Brazil ignored U.N. letters warning of land defender threats, record killings

Mongabay
Mar 23, 2018, 1:27 pm173 pts
Shocked members of the Akroá-Gamellas indigenous group just after a brutal assault by Brazilian farmers in April 2017. Photo by Ruy Sposati / Cimi It has come to light only this month that the administration of Brazilian president Michel Temer failed to respond to two letters sent by United Nations rapporteurs…

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