05/08/2010
Maude Barlow condemns Botswana’s treatment of Bushmen
Maude Barlow condemns Botswana’s treatment of Bushmen
Human Rights, Sustainable Development, 05/08/2010
Barlow, former UN water advisor, states:
“Last week, the UN General Assembly declared that everyone, everywhere, has the right to water. But now the world witnesses one of Africa’s most prosperous countries denying its first inhabitants the right to sink a well, while promoting mining and safari camps just a few miles away.”
Join the protest against the Bushmen’s cruel treatment, write a letter to the Botswana government. Survival International (GB, RLA 1989) has prepared one. You find it here.