The Federal Ministry of the Public (MPF) filed a motion in court against the Federal Union and the National Indian Foundation (Funai) on Tuesday night (14), demanding, among other requests, that Funai “not engage in any act that seeks to discredit the national community.” trajectory of native Bruno da Cunha Araújo Pereira and journalist Dom Phillips”.
Both have been reported missing since June 5 while traveling to Atalaia do Norte among the São Rafael riverine community in the Vale do Javari region of Amazonas.
The MPF’s action also demands the “immediate removal from the official FUNAI media tools of the “disclosure note from Funai for inaccurate statements regarding Univaja’s authorization to enter an indigenous territory” (10/06/2022).
A contributor to the British newspaper “The Guardian”, Phillips would interview locals in the area and Pereira would accompany him while he was doing the work.
The request for justice adds that the Funai/Funai Presidency must refrain from any action that could be considered an attack on the honor of the disappeared or imply unjust persecution against the Vale do Javari (Univaja), Indigenous Peoples’ League (Univaja) or Funai’s employees. . crowded
The Funai Regional Coordination in Vale do Javari, the area where Bruno and Dom Phillips went missing.
“Considering the risks to the personal safety of all professionals, the determination of the immediate dispatch of certain public security forces to ensure the physical integrity of the FUNAI servers and indigenous peoples at all Javari Valley Protected Bases,” the document includes.
Source: CNN Brazil
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