Brazil
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Rubens Valente v. Brazil: 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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