Brazil: Indigenous And Riverbank Communities Call On The Inter-American Commission On Human ...

Brazil: Indigenous And Riverbank Communities Call On The Inter-American Commission On Human Rights To Suspend The Massive Belo Monte Dam In The Brazilian Amazon As the government prepares to issue the dam's construction license, communities urge the Commission to denounce illegalities in licensing and violations of human rights Today international and Brazilian human rights organizations submitted a formal petition to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), denouncing grave...

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