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peoples are in the balance |
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We desperately
need your help to lobby the judges of Brazil’s Supreme
Court. They are about to vote on one of the biggest
threats to face Brazilian Indians in a
generation.
President Temer recently
approved a legal opinion by the Attorney General’s
Office, which says that indigenous peoples who had
already been pushed off their ancestral lands before
Brazil’s current constitution came into force in October
1988 will no longer have the right to live on these
lands.
In doing so, he has, quite
literally, placed the lives of thousands of tribespeople
in a deadly stranglehold.
We
cannot overstate the severity of this situation. If the
opinion becomes law, it will set indigenous
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"...there
is violence, we all face it, attacks everywhere, attacks
by paramilitary, criminalization and
racism."
Eliseu Guarani Kaiowá's message to you
explains how the very existence of his tribe, and
others, is threatened.
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Brazil’s Supreme Court
judges will vote on whether this opinion is legal or not
on 16 August: If they rule that it is,
it will spell annihilation for many of Brazil’s
first peoples.
This ruling would
unleash a horrific humanitarian crisis
across the country – indisputable evidence shows that
the theft of tribal land utterly destroys
self-sufficient peoples and their diverse ways of
life.
But it doesn’t have to be this way. Your
recent energy and enthusiasm persuaded Brazilian
officials to act to protect the land of the Awá, and to
start the demarcation process of the Kawahiva's
territory. Your emails do make a
difference, and with your help, we can prevent
the genocide of Brazil’s tribal peoples.
Please send an email to the
judges of Brazil’s Supreme Court urging them to vote
against this dangerous opinion.
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Sent: Wednesday,
August 02, 2017 3:22 PM
Subject: Brazilian
Indians need you now more than ever
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