New attempts of uprooting Bushmen

News 22.03.2013

After years of struggle and despite court rulings in their favour, the Basarwa still face harrassments on their ancestral land.“There have been numerous cases of arrests and intimidation over the past year”, Rachel Stenham, of Survival International (RLA 1989), told Think Africa Press. “The government is using tactics to once again uproot the Bushmen from their ancestral land.”

The First People of the Kalahari and Roy Sesana received the Right Livelihood Award in 2005.

Learn more
.

Media contacts

Emoke Bebiak

English, French & International Media

E-mail: emoke.bebiak@rightlivelihood.org
Phone: +41 (0)78 333 84 84

Nayla Azzinnari

Spanish Media

E-mail: nayla@rightlivelihood.org
Phone: +54 9 11 5460 9860

Nina Tesenfitz

German Media

E-mail: presse@rightlivelihood.org
Phone: +49 (0)170 5763 663

Johannes Mosskin

Swedish Media

E-mail: johannes@rightlivelihood.org
Phone: +46 (0)70 437 11 48