Dozens of people gathered at the iconic event this Sunday. Copacabana beach, To ask the authorities in Rio de Janeiro Intensify searches for missing British journalist and Brazilian native in the woods for a week Brazilian Amazon.
British journalist Dom Phillips, contributor to The Guardian, and Brazilian indigenous activist Bruno Araújo Pereira Valle do Javari has been missing since Sunday morning, June 5thna remote and forest area brazil amazon close to the borders of Peru and Colombia, where they investigation into threats against indigenous people
The cold prevailing in Rio from the early hours of the morning, blocked more than fifty people from accessing the site called for the event: Watchtower 6, where the British journalist surfed while living in “cidade maravilhosa” years ago.
Although they do not know the disappeared, their families, friends and people they sympathized with his plightEight days later, with no information on their whereabouts, he arrived at Brazil’s most famous beach to demand intensification of searches by journalists and locals.
Among them were Phillips’ mother-in-law and brother-in-law.because the journalist met his wife in Rio, but since 2007 he has been living with her in Salvador, the capital of the state of Bahia.
Wearing white shirts with a disappearing picture accompanied by the expressionand “Where are they?”, The image of the disappeared on a red background, as participants silently protested in a symbolic act that resonated more than loudly.
Since the disappearance last SundayThe results obtained so far by the authorities in the arrest of a suspect and his interrogation with some witnesses, Actions that have been fiercely questioned at the national and international level by figures and various NGOs demanding that the Jair Bolsonaro Government “use all available resources” to find the disappeared.
one week laterAuthorities found traces of blood on the boat that drove them and belonged to the sole suspect arrested in connection with their disappearance.
Samples being analyzed together with others“Apparently human” found on Friday around the place where journalists and locals were last seen.
UN complaint
call delay He raised the voice of various non-governmental organizations and international organizations such as the Human Rights Office. UN and the OAS’s Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, Jair Bolsonaro urged his government to “double up” efforts to find the missing, after noting that officials initially acted slowly and with a certain disdain.
Along the same lines, Brazil’s Supreme Court of Justice stated that it requested authorities to be present this week.A report on the activities carried out in pursuit of n journalists and locals.
Valle do Javari, the latter The largest indigenous reserve in Brazil, It is known to be a conflict scene dominated by drug trafficking, wood theft and illegal mining.
Araújo, who has worked in that area for years and knows the area in-depth, exposed to various threats from illegal mining mafias, Lumberjacks and even drug dealers operating in the area have aroused fear of murder among their relatives.
Phillips, by the way, is that you?n Senior journalist living in Brazil for 15 years and has collaborated with various international media including the Financial Times, The New York Times, and The Washington Post, among others, and is currently working on research for a book on Valle do Javari.
The trail of Phillips and Araújo He disappeared on June 5 while traveling from the Sao Rafael community to the city of Atalaia do Norte, In the state of Amazonas, where they should arrive Sunday morning.
They traveled in a new boat, 70 liters of petrol was enough for the trip and they were last seen near the Sao Gabriel congregation, Few kilometers from Sao Rafael.