Brazil
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The Human Rights Situation of Brazil’s Indigenous Peoples: 5 things to know before Wednesday’s IACHR Hearing
Tags Share Brazil is home to almost 900,000 Indigenous persons from over 305 ethnic groups and speaking more than 250 languages! Brazil is home to almost 900,000 Indigenous persons with more than half of those people living in rural areas. Many of Brazil’s indigenous territories are in the Amazon rainforest, and the country has more…
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A Situação dos Direitos Humanos dos Povos Indígenas no Brasil: 5 coisas que você precisa saber antes da Audiência desta quarta-feira.
Tags Share O Brasil abriga quase 900.000 indígenas pertencentes a mais de 305 etnias e que falam mais de 250 idiomas. O Brasil abriga quase 900.000 indígenas, com mais da metade deles vivendo em áreas rurais. Muitos dos territórios indígenas do Brasil estão na Floresta Amazônica, e o país tem mais comunidades indígenas isoladas do…
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La Situación de Derechos Humanos de los Pueblos Indígenas de Brasil: 5 cosas que saber antes de la Audiencia el miércoles
Tags Share Brasil es hogar de casi 900.000 personas indígenas pertenecientes a más de 305 grupos étnicos y hablando más de 250 idiomas. Brasil es hogar de casi 900.000 personas indígenas con más de la mitad de ellas viviendo en áreas rurales. Muchos de los territorios indígenas de Brasil se encuentran en la selva amazónica,…
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New Amicus Brief on Freedom of Expression and Association in Brazil
Tags Share On July 13, 2022, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, in partnership with Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, Odhikar, the National Union of Institutions for Social Action Work (UNITAS), Kazakhstan International Bureau For Human Rights and Rule of Law (KIBHR), the International Service for Human Rights, Institute for Human Rights and Development…
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Nuevo Amicus Curiae sobre la Libertad de Expresión y Asociación en Brasil
Tags Share En julio 13 de 2022, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, en colaboración con el Centro de Derechos Humanos de la Universidad de Pretoria, Odhikar, la Unión Nacional de Instituciones para el Trabajo de Acción Social (UNITAS), la Oficina Internacional de Kazajstán para los Derechos Humanos y el Estado de Derecho (KIBHR), el Servicio…
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Renowned investigative journalist persecuted for exposing corruption and collusion in Brazil’s judicial system
Valente’s case exemplifies how a corrupt judiciary protects wrongdoers and perpetuates human rights violations.
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There is no climate solution without Indigenous Peoples and the protection of their rights
Tags Share Last week concluded the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, with over 150 heads of state, including President Biden, meeting to discuss efforts to address climate change. The annual conference comes as global warming has caused more frequent and extreme climate disasters, giving countries large and small a role and…
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Munduruku People and Their Territories Need Immediate Protection
Tags Share Wildcat gold miners invaded and attacked a Munduruku village in the Amazon on Wednesday, taking aim at leaders, including Maria Leusa Kaba, who have long opposed illegal mining on their protected Indigenous lands. As predicted, on May 26, 2021, in an alleged retaliation of a major operation against illegal mining coordinated by the…
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‘We Are Being Squeezed,’ says Prize-Winning Indigenous Activist
Tags Share Alessandra Munduruku, a leader of Brazil’s Munduruku indigenous community, has seen her home broken into and been threatened over her work defending her people and their Amazon land from illegal miners and loggers, hydropower plants, and other threats. On Thursday, the 36-year-old received the 2020 RFK Human Rights Award for “her work defending…
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Brazilian Indigenous Leader Wins Robert Kennedy Human Rights Award
Tags Share Alessandra Korap Munduruku was named the winner of the 2020 RFK Human Rights Award for her work defending the rights, ancestral lands, and culture of indigenous people in Brazil. Read the full article here. Module type not found: newsArticles
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Voices From Kumarakapay
Tags Share Following a series of massacres in Kumarakapay and Santa Elena de Uairén in February 2019, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights and Foro Penal traveled to South America for a fact-finding mission gathering testimonies from Venezuelan survivors and witnesses alongside the Brazilian border. These rural indigenous communities were targeted and attacked by Venezuelan armed…
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