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Brazil’s
President Jair Bolsonaro is a one-man
environmental disaster, driving Amazon
destruction up by 20% in a year, and leaving
Indigenous people facing brutal violence! But
there's a way to hold him to account.
The International Criminal Court
could prosecute him -- but only if the
Prosecutor opens a case! Join the urgent call to
protect the forest and its people
now -- when it's huge our voices
will be delivered straight to the ICC!
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Dear
friends, |
Brazil’s
President Jair Bolsonaro is a one-man
environmental disaster.
He's greenlighted
illegal mining and logging in Indigenous lands,
sabotaged environmental laws, and now the
destruction of the Amazon has risen by more than
20% in a year -- a loss equivalent to
3,000 football fields per
day!
He thinks he can get away
with it -- but there’s a way to hold him to
account. A group of brave lawyers is
pushing for the International Criminal
Court to
prosecute Bolsonaro
for his alleged attacks on the Amazon and its
defenders. And whether or not it happens will
come down to a decision by
ICC Prosecutor, Karim
Khan.
He has a reputation for
being tough in his pursuit of justice, but
dragging Bolsonaro to court would need a new
level of courage. So let’s build a
massive global call from every corner of the
Earth for him to act, and when this is
huge, our voices will be delivered directly to
the Prosecutor’s office.
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Deforestation
was decreasing before Bolsonaro came to power,
but under his presidency, it surged to
its worst in 15 years. He’s used his
presidency to encourage loggers, farmers, and
criminal gangs to clear the land, and indigenous
people have faced violence so brutal they are
calling it genocide.
This is a matter of
survival for all of us. Fires, logging and
climate change are pushing the Amazon to its
breaking point -- some areas are already
releasing more CO2 into the atmosphere than they
can absorb. If nothing is done,
scientists predict the rainforest’s ecosystem
could collapse, with catastrophic
consequences for the planet.
Crazily,
there’s no international law against ecocide.
But the ICC does protect against crimes against
humanity -- and this is bigger than Bolsonaro.
If the Prosecutor opened an investigation, he
would set a historic precedent, paving the way
for ending impunity for environmental
offenders on a global level. It could
even move us closer to a new law against the
destruction of nature!
Sign the petition
now, calling on the Prosecutor to take all
necessary steps to start an investigation into
Bolsonaro -- and let’s be a voice for the
forest, its people, and the future of every
human on Earth. |
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Together,
our movement has tirelessly fought climate
change, helped win amazing victories to protect
incredible marine reserves, and joined hands
with Indigenous people from across the world to
defend unique ecosystems. Now let’s bring
together the power of the people and the power
of the law to save one of the most important
forests on Earth.
With hope and
determination,
Ana Paula, Diego, Anneke,
John, Nick, Christine, Stefanie, Luis, Bert and
the entire Avaaz team |
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