Lawyers Press International Court to Investigate a ‘Network’ Committing Crimes Against Humanity in Brazil’s Amazon

By dragonarmy | November 9, 2022

Even as environmentalists cheer the ouster of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro as a turning point for the Amazon rainforest, new information filed Wednesday with the International Criminal Court suggest that the battle to protect the region and its inhabitants is far from over.  In the filing, human rights and environmental lawyers acting on behalf of […]

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Mil Milhas na Amazônia, para Mudar a Maneira como o Mundo Funciona

By dragonarmy | November 3, 2022

Read this story in English here. O plano era se encontrar em Altamira, Brasil, e viajar 1.000 milhas (1.600 quilômetros) pelo norte da Amazônia como uma espécie de tribunal popular. Os juízes tomariam depoimentos durante 10 dias, como uma delegação de averiguação das Nações Unidas, e apresentariam suas conclusões no 10º Fórum Social Pan-Amazônico na […]

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A Thousand Miles in the Amazon, to Change the Way the World Works

By Andy Pugh | October 9, 2022

The plan was to meet in Altamira, Brazil, and travel 1,000 miles across the northern Amazon as a kind of people’s court. The judges would take testimony over 10 days, much like a United Nations fact-finding delegation, and deliver their findings at the 10th Pan-Amazon Social Forum in the provincial city of Belém. They had […]

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