Last month, Colombian Indigenous leader Pedro Josse Velasco
Tumiña traveled to Ireland to challenge the paper giant decimating
his ancestral lands. Now he’s in grave danger.
Over 78 human rights defenders have been killed
in Pedro’s region of Colombia in just two years – many
murdered by paramilitary troops allegedly working for land-grabbing
corporations. To speak out is to put your life at risk
Pedro is about to launch a huge advocacy push, to demand action
to protect the Misak people’s rainforest home. But now that
his name and face are known he urgently needs
protection.
Can you chip in the cost of a coffee so that we can
provide Pedro with security and keep him safe as he fights for the
rainforest? Anything extra we raise will help fund
campaigns to keep indigenous activists safe everywhere.
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The threat to the Misak people is very real. Last August a member
of the community, Huber Samir Camayo, was shot dead by police at a
protest over land rights. He was 23 years old.
Despite the dangers, there is no choice but to fight –
the community’s home of a thousand years is under sustained
attack from multinational Smurfit Kappa, whose non-native
paper plantations have dried up the local water supply.
SumOfUs has stepped up before to help the Misak people’s fight,
paying for equipment, food and shelter for a protest camp that
stopped 70% of Smurfit Kappa’s activity. with your support, we can
do it again – providing what they need to keep this
courageous leader safe as he advocates for their future,
and the rainforest.
Can you help stand up for the Misak people – and support
indigenous rights globally?
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