SAVE THE SAN

NEWS 2004

14. Feb. 2004

Valentine's Diamonds = Bloody Diamonds:
Boycott DeBeers and Iman

Iman, the ailing exSomali model, called by many Somalis a Sharmooto (= a female, who does everything for money!) or even worse: Dhilleeysi, is still on the payroll of DeBEERS.
That very diamond company, whose founder-ancesters and family of Oppenheimer are openly linked to the slaughter and genocide also of the San people in southern Africa ( Check it out ) since two centuries, continues to violate human rights, wherever the monster sets its feet on African soil.

"Ceeb, Ceeb, Ceeb !" (shame, shame, shame) shouted a group from Iman's own Somali Clan, when informed about her continuous "service" for this jewish owned business with the bloody diamonds. "We have nothing against the Jews as such, but if greed is manifested like here, we oppose!"

Support the Gana and Gwi:
Don't buy De Beers Diamonds!
Don't accept diamonds as a gift of love - they mean death !
DEMAND THE FULL RECONSTITUTION OF THE RIGHTS OF THE ABORIGINAL PEOPLES OF
SOUTHERN AFRICA !

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SURVIVAL INTERNATIONAL NEWS RELEASE

13 February 2004

NO VALENTINE'S DAY PRESENT FOR THE BUSHMEN

SURVIVAL CALLS FOR BOYCOTT OF DE BEERS AND IMAN

To mark Valentine's Day Survival has launched a postcard campaign
calling for a boycott of De Beers and the Somali supermodel Iman. The
campaign comes in a week in which the Botswana government has
launched a new wave of harassment of the Gana and Gwi Bushmen: two
years after evicting them from their ancestral land, it has recently
sent in wildlife officials to arrest Bushmen at gunpoint for hunting
near their resettlement camp. The Bushmen believe it is targeting
those opposed to the forced relocation.

De Beers has been drawn into the controversy surrounding the Botswana
government's eviction of the Bushmen. Many suspect that the rich
diamond deposits under their land are the reason for the Bushmen's
eviction. Diamond mining in Botswana is controlled by De Beers, in a
50:50 partnership with the government.

De Beers says that it opposes the idea of recognising the rights of
indigenous peoples in Africa, as doing so would lead to 'apartheid'.
This idea has drawn criticism from indigenous peoples around the
world. Geoff Clark, head of Australia's leading Aboriginal
organisation - the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission -
called it 'nonsensical and offensive'. The head of De Beers's
Botswana subsidiary has publicly welcomed the Bushmen's removal,
saying 'The Government was justified in removing the Basarwa
[Bushmen]... who would always want to remain in the Dark Ages...?'

Iman is the 'public face' of De Beers, and is reportedly being paid
around US$1 million to promote the company. She produces her own line
of make-up, called 'i-Iman'.

To download the postcard go to:
www.survival-international.org/pdf/iman_postcard.pdf

For copies of the postcard, or for more information contact Miriam
Ross on (+44) (0)20 7687 8734 or email mr@survival-international.org

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