Botswana:Bushmen appeal to President 17 December 2007On the first anniversary of their historic court judgment, the Bushman organisation First People of the Kalahari released an open letter to Botswana's President Mogae.
Botswana:Bushmen appeal for legal costs 5 December 2007The Kalahari Bushmen applied in Botswana’s High Court today for leave to appeal for the Botswana government to pay their legal costs.
Botswana:Bushmen – back to court? 20 November 2007Bushmen in Botswana today announced they plan to return to court within a matter of weeks if the government continues to prevent them from returning home.
UK:Survival advert condemns torture of Bushmen 5 November 2007Survival has placed a full-page advert in the UK’s Independent newspaper today, condemning the torture of Bushmen evicted from their land in the Kalahari in Botswana and appealing to the British public to support them.
Botswana:Torture of Bushmen - shocking details 31 October 2007Shocking new details have emerged of the torture and beating of a group of Bushmen in Kaudwane resettlement camp, Botswana. Fifteen men were arrested in late September for hunting, and at least ten of them were tortured.
Botswana:Government crackdown on Bushman hunters 9 October 2007Six Bushmen have been arrested for hunting in New Xade resettlement camp, according to First People of the Kalahari, a Bushman human rights organisation.
Botswana:Bushmen report further arrests, beatings 4 October 2007A Bushman human rights organisation today reported that at least ten men in Kaudwane resettlement camp have been arrested and beaten by wildlife officials for hunting.
UK:Van Der Post’s daughter describes Bushman persecution in The Times 20 September 2007Just three days after Survival International re-ignited its Bushman campaign, a lengthy cover article in The Times has described the Botswana government’s continuing refusal to honour the terms of the Bushmen’s court victory.
Botswana:Bushmen hunting charges withdrawn 4 September 2007Twenty-one Botswana Bushmen arrested in June and July for hunting to feed their families were celebrating today after all charges against them were dropped.
Botswana:Six Bushmen arrested for hunting 3 September 2007Six Gana and Gwi Bushmen have been arrested by Botswana police for hunting on their ancestral land in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve in Botswana. This follows twenty-one arrests for hunting in June and July.
Botswana:UN Human Rights Committee to examine Botswana 19 July 2007Survival has submitted a report to the UN Human Rights Committee detailing the Botswana government?s failure to implement the December 2006 ruling in the case of the Kalahari Bushmen.
Italy:Bushman leader lobbies politicians 4 June 2007Bushman leader Roy Sesana will return to Botswana today from Italy, where he met with the Vice President of the Senate, the Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and the former Minister of Culture.
UK:Bushman leader delivers letter to Tony Blair 25 May 2007Bushman leader Roy Sesana went to Downing Street yesterday to deliver a letter from his people to Prime Minister Tony Blair. On Wednesday he addressed MPs and peers at Westminster to ask for their support.
UK:Bushmen travel to Westminster to seek support 22 May 2007Bushman leader Roy Sesana will meet with British MPs at Westminster this Wednesday 23 May to seek support for his people’s ten-year struggle to return to their land in the Kalahari desert, Botswana.
Botswana:Government restricts UN access 14 May 2007The Botswana government has announced that access to the country for the top UN human rights spokesman for indigenous peoples will be restricted.
Botswana:CNN Critics see democracy eroding 27 April 2007A Reuters report published on CNN yesterday cites the governments treatment of the Kalahari Bushmen and the banning of 17 people including Survival International staff as evidence of Botswanas eroding democracy.
Botswana:Water ban - Bushman leader travels to London 19 March 2007The Botswana government has banned the Kalahari Bushmen from using their own water as UN World Water Day approaches on 22 March. A Bushman leader is travelling to London this week to protest against the ban.
Botswana:Bushman court ruling online 26 February 2007A copy of the landmark ruling made by the Botswana High Court in the case of the Kalahari Bushmen against the Botswana government is now available online.
Botswana:Bushmen arrested and beaten despite court ruling 13 February 2007Six Bushmen have been arrested, starved and held for six days after police and wildlife guards accused them of hunting in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve in Botswana. They were then released without charge.
Botswana:Bushmen return home despite police presence 15 January 2007A group of forty Bushmen have managed to return to their homes in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve this weekend, despite a heavy police presence and attempts to persuade them to stay in the relocation camps.
Botswana:Bushmen to return home on Friday 9 January 2007A group of Kalahari Bushmen will return to their land on Friday, following their historic court victory on 13 December.
