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Jacir José de Souza (right) and Pierlângela Nascimento da Cunha from the Makuxi and Wapixana tribes. Jacir is also founder of CAFOD partner the Indigenous Council of Roraima [Joelle Hernandez/CAFOD]
Jacir José de Souza (right) and Pierlângela Nascimento da Cunha from the Makuxi and Wapixana tribes. Jacir is also founder of CAFOD partner the Indigenous Council of Roraima [Joelle Hernandez/CAFOD]

Thank you for signing the Raposa Serra do Sol petition in solidarity with 19,000 indigenous people in Brazil

The letter with yours and other signatures will be sent to the Supreme Court in Brazil.

Jacir says: "We thank you all for your support. We are grateful for the support of our friends in England and Wales for helping us in the battle for our land.

"We need your support more than ever now to protect our land from being taken away from us and to stop the suffering of our people."


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Published on 19/03/2008, last updated on 01/07/2008