The assassinations of indigenist Bruno Araújo and Dom Philips in the Brazilian Amazon

The murders of indigenist Bruno Araújo and English journalist Dom Philips, deaths in the heart of the Amazon, are a political crime. Second to the União dos Indígenas Povos do Vale do Javari: “both of us were defenders of human rights and rights, carrying out activities for the benefit of the indigenous people of Vale do Javari, with our lives straight, with our lives straight to the territory and to the natural resources that provide us with food and a guarantee of life, not just It gives us life, but it also gives life to our isolated relatives.”

Bruno and Dom were working and visiting the FUNAI Surveillance Base team on the Ituí River, so that the journalist could conduct interviews with the indigenous people. After 11 days of the disappearance that occurred on June 6, their bodies were found. São as most recent victims of the long war against the forest, our people and those who fight in defense of nature.

Today, the Comitê Diretor do CLACSO expresses solidarity with the relatives of Bruno and Dom, with UNIVAJA, with the Coordenação das Organizações Indígenas da Amazonia Brasileira /COIAB, with the Observatório dos Direitos Humanos dos Povos Indígenas Isolados e de Recente Contato/OPI ea Articulação dos Povos Indígenas do Brazil/APIB.

He reiterates his position that without agricultural reform in forests and in other biomes there will be no climate justice.

He expresses his indignation at the discriminatory treatment given by the State to the original people, in a perverse conclusion with a private initiative.

It calls on Brazilian society to fight the legitimate rights of its cities and for a policy of prevention of organized crime that carries impunity in Brazil.

CLACSO Steering Committee