Journalist Dom Phillips, a regular contributor to @guardian, has been missing in the Javari Valley in the #Brazilian Amazon for more than 30 hours after death threats to his indigenista companion, Bruno Pereira, who is also missing #IndigenousHistoryMonth theguardian.com/media/2022/jun…
'We knew it was a dangerous place but Dom really believed it’s possible to safeguard the nature & the livelihood of the Indigenous people. We urge Brazilian authorities to do all they can to help”
Appeal by the sister of missing journalist Dom Phillips
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A record number of activists working to protect the environment & land rights were murdered in 2020 & 2019 according to @Global_Witness
Almost a third of the murders were reportedly linked to resource exploitation
Indigenous populations bear the brunt of the deadly violence
Where are #DomPhillips & #BrunoPereira?
"Even if we don't find them alive, we must find them" says Dom's wife as fears for their well-being grow
Brazilian police have started a criminal investigation into their disappearance
Indigenous people face threats from miners & loggers
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been "dismantling all structures of Indigenous policies" including a severe underfunding of environmental enforcement, says Ana Alfinito of @amazonwatch on @democracynow #DomPhillips #BrunoPereira @AlfinitoAna
The Brazilian federal police & military continue their search for British journalist Dom Phillips & Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira missing in the Amazon, as the search entered its fourth day & a suspect was reportedly detained.
#DomPhillips #BrunoPereira
Traces of blood have been found on the boat of a suspect who has been arrested in connection with the disappearance of British journalist Dom Phillips & Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira. #DomPhillips #BrunoPereira #Brasil #Brazil #IndigenousHistoryMonth
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Brazilian police have found possible human remains in their search for journalist Dom Phillips & indigenous expert Bruno Pereira
Experts will analyse the "organic material" found in a river near the town of Atalaia do Norte in the Amazon rainforest
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Brazilian rescue teams have found a backpack & clothes belonging to Dom Phillips & Bruno Pereira
If they have indeed been killed, this should be turning point for protecting the Amazon & the Indigenous people who live there
We must defend the defenders! theguardian.com/world/2022/jun…
#BREAKING Bodies found in search for Dom Phillips & Bruno Pereira
“Their souls have joined those of so many others who gave their lives in defence of the rainforest & Indigenous peoples”
Their murders must be a turning point 4 Indigenous rights globally
“Dozens of defenders of Indigenous groups have been killed during Bolsonaro's presidency yet it’s taken this to draw global attention. Dom & Bruno have fallen foul of the same perils they sought to warn others of.” @Channel4News #DomPhillips #BrunoPereira
“The battle to save Mother Earth will be the mother of all battles”
It’s a battle that’s already begun
#DomPhillips & #BrunoPereira are just the latest victims
In current times, the job of activists is more vital than ever
More vital & more dangerous.
A Brazilian suspect in the disappearance of British journalist #DomPhillips & #BrunoPereira has confessed to fatally shooting the men, police confirm
Police told media on Wednesday that the suspect led them to their bodies
Justice must be done
“The killing of Dom Phillips & Bruno Pereira is devastating for their families & friends. It’s also the embodiment of a wider assault on environmental defenders & those who work with them & of the dangers faced by journalists”
We must defend the defenders theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
“Dom & Bruno were killed in an undeclared global war against nature & the people who defend it
The frontlines of this war are the Earth’s remaining biodiverse regions – the forests, wetlands & oceans: a crucial part of our climate & planetary life-support system.” @jonathanwatts
Cattle ranching is the top cause of deforestation in virtually every Amazon country & accounts for 80% of deforestation
#DomPhillips did vital work to expose how largest beef company in the world JBS was laundering cattle from illegally deforested land👇
The number of trees cut down in the Brazilian Amazon this year hit a record high - 7 times the size of Manhattan each month!
98% of deforestation alerts go unpunished
Indigenous communities are the only ones standing up to this destruction. #DomPhillips
“Deep inside Javari Valley, fishing teams haul away up to half a tonne of pirarucu fish & 700 turtles – both protected species. Illegal gold mining dredgers pollute rivers with mercury. Cattle farmers are encroaching from the south.”
#DomPhillips #Brazil theguardian.com/global-develop…
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