Botswana bushmen win land ruling - Democratic Underground

muriel_volestrangler

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Wed Dec-13-06 03:16 PM
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Botswana bushmen win land ruling

Bushmen from the Kalahari desert have won a court case in which they accused Botswana's government of illegally moving them from their land.

The court said the bushmen - or San people - were wrongly evicted from their ancestral homeland in 2002.

A panel of three judges ruled by two-to-one in their favour in the major issues in the case.

It is seen as a wider test of whether governments can legally move people from their tribal and ancestral lands.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/6174709.stm

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ayeshahaqqiqa

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Wed Dec-13-06 03:17 PM
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1. Good for them

in the coming climate catastrophe, they may be the only people who are able to survive.

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nam78_two

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Wed Dec-13-06 03:23 PM
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2. K&R.nt

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LeftistGorilla

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Wed Dec-13-06 03:30 PM
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3. Important news...

these people where kicked off their land for diamonds...

hopfully it all works out for them...

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xchrom

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Wed Dec-13-06 03:38 PM
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4. k&r -- GREAT NEWS!

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