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Click to expand Image Indigenous people demonstrate against acts of violence before the civil and military police stations in Tome-Acu, state of Para, Brazil. August 7, 2023. 2023 Andrea Carvalho/HRW Violence against Indigenous people in Brazil has marred the Amazon Summit, a high-level meeting of presidents of countries in the Amazon region aimed at improving protection of the Amazon rainforest. The violence is a stark reminder that there is no future for the Amazon without protecting the people living in, and dependent on, the rainforest. On August 7, I visited Tome-Ac, a town in Northeast Para, together with other organizations concerned with escalating conflicts involving Indigenous communities and palm oil companies. Three days before, a 19-year-old Tembe man had been shot and seriously injured by a private security guard reported to work for a company producing palm oil, Brasil BioFuels (BBF). A young man and two women had been shot earlier that day during a protest over the ear

Quatro bocasBrazil federal policeHuman rights watchProsecutor officeAmazon summitNortheast paraBrasil biofuelsTome acuFederal policeFederal prosecutorHuman rightsClick to expand image indigenous people demonstrate against acts of violence before the civil and military police stations in tome acuTate of paraRazil august 7023 2023 andrea carvalho hrw violence against indigenous people in brazil has marred the amazon summitA high level meeting of presidents countries in the amazon region aimed at improving protection rainforest violence isa stark reminder that there is no future for without protecting people living