Fresh allegations of brutality in Zambia by rangers jointly managed by African Parks have emerged following the MoS's front-page report in January.
READ MORE:An African conservation charity of which Prince Harry is a director is facing further accusations of human rights abuses that include extra-judicial killings and violent beatings.
And prior to the allegations being made, Prince Harry, the charity's president for six years until he joined the governing board of directors last year, boasted: 'The African Parks model is exactly what conservation should be about – putting people at the heart of the solution.' READ MORE: Prince Harry faces calls to quit his role in a conservation charity accused of operating an armed militia Advertisement Impoverished people in Bangweulu, one of Africa's most important wetlands, now say they are suffering a campaign of intimidation to stop them fishing and hunting on their own land while tourists arrive on safari expeditions that can cost up to £5,000 a day.
The MoS has seen minutes from the biggest chiefdoms' council meetings that record claims of 'extra-judicial killings, maiming, severe beatings and torture'. The document says '12 people have been shot dead or beaten to death' and that poaching suspects are 'paraded naked in front of their families and neighbours'. Newton Ng'uni, the council chairman, claimed cases included a man killed after being caught fishing.
Impoverished people in Bangweulu, one of Africa's most important wetlands, now say they are suffering a campaign of intimidation to stop them fishing and hunting Fiore Longo, campaign director of Survival International, which fights for the rights of indigenous people, says: 'This is another case of abuse and violence supposedly in the name of conservation.'
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