Survival's director Stephen Corry said today, 'Most of the world's quality gem diamonds come from De Beers in Botswana. When the Bushmen were evicted, they were told it was to make way for diamonds. How can their destruction be completely ignored by one of the world's foremost museums without us thinking commercial sponsorship has taken precedence over objective education? It's just another big advert for diamonds at the public's expense and the museum should be ashamed.'
Seven Bushmen were tortured last month by wildlife officials in Kaudwane eviction site, Botswana.
Survival is the only international organisation supporting tribal peoples worldwide. It was founded in 1969 after an article by Norman Lewis in the UK's Sunday Times highlighted the massacres, land thefts and genocide taking place in Brazilian Amazonia. Like many modern atrocities, the racist oppression of Brazil's Indians took place in the name of 'economic growth'.
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