Indigenous leader assassinated in Brazil

Indigenous leader assassinated in Brazil

By agency reporter
October 18, 2016

A Brazilian Indian leader at the forefront of his people’s struggle to reclaim their ancestral land has been assassinated.

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Seu João, as he was known, was heavily involved in the Xukuru-Kariri tribe’s campaign to live on their ancestral land, a right enshrined in Brazilian and international law.

Another Xukuru-Kariri leader told the Brazilian support group CIMI: “The region has a history of violence resulting from the land struggle. Seu João was a respected leader of our people.”

Land theft is the biggest problem the Xukuru-Kariri and other tribal peoples face, says Survival International, the global movement for tribal peoples' rights. Around the world, industrialised society is stealing tribal lands in the pursuit of profit. But for tribal peoples, land is life. It fulfills all their material and spiritual needs.

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