Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva urged the world Monday to ensure British journalist Dom Phillips and Brazilian Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira did not die in vain, at commemorations marking one year since their murder in the Amazon rainforest.
In a case that caused global outcry, Phillips and Pereira were killed on June 5, 2022 on a reporting trip to the edge of the Javari Valley, a far-flung Indigenous reservation in northwestern Brazil that experts say has been invaded by drug traffickers, illegal gold miners and poachers.
Iconic Indigenous chief Raoni Metuktire also attended the event, wearing his traditional lip plate and feather headdress, along with the victims' widows and Pereira's daughter, who got hugs from First Lady Rosangela da Silva, Environment Minister Marina Silva and Indigenous Affairs Minister Sonia Guajajara.
People unfurl a banner at a demonstration in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in June 2022, calling for justice for the murder of Phillips and PereiraShe shared a poignant embrace with Indigenous leader Beto Marubo, a close friend and colleague of Pereira's. He was working to help Indigenous groups protect their land -- a job that had earned him death threats.
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