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Attacks on Brazil's indigenous people rose sharply in 2021, report says

Attacks on Brazil's indigenous people and invasions of their lands by illegal miners and loggers, mainly in the Amazon, increased dramatically in 2021, escalating an already "terrifying" situation, the Catholic Church's Indigenous Missionary Council (Cimi) said on Wednesday.

Reuters · Aug 17, 2022

Brazil police arrest 5 more in murders of journalist, Amazon expert

Brazil's federal police on Saturday arrested five more men in an investigation into the murder of British journalist Dom Phillips and indigenous expert Bruno Pereira in the Amazon rainforest in June.

Reuters · Aug 6, 2022

Police arrest additional suspect in Amazon murder of British journalist

Brazilian police said on Friday that they had arrested a man known as "Colombia" as authorities investigate his possible involvement in the killings of British journalist Dom Phillips and indigenous expert Bruno Pereira in the Amazon rainforest.

Reuters · Jul 8, 2022

Calls for justice amid fears inquiry into killings of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira stalling

Three men are in custody and more arrests are planned, but the suspected murder weapon has not been found

The Guardian - US · Jun 23, 2022

‘We all demand justice’: the unsolved murder of the man Bruno Pereira mentored

The deaths of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira echo that of Maxciel Pereira dos Santos, the Indigenous protection agent killed in cold blood three years ago

The Guardian - UK · Jun 21, 2022

Brazilian authorities find boat of slain British journalist, indigenous expert

The boat used by killed British journalist Dom Phillips and Brazilian indigenous expert Bruno Pereira to travel Brazil's Amazon was found on Sunday evening, authorities said in a press statement.

Reuters · Jun 20, 2022

Five more suspects linked to murders of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira in Brazil

Police in Brazil have said eight people are suspects linked to the murders of British journalist Dom Phillips and indigenous expert Bruno Pereira.

Evening Standard · Jun 20, 2022

Brazil police identify five more suspects in murder of British journalist

Brazilian federal police on Sunday said that five more suspects helped hide the bodies of British journalist Dom Phillips and indigenous expert Bruno Pereira, after having already arrested three men for their murder in the Amazon rainforest.

Reuters · Jun 19, 2022

Brazil police identify five more people linked to killings of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira

Officers have already arrested three people, one of whom confessed to killing British journalist and indigenous advocate

The Guardian - UK · Jun 19, 2022

Brazil indigenous defender, sidelined under Bolsonaro, gave life for 'abandoned' tribes

Six tribes from Brazil's remote Javari Valley packed into an assembly hall on June 11 to lament the disappearance of Bruno Pereira, an advisor to their collective, and Dom Phillips, a British journalist reporting on his work.

Reuters · Jun 19, 2022