A year after the murders of British journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira deep in the Amazon rainforest, friends, relatives and admirers gathered on Monday to call for justice and protection of Indigenous lands.
Phillips and Pereira vanished on June 5, 2022 on a trip to the remote Javari Valley near the border with Peru. Days later, a fisherman who had confronted Indigenous patrols in the area"This rally reaffirms our commitment to preserving Dom's purpose. We cannot let that be forgotten," Phillips' brother-in-law Marcus Sampaio told reporters at an event on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro.because Pereira posed a threat to its illegal fishing operation.
Phillips, a freelancer for the Guardian, the Washington Post and other media, had been working with a group of journalists toBrazilian officials promised to uphold Phillips' and Pereira's legacies, with Indigenous Affairs Minister Sonia Guajajara saying Lula's government was "united in defense of nature and the rights of Indigenous Peoples."
Some are urging the government to do more to protect the Javari Valley, where drug runners and illegal poachers threaten the most isolated Indigenous groups in Brazil's Amazon. "Nothing has changed there. The factors that caused that sad moment are still there," said Indigenous leader Beto Marubo, a friend of Pereira, a former official of government agency Funai who was 41 when killed.Our Standards:
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