Massacre report spurs indigenous-rights concern

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Massacre report spurs indigenous-rights concern

Brazil

The alleged massacre in Brazil in August of Amazon Indians living in voluntary isolation, purportedly carried out by trespassing gold miners, has rekindled concern about a rollback of protections for indigenous peoples and their rights. Brazil’s lead indigenous-affairs agency, the National Indian Foundation (Funai), asked the Federal Police and federal prosecutors in September to investigate the alleged killings, said to occur near the Peruvian border in the Vale do Javari, one of the largest indigenous territories in Brazil. As yet, no bodies have been found. The Federal Police have detained wildcat miners who they claim told others they committed the killings, but have presented no evidence linking them to murders, Funai says. Pablo Beltrand, a federal prosecutor in Amazonas state, told EcoAméricas that he could only confirm that his office was investigating the alleged attack. Cleber Buzatto, executive secretary of the Indigenous Missionary Council (Cimi), a respected Brazilian indigenous... [Log in to read more]

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October 2017

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