Tangãi Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau recalls the evening of April 17, 2020, when his brother left their village deep in the Amazon rainforest to go out for a routine motorbike ride. It was the last time Tangãi saw him alive. Ari Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau’s body was found the next morning on the side of a dirt track in the Tarilândia […]
First Posted: May 14, 2021 12:22 AM EDT
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Authorities in Brazil are allegedly targeting indigenous leaders after police initially launched a probe on two prominent critics of President Jair Bolsonaro s government, according to human rights activists in the country.
The Guardian reported that Sônia Guajajara, the head of Brazil s largest indigenous organization, the Association of Indigenous Peoples (APIB), and Almir Suruí, had been put under investigation last month.
The indigenous leaders had launched a social media campaign, raising awareness of the threat of the COVID-19 pandemic to Brazil s indigenous communities.
But the cases against the two indigenous leaders were dropped after federal judges ruled that there were no grounds for investigations. The judges dubbed the situation as an illegal embarrassment.