• Urgent Action

Urgent Action: ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENDERS DISAPPEARED (Brazil: UA 54.22)

June 9, 2022

In the morning of June 5, 2022, environmental and Indigenous peoples’ rights defenders Bruno Pereira and Dom Phillips were reported missing, after last being seen in the Javari Valley, in the Brazilian Amazon, near the borders with Colombia and Peru. They had received death threats in recent days, according to local organization Union of Indigenous Peoples of the Javari Valley (Univaja). We are calling the Brazilian President, in addition to the Presidents of Colombia and Peru, to urgently mobilize all necessary efforts to find them alive, including international cooperation.

TAKE ACTION:
  1. Please take action as-soon-as possible. This Urgent Action expires on July 21, 2022.
  2. Write a letter in your own words or using the sample below as a guide to one or both government officials listed. You can also email, fax, call or Tweet them.
  3. Click here to let us know the actions you took on Urgent Action 54.22. It’s important to report because we share the total number with the officials we are trying to persuade and the people we are trying to help.
CONTACT INFORMATION
President of Brazil, Jair Messias Bolsonaro Postal Address: Pálacio do Planalto, Praça dos TrĂŞs Poderes, Brasilia-Distrito Federal, 70150-900, Brasil Email: [email protected] ; [email protected] Twitter: @jairbolsonaro
Ambassador Nestor Forster Jr. Embassy of Brazil 3006 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington DC 20008 Phone: 202 238 2700 I Fax: 202 238 2827 Email: [email protected] Twitter: @BrazilinUSA ; @BRAmbassadorUS Facebook: @BrazilianEmbassy Instagram: @brazilinusa Salutation: Dear Ambassador
SAMPLE LETTER President Bolsonaro, In the morning of June 5, 2022, environmental and Indigenous peoples’ rights defenders Bruno Pereira (Brazilian Indigenous peoples’ expert and civil servant) and Dom Phillips (British journalist and collaborator of The Guardian) were reported missing, after last being seen in the Javari Valley, in the Amazon state, near the borders with Colombia and Peru. They had received death threats in recent days, according to the local organization leading their search, Union of Indigenous Peoples of the Javari Valley (Univaja). We are very concerned by the failure of the authorities to locate them and by the lack of international cooperation to urgently deploy search and rescue teams in the area around the borders between Brazil, Colombia, and Peru, where they went missing. We call you to urgently mobilize all efforts to find Bruno Pereira and Dom Phillips alive, including international cooperation with Colombia and Peru. Security forces at all levels should provide all necessary contingents and equipment for the search. The Federal Prosecutor’s Office must also guarantee prompt, thorough, independent and impartial investigations for finding them alive and bring those suspected of criminal responsibility to justice. We also call on the Peruvian and Colombian Presidents to urgently deploy search and rescue teams to their respective regions that border the area where Bruno Pereira and Dom Phillips went missing. Sincerely, [YOUR NAME] ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
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