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Brazil’s largest coalition of Indigenous groups has filed a motion with the country’s highest court in response to escalating police brutality against Indigenous peoples in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul.
by Aimee Gabay
Mongabay Environmental NewsIndigenous groups turn to Brazil’s highest court to stop police violenceIndigenous groups are seeking urgent measures against the escalation of police violence they face in seeking to reclaim their ancestral lands in Brazil’s Mato Grosso do Sul state. In most cases, the victims of violence were protecting their territory from the expansion of large-scale agriculture, mining or development projects. The Articulation of Indigenous Peoples of […]