US State Department alleges �human rights concerns�

Roy Sesana
Roy Sesana

The US State Department has labelled Botswana’s alleged discrimination against Basarwa a “principal human rights concern” for evicting them from their ancestral land.

The government was widely criticised both at national and international level for the forced removal of Basarwa from the Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR).

According to the latest report released by Survival International (SI), the US Department has joined others including the High Court in Botswana, the United Nations, the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights, Motswana political activist and former Robben Island prisoner, Michael Dingake, and BBC’s John Simpson in condemning the country’s discrimination against Basarwa.

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