Brazil: Ruling Strikes Blow Against Impunity For Violence Against Indigenous Peoples

Brazil: Ruling Strikes Blow Against Impunity For Violence Against Indigenous Peoples   A first step towards justice has been taken for the family of indigenous leader Marcos Veron, who was brutally beaten to death while defending rights to Guarani-Kaiowá ancestral lands. But much more remains to be done.   On 25 February, a São Paulo court found Estevão Romero, Carlos Roberto dos Santos and Jorge Cristaldo Insabralde guilty of torture, kidnapping and formation of an armed criminal gang and...

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