kalahari.
Botswana: Government censors media reporting on Bushmen
6 October 2006 A senior Botswana government official has ordered all the state media, including Botswana Television and Radio, to use positive government statements when reporting on the eviction of Gana and Gwi Bushmen from the Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR).
Botswana: Bushman activists face jail
6 October 2006 Bushman human rights activists in Botswana are to appear in court on Monday. They face up to one year in jail on charges of 'unlawful assembly'.
South Africa: South Africa: Khomani Bushman elder dies
28 September 2006 Sanna, the Khomani Bushman, whose photograph features on Survivals Bushmen arent Forever poster campaign, died last month.
Botswana: De Beers donation to High Court arouses criticism
27 September 2006 De Beers Botswana has made a 100,000 pula ($15,000) donation to the country's High Court, bringing accusations of interference in the judicial system.
South Africa: Bushman play to be staged next week
25 September 2006 A play telling the story of the eviction of the Gana and Gwi Bushmen and their campaign to return to their land is being staged in Bloemfontein in South Africa next week.
Botswana: Opposition party condemns evictions of Bushmen
22 September 2006 The Botswana Congress Party (BCP), one of the country's leading opposition parties, has condemned the Botswana governments eviction of the Bushmen from the Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR).
Global: Bushmen appeal to Leonardo diCaprio
18 September 2006 The Kalahari Bushmen of Botswana have made a desperate appeal for help to Leonardo DiCaprio, who stars in the forthcoming film The Blood Diamond. The appeal appears today as a full-page advert in Variety magazine.
Botswana: Bushman case court to rule on 13 December
11 September 2006 As the final arguments came to a close in the Kalahari Bushmens court case against the Botswana government on Friday, the court announced that a judgement will be made on 13 December.
Botswana: Attorney Bushmen have legal rights to their land
7 September 2006 As a group of Bushmen arrived in court this week to hear the final legal arguments in their case against the Botswana government, their attorney argued that they have the legal right to occupy and use their land.
Botswana: Eviction of Bushmen unlawful and unconstitutional
5 September 2006 Botswanas high court began hearing the Bushmens lawyer present his final arguments yesterday. Lawyer Gordon Bennett argued that the eviction of the Bushmen was unlawful, unconstitutional and was done without their consent.
Sweden: Solidarity demonstration as Bushmens case ends
4 September 2006 The Swedish Network Leave the Bushmen alone! held a demonstration today outside the Embassy of Botswana in Stockholm, in support of the Gana and Gwi Bushmen.
Botswana: Bushman case adjourned until 4 September
29 August 2006 The Gana and Gwi Bushmens landmark court case against the Botswana government has been adjourned until 4 September. The lawyers were due to present their final arguments to the court this week.
Botswana: Opposition party condemns colonial-style forced relocation of Bushmen
24 August 2006 One of Botswanas main opposition parties, the Botswana National Front (BNF), has branded the Botswana governments eviction of the Gana and Gwi Bushmen from their land as indefensible.
Botswana: Bushman case court to hear final arguments 28 August
16 August 2006 The Kalahari Bushmens landmark court case against the Botswana government will reach a crucial stage at the end of August as the lawyers present their final arguments to the court.
Botswana: More arrests as hounding of Bushmen intensifies
28 July 2006 The Botswana government's crackdown on Bushmen found hunting to feed their families has entered a new phase. Survival has received reports that five Bushmen were arrested within the last week in the relocation camp at Kaudwane for hunting duikers (a small
Botswana: Bushman hunters arrested and charged
20 July 2006 Two Bushmen have been arrested, tortured and charged with hunting an antelope illegally.
Botswana: Bushman support grows as court case 2 years old
4 July 2006 Tomorrow, 5 July, marks two years since the Kalahari Bushmens legal case against the Botswana government began. In a groundswell of support, 135 Bushmen have asked to be added to the original list of 243 applicants.
France: France 2 withdraws 'Chameleons' TV show
28 June 2006 French TV station France 2 has withdrawn a controversial TV show featuring tribal peoples, following a letter from human rights organisations denouncing the show as derogatory.
France: Survival leaflets Christie's as De Beers jewellery is auctioned
27 June 2006 Survival supporters handed out leaflets about the eviction of the Kalahari Bushmen outside Christies in Paris on 27 June as De Beers diamond jewellery was auctioned inside.
UK: Bushman supporters target Botswana investors conference
27 June 2006 Supporters of the Central Kalahari Bushmen protested outside a conference for investors in Botswana held in London today.
Botswana: Lancet: Eviction from land is bad for Bushmens health
26 June 2006 The Lancet, the worlds leading medical journal, has published an article heavily criticising the Botswana governments eviction of the Gana and Gwi Bushmen from the Central Kalahari Game Reserve.
Botswana: Bushmen holding out in reserve appeal for help
22 June 2006 The last group of Bushmen still holding out inside the Central Kalahari Game Reserve have smuggled out an appeal for help.
Botswana: Survivals director Stephen Corry interviewed
21 June 2006 Survival has published an interview today with director Stephen Corry, conducted by a supporter from Botswana.
Botswana: Tortured Bushmen to appear in court
8 June 2006 Eight Bushmen who were beaten and tortured by wildlife officials in April are appearing in court this week.
Botswana: Angelina Jolie - Kalahari Bushmen cry for help
1 June 2006 The Kalahari Bushmen in Botswana have sent a desperate plea for help to actress Angelina Jolie, who gave birth to a daughter on Saturday in neighbouring Namibia.
Botswana: Bushman court case - concluding arguments to be heard in August
25 May 2006 The lawyers representing the Gana and Gwi Bushmen of the Kalahari will present their final arguments to the High Court of Botswana in August this year.
Botswana: Longest court case concludes Bushmen receive death threats
18 May 2006 Botswanas longest-running court case, brought by the Bushmen against the Botswana government, concluded on Tuesday. Over 10% of the 243 applicants have died in the government resettlement camps since the case was filed.
Botswana: Government witness says 'I don't remember' 36 times
4 May 2006 During cross-examination by the lawyer for the Bushmen, the main government official in charge of the 2002 relocation of hundreds of Bushmen claimed he could remember almost nothing about the exercise.
Botswana: Lawyer Bushmens land belongs to government
28 April 2006 The 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.
Botswana: British MP attacks Survival over Bushmen
19 April 2006 British Conservative MP Malcolm Moss has attacked Survivals campaign in support of the Gana and Gwi Bushmen.
Botswana: Bushman hunters arrested at gunpoint and tortured
12 April 2006 Eight 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.
Botswana: NGOs appeal to German president over Bushmen
10 April 2006 German 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 2006 Amnesty 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.
Botswana: British peer claims Bushman way of life is biologically less evolved
31 March 2006 Jenny Tonge, a former MP and now member of the UK's House of Lords, has sparked outrage by claiming that the Bushmen's way of life is biologically less evolved.
Botswana: Government admits Bushmen drinking themselves to death
30 March 2006 The Botswana government has admitted that evicted Bushmen are drinking themselves to death in relocation camps.
Botswana: Witness admits armed guards in Bushmen reserve
30 March 2006 A senior Botswana government official admitted under cross-examination this week that wildlife and police officers were camped around the Bushman community of Metsiamenong in December 2005 and January 2006.
Botswana: Mystery disease killing evicted Bushmen
22 March 2006 At least fifteen Bushmen have died suddenly of unknown causes this year in New Xade resettlement camp and three remain in a critical condition.
Global: British Baroness: Bushmen are 'primitive' and 'stone age'
14 March 2006 In a debate in the UK House of Lords last night, Baroness Tonge called the Kalahari Bushmens method of hunting with bows and arrows primitive and their way of life stone age.
Botswana: UN condemns Botswana government over Bushman evictions
13 March 2006 The UNs Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has reprimanded the Botswana government over its eviction and harassment of the Gana and Gwi Bushmen.
Botswana: Delegation faces tough questions from the UN
6 March 2006 The Botswana government faced tough questions from members of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) in Geneva on Friday over its eviction of the Gana and Gwi Bushmen from their ancestral land.
Botswana: Government tries to subvert Bushmens court case fundraising
3 March 2006 The Botswana government has attempted to subvert the Kalahari Bushmens efforts to raise money for their costly legal case over their eviction from their land in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve.
Botswana: Government witness: 'Bushmen spread diseases, tourists don't'
1 March 2006 The Botswana government's key 'expert witness' in the Bushmen's court case, American vet Kathy Alexander, has testified that Bushmen can spread diseases to wildlife, but tourists don't.
Botswana: De Beers's mine on Bushman land would be a hundred times larger than previously announced
23 February 2006 In a surprise revelation, the Botswana government has said that a diamond mine on the land of the Central Kalahari Bushmen would affect 5,027 square kilometres of land - well over a hundred times more than previously announced.
Botswana: Judges reject government evidence
21 February 2006 As the court case deciding the fate of the Gana and Gwi Bushmen continues, judges this morning upheld an objection by the Bushmen's attorney that the government lawyer had attempted to introduce evidence previously banned by the court.
Botswana: Bushmen's costs mount as case delayed
17 February 2006 As the court case deciding the fate of the Gana and Gwi Bushmen comes to the end of its second week in 2006, the proceedings have already fallen more than one week behind schedule.
Botswana: Government witness unable to substantiate claims
9 February 2006 As the Gana and Gwi Bushmens case against the Botswana government restarted yesterday, government witness Kathleen Alexander was unable to support her claim that the Bushmen's livestock were causing diseases in wild animals.
Botswana: Bushmen back in court tomorrow
7 February 2006 The Gana and Gwi Bushmen return to court tomorrow with their case against the government of Botswana, 160 days after the government sealed off their reserve to the outside world.
UK: Bishop of Oxford questions government on Bushman evictions
20 January 2006 The Bishop of Oxford challenged the UK government yesterday over violations of the rights of the Bushmen in Botswana.
Botswana: Presidents office bans Bushman TV interview
13 January 2006 The office of the president of Botswana ordered Botswana Television in December not to air a scheduled programme containing an interview with Bushman leader Roy Sesana.
Botswana: Three dozen Bushmen holding out in Reserve
12 January 2006 Around three dozen Bushmen have been surviving on little other than melons and water since September at the community of Metsiamenong in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, Botswana.

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