The disappearance of local writer Bruno Araújo Pereira and British journalist Dom Phillips in Vale do Javari in Amazonas wraps up a week this Sunday (12).
On Saturday, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) issued a resolution containing requests to the Brazilian government regarding the whereabouts of the duo.
The organization, affiliated with the Organization of American States (OAS), has asked Brazil to redouble its search efforts and said the country did not act quickly after receiving a complaint about the disappearance.
According to the document, the state’s efforts would begin after a massive mobilization of civil society and the press, and the measures taken so far proved insufficient considering, among other technical difficulties, the expansion of the region.
Also Saturday, the Federal Police, which coordinates a crisis committee in the Amazonas capital, announced in a memo that reports of bodies found, particularly circulating on social networks, were false.
In the note, the PF also says that human organic material found in the river last Friday (10) near the port of Atalaia do Norte is already in the hands of the Federal Police National Criminalistics Institute for the expert. analysis.
In a note published by Univaja, which was also signed by other associations representing indigenous peoples, the couple reportedly disappeared on their way from the Ribeirinha São Rafael community to the city of Atalaia do Norte (AM).
According to the assets, the natives are the target of threats from loggers and prospectors trying to invade indigenous lands in the area. Bruno Pereira is considered an experienced and in-depth knowledge of the region, as he was the regional coordinator of the National Indian Foundation (Funai) in Atalaia do Norte for many years.
*By Liga Tuon
Source: CNN Brazil
Source: Breitbart
