SOS Bushmen

La Justicia dictaminó el pasado 13 de diciembre que los bosquimanos "tienen el derecho a habitar en sus tierras ancestrales".

Policías y guardas forestales de la Reserva Central del Kalahari (Botsuana) detuvieron recientemente a un grupo de bosquimanos bajo la acusación de practicar la caza ilegal en estos territorios. La detención se produce apenas dos meses después los jueces del Tribunal Supremo de Botsuana dictaminaran que los bosquimanos expulsados de estas Reservas "tienen el derecho a habitar en sus tierras ancestrales", tras años de lucha contra el Gobierno de este país, que los expulsó de estos territorios hace algo más de cuatro años.

Six Bushmen were held for days and refused food after officials accused them of hunting in a Botswana game reserve despite a December court ruling allowing them to do this, Survival International (SI) said.

Sei Boscimani, accusati dalla polizia e dai guardaparco di aver cacciato nella Riserva del Kalahari Centrale del Botswana, sono stati arrestati e trattenuti senza cibo per sei giorni. Sono poi stati rilasciati senza alcuna imputazione.

Tony Weaver thinks that the Botswana Bushmen’s return to their ancestral lands in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve after their recent court victory was “shambolic”, and that for some reason this is Survival’s fault (January 26). This is curious logic, to say the least.

The Bushmen were originally represented in their court case by a Cape Town law firm.