"Brazilian activist shot dead in Amazon"

WinkyDink

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Wed May-25-11 03:23 PM
Original message

"Brazilian activist shot dead in Amazon"

SAO PAULO – An activist fighting to protect the Amazon rain forest from loggers was shot and killed with his wife, Brazilian authorities said Wednesday.

The killings occurred just hours before Brazil's lower house of Congress passed legislation environmentalists warned will increase deforestation in the region.

Rubber tapper Jose Claudio Ribeiro da Silva and his wife were ambushed by gunmen Tuesday in an interior city in the jungle state of Para in northern Brazil, police said. Authorities were investigating the crime and no arrests had been made.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110525/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_brazil_activist_killed_3
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Hopeless.

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

snagglepuss

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Wed May-25-11 04:18 PM
Response to Original message

1. He predicted his killing 6 months ago but was refused police protection.

Edited on Wed May-25-11 04:18 PM by snagglepuss

snip

A 2008 report compiled by Brazilian human rights groups listed Da Silva as one of dozens of Amazon human rights and environmental activists "considered at risk" of assassination.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/may/24/amazon-rainforest-activist-killed

:mad: :cry:

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

DU AdBot (1000+ posts)

Sun May 12th 2024, 08:42 PM
Response to Original message

Advertisements [?]

Top

Powered by DCForum+ Version 1.1 Copyright 1997-2002 DCScripts.com
Software has been extensively modified by the DU administrators

Important Notices: By participating on this discussion board, visitors agree to abide by the rules outlined on our Rules page. Messages posted on the Democratic Underground Discussion Forums are the opinions of the individuals who post them, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Democratic Underground, LLC.