Thread by @parents_4future

Dear @VijayR_HMG
It is with grave concern that we received news of an attack of armed miners on the Wajãpi People within their protected land.

According to the newspaper articles and video material accessible to us, several dozen heavily armed miners brutally attacked an indigenous village in the northern state of Amapá. The reports add that at least one indigenous leader, named Emyra Wajãpi, was fatally stabbed.

According to the New York Times, this latest escalation follows a series of increasingly bold incursions into protected areas.

Amid worries that the current crisis may lead to a bloodbath if the conflict between the Wajãpi and the miners escalates, we appeal to you, France and the other European countries, to urgently request that the Brasilian government:

(1) protects the Wajãpi from further violence,
(2) removes the miners from the protected indigenous area,
(3) fully investigates the incident,
(4) ensures appropriate legal consequences for the invaders & any other individuals directly or indirectly involved in this atrocity

and
(5) ensures full compliance with existing national and international indigenous and human rights as well as environmental protection regulations.

Finally, we ask that #UK does not ratify the new MERCOSUR-EU trade agreement as long as the Brazilian government continues to blatantly violate or allow others organizations to violate environmental and human rights
Thank you for considering this urgen matter.

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