Fwd) Urgent: Survival e-news extra

["Gianni Zampieri" <zampieri.gg at libero.it>]

Mi scuso anticipatamente e mi permetto segnalarvi questo 
APPELLO URGENTE per una popolazione che rischia di essere 
letteralmente uccisa per sete.

In calce riporto il testo dell'appello che ho velocemente inviato agli 
indirizzi suggeriti. 

Ciao, 
Gianni Zampieri - cdm 

"Non temo le parole dei violenti,
mi preoccupa molto il silenzio degli onesti" (M.L.King)

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Date sent:  Fri, 22 Feb 2002 19:41:03 +0000
From:         Survival International <publications@survival-
international.org>
Subject:     Urgent: Survival e-news extra
To:             zampieri.gg at libero.it

Survival's e-news is normally sent out monthly - apologies for this 
extra bulletin, which we are sending because of the extreme 
urgency of  events unfolding in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve 
in Botswana.  

BOTSWANA: BUSHMEN WITHOUT WATER The Botswana 
government has now deliberately cut off water to Gana and Gwi 
Bushman villages in the desert. In the last couple of days officials 
have removed parts from the Bushmen's only pump, making it 
impossible for them to get any water. They also deliberately 
emptied the tanks containing their remaining water supplies. 
Bushmen who tried to protest were abused.  

Government officials still falsely claim that Bushmen are leaving 
their homes willingly - although they admit that they want to 
remove all Bushmen from their ancestral lands in the reserve. If 
they succeed it will entail the destruction of the Gana and Gwi 
tribes who have supported themselves on their land for 20,000 
years.  

PLEASE HELP! Please send an email (with a blank subject line) 
protesting at this step to as many as possible of: stsiane at gov.bw, 
parliament at gov.bw, dwnp at gov.bw, botswanatourism at gov.bw 
Please forward this message to anyone you know who may be 
interested.  

More information on the situation and the campaign: 
http://www.survival-international.org/latest.htm Survival 
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To :  stsiane at gov.bw, parliament at gov.bw, dwnp at gov.bw, 
botswanatourism at gov.bw

Subj:     (nessuno)

Excellencies, 
I want express my deep worry and my protest about what 
Botswana Government are doing, because they has deliberately 
cut off water to Gana and Gwi Bushman villages in the desert. 
In the last days officials have removed parts from the Bushmen's 
only pump, making it impossible for them to get any water. They 
also deliberately emptied the tanks containing their remaining 
water supplies. Bushmen who tried to protest were abused. 
Government officials still falsely claim that Bushmen are leaving 
their homes willingly - although they admit that they want to 
remove all Bushmen from their ancestral lands in the reserve. 
If they succeed it will entail the destruction of the Gana and Gwi 
tribes who have supported themselves on their land for 20,000 
years.
The Botswana government is ignoring international law by failing to 
recognise the Gana and Gwi's ownership rights over the land they 
have traditionally lived on and used. 
Services on which the Gana and Gwi Bushmen have become 
dependent should be maintained – the cost is not prohibitive and 
the European Union has offered to fund it. 
The Gana and Gwi Bushmen have the right to decide for 
themselves how they want to live – they are not 'primitive' simply 
because they are hunters . 

Sincerely yours, 
Gianni Zampieri 
via Figliodoni, 2 
23891 Barzanò - Italy



""Non dite: verrà un giorno, portatelo quel giorno!
  E per tutte le piazze portate in alto la pace! ""

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