Evicted from their homeland and now humiliated - Kalahari Bushmen have to parade before British MPs Botswana puts tribesmen on show to win international support for mass relocation

From: The Sunday Telegraph London | Date: July 4, 2004| Author: JANE FLANAGAN in New Xade, Botswana | Copyright information

HUNDREDS OF Bushmen evicted from their Kalahari homelands have suffered what some would see as the final indignity: being paraded before British MPs as part of a lavish public relations campaign by the Botswanan government.

In a frantic effort to win over international opinion as a landmark court action begins tomorrow, Botswanan officials have begun escorting foreign dignitaries to the remote desert enclave where they say the Bushmen have been relocated for their own good.

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