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| Yanomami boy, Brazil.
© Victor Englebert/Survival |
Bishops and other religious leaders in the Amazonian state of Mato Grosso are warning that uncontacted Indians of the Rio Pardo
are 'suffering the imminent threat of genocide'.
In a recently released
statement, they demand urgent action from the Brazilian authorities to
protect the uncontacted Indians and expel all invaders from the area,
and to speed up the mapping and official recognition of the territory.
They accuse the federal government of abandoning other indigenous
peoples, including the Enawene Nawe,
in Mato Grosso where the state government has placed a moratorium on
recognising indigenous peoples' lands.
The statement says the situation
is so dire that 'immediate intervention by the Brazilian state' is
crucial. Failure to act now risks 'contributing to the ethnocide and
genocide of these peoples.'
