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Amazonian Indigenous Leader Alessandra Korap Munduruku Wins RFK Human Rights Award

Indigenous Leader Alessandra Korap Munduruku Recognized for Longstanding Defense of Rights and Territories in the Brazilian Amazon

October 14, 2020

Washington, D.C. – Alessandra Korap Munduruku, a prominent Indigenous community leader from the Brazilian Amazon, will be recognized with the annual RFK Human Rights Award on Thursday, October 22nd. This global recognition comes among mounting threats targeting her and the Munduruku community, driven by illegal miners, loggers, and land grabbers, in a climate of impunity explicitly encouraged by the Bolsonaro government.

Indigenous Peoples of the Ecuadorian Amazon Denounce Rights Violations and Government Inaction During COVID-19 Pandemic Before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights

October 9, 2020

Quito, Ecuador – The COVID-19 pandemic has devastated Indigenous peoples across the Ecuadorian Amazon, where numbers of cases and deaths continue to rise. It has further exacerbated the threats from oil and mining activity, illegal logging, and food insecurity, and exposed the government's discrimination and abandonment of indigenous peoples.

Artists, Activists, and Storytellers Join Forces to Release a New Animated Short Film Offering a Hopeful Vision Out of the Crises of 2020

Opal Tometi, Emma Thompson, Gael García Bernal, and Nnimmo Bassey come together as an all-star cast of narrators for the film Message from the Future II: The Years of Repair

October 1, 2020

Oakland, CA – At a time when everyday life feels like an apocalyptic Hollywood movie, a new animated short film Message from the Future II: The Years of Repair imagines a future in which we emerge from our current crises to build back a better society. Produced by The Leap and The Intercept, the nine-minute film launched online today including a high-profile cast of narrators: Opal Tometi, co-founder of Black Lives Matter, Emma Thompson, actress and writer, Gael García Bernal, actor and activist, and Nigerian poet and activist Nnimmo Bassey.

The Association of Brazil's Indigenous Peoples Receives Letelier-Moffit Human Rights Award

44th Annual Institute for Policy Studies Letelier-Moffit Human Rights Awards Honor Two Outstanding Justice and Human Rights Champions, The Association of Brazil’s Indigenous Peoples (APIB) and The Awood Center

October 1, 2020

International awardee APIB is a collective movement of indigenous populations across Brazil. Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro's politics are threatening to the well-being of Brazil's Indigenous, Afro-descendant, women and LGBTQ+ population, in addition to the health of the Amazon Rainforest and the planet. APIB represents the strongest Indigenous political force in Brazil today.

APIB Denounces Bolsonaro's Attacks and Misinformation on Indigenous Peoples, Traditional Communities, and the Amazon

The Brazilian president delivered a series lies and denials about the state of the Amazon in speeches to the United Nations and Federal Supreme Court

September 25, 2020

While the government abuses its power to launch defamation campaigns on everyday citizens, APIB has taken matters into their own hands to lessen the impact of COVID-19 on Indigenous peoples and communities. More than 800 Indigenous people have died, and about 32,000 have been infected by COVID-19, according to data from APIB's National Committee for Life and Indigenous Remembrance.

Oil Companies Seek to End Clean-up of Amazon Oil Spill Despite Ongoing Pollution

Affected Indigenous communities in Ecuador’s Amazon demand justice and share evidence that pollutants remain in two major rivers after the worst oil spill in the last 15 years

September 10, 2020

Quito, Ecuador – Ecuador's two oil pipeline operators prematurely halted clean-up operations last week, declaring the remediation complete despite evidence of ongoing pollution in both the Coca and Napo rivers. The companies are now seeking to close the door on the country's worst spill in the last 15 years by convening public meetings with communities to tout the clean-up despite visible evidence of oil in the river and the deterioration of the health of local communities.

Climate Activists Stage Direct Action Against BlackRock's Continued Financing of Amazon Fires

Activists post decals of Amazon fire destruction on BlackRock's San Francisco and New York headquarters calling out financier for climate commitments that fail to address deforestation and Indigenous rights violations

September 3, 2020

"According to MAAP, as of August 30th of this year, over 1.1 million acres (453,000 hectares) of recently deforested areas have burned in the Brazilian Amazon. Given the urgency of what's happening in the Amazon today, it's encouraging to see that activists are turning out from coast to coast to hold BlackRock accountable for its contributions to climate change and rainforest destruction," said Pendle Marshall-Hallmark, Climate Campaigner for Amazon Watch.

New Report Reveals European Banks Financing Trade of Controversial Amazon Oil to U.S.

Banks in Switzerland, France, Netherlands facilitate trade from Amazon Sacred Headwaters region in Ecuador, where oil extraction contributes to spills, human rights abuses, and climate destruction

August 12, 2020

"The oil industry has a toxic legacy in the Amazon, further exacerbated by recent spills that have contaminated rivers and disrupted the health and food security of Indigenous communities. Even during the COVID-19 pandemic, oil companies continue to pursue expansion, putting Indigenous peoples at even greater risk. These banks cannot claim to uphold their own pledges on climate and human rights while they continue to finance the trade of Amazon oil," said Moira Birss of Amazon Watch

New Report to Reveal European Banks Financing Trade of Controversial Amazon Oil to U.S.

Banks in Switzerland, France, the Netherlands facilitating trade from Amazon Sacred Headwaters region in Ecuador

August 6, 2020

Geneva, Switzerland – North America-based environmental organizations Stand.earth and Amazon Watch will release a report on 12 August 2020 detailing how European banks are financing the trade of controversial oil from the Amazon Sacred Headwaters region in Ecuador to international destinations like California.

More Than 60 NGOs Demand Moratorium on Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon

The Association of Brazil's Indigenous Peoples (APIB) and several organizations deliver the proposal ahead of the Amazon burning season

August 6, 2020

São Paulo – More than 60 NGOs, including Amazon Watch, in partnership with the Association of Brazil's Indigenous Peoples' Association (APIB) delivered a letter today to the Brazilian Congress, foreign investors, and European parliamentarians demanding five emergency measures to contain the deforestation crisis in the Amazon rainforest, including the establishment of a moratorium on logging for at least five years.