Hundreds of years later .. the fight continues .. At least 908 people are known to have died in 35 countries between 2002 and 2013, Global Witness said in a report released 25 years after the assassination of Brazilian rubber tapper and environmental activist Chico Mendes. The lack of attention to crimes against environmental and land defenders is feeding impunity, and little more than 1 percent of the perpetrators are known to have been convicted in the period studied, it added.
Posted on: Tue, 15 Apr 2014 23:15:06 +0000
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