The IACHR Calls on Brazil to Protect the Yanomami
Brazil is facing increasing international pressure to uphold indigenous peoples’ rights. On Monday, July 20, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, part of the Organization of...
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Murder of Two Yanomami by Illegal Miners Heightens Fears of Renewed Cycle of Violence in the Brazilian Amazon
Photo by Victor Morayama/ISA FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJune 30, 2020 MEDIA CONTACTSMaryka Paquette: mpaquette@rffny.org or +1 (619) 517-4126Camila Rossi: crossi@amazonwatch.org or +55 11 98152...
READ MORESOS Rainforest Livestream to protect Indigenous Peoples and the planet
Musicians, indigenous peoples, activists, and celebrities come together to raise awareness and funds for indigenous communities facing twin existential threats from Covid-19 and stepped up...
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Miners Out, COVID-19 Out: The Yanomami and Ye’kwana people of the Brazilian Amazon launch a global campaign to expel miners from their territory
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJune 11, 2020 MEDIA CONTACTSMaryka Paquette: mpaquette@rffny.org or +1.619.517.4126Camila Rossi: crossi@amazonwatch.org or +55.11.98152.8476 Indigenous leaders demand the urgent...
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SOS Rainforest Live: Major artists unite in support of indigenous guardians of the rainforests threatened by the COVID-19 pandemic
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJune 3, 2020 Updated as of June 17, 2020 MEDIA CONTACTS: Kim Chaix: kchaix@rffny.org or +1.917.378.8670 Other media contacts listed below Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – On June 21st,...
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Voices from the Ground: COVID-19 Response in Roraima, Brazil
Junior Nicacio Farias Wapichana (in the black shirt on the right), Legal Advisor for the Indigenous Council of Roraima (CIR), gathering food and materials to deliver to villages in self-isolation to...
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