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Amazon Indigenous are leaving rainforest for cities, and finding urban poverty

Thousands of Amazon Indigenous are leaving their rainforest villages in a migration to urban areas that is reshaping their lives, their villages and their new cities

The Independent UK

Bruno Pereira and Dom Phillips were killed in the Amazon: A year later their Indigenous allies risk death to carry on the work

The Brazilian Amazon and its Indigenous people remain under siege but a patrol group the killed activist helped form is fighting back

The Guardian - UK

In Amazon region hit by double murder, poverty fuels violence

Atalaia do Norte (Brazil) (AFP) - A short walk from the spot where British journalist Dom Phillips and Brazilian Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira set out for their final journey, people sit in the blistering sun breaking rocks into pieces with hammers.

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Phillips and Pereira: killed trying to save the Amazon

Atalaia do Norte (Brazil) (AFP) - Four years after they first went on an expedition deep into the jungle of Brazil's Javari Valley, Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira teamed up again, each working on a big new project to save the Amazon.It cost them their lives.

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Police say British journalist and Brazilian guide shot in Amazon killings

Atalaia do Norte (Brazil) (AFP) - British journalist Dom Phillips and his Brazilian guide, whose disappearance in the Amazon some two weeks ago sparked an international outcry, were killed by gunfire, Brazilian police said Saturday.

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British journalist confirmed dead in Brazil, US urges 'accountability'

Atalaia do Norte (Brazil) (AFP) - Brazilian police on Friday officially identified the remains of British journalist Dom Phillips, who was found buried in the Amazon after going missing on a book research trip.

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Remains of British journalist Dom Phillips identified: Brazil police

Atalaia do Norte (Brazil) (AFP) - Brazil's Federal Police said Friday it had officially identified the remains of British journalist Dom Phillips, who was found buried in the Amazon after going missing on a book research trip.

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Amazon killers acted alone: Brazil police

Atalaia do Norte (Brazil) (AFP) - Brazilian police said Friday the killers of British journalist Dom Phillips and his expert guide Bruno Pereira had acted on their own initiative and not as part of a criminal group -- an assertion rejected by Indigenous leaders.

AFP

How the final journey of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira ended in tragedy

The journalist and Indigenous expert travelled upstream in Brazil’s far western Amazon region, a trip from which they did not return alive

The Guardian - US

Bolsonaro blamed as UN, activists denounce Amazon murders

Atalaia do Norte (Brazil) (AFP) - The United Nations as well as environmental and rights groups expressed outrage Thursday at the murder of British journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira, which they linked to President Jair Bolsonaro's willingness to allow commercial exploitation of the Brazilian Amazon.

AFP

Bolsonaro blamed as UN denounces Amazon murders

Atalaia do Norte (Brazil) (AFP) - The UN on Thursday denounced the murder in the Amazon of British journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira as environmental activists blamed Brazil's government.

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Human remains found in Amazon search for missing journalist, expert

Atalaia do Norte (Brazil) (AFP) - Human remains have been found in the search for a British journalist and Brazilian indigenous expert who disappeared deep in the Amazon after receiving threats, Brazil's president confirmed Monday.

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Human remains found in Amazon search for journalist, expert

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Human remains found in search for Amazon missing: Bolsonaro

Atalaia do Norte (Brazil) (AFP) - Human remains have been found in the search for British journalist Dom Phillips and Brazilian indigenous expert Bruno Pereira, who disappeared in the Amazon after receiving threats, Brazil's president said Monday.

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No bodies found in hunt for British journalist, Brazil police say

Brazilian police and indigenous search teams dismissed reports on Monday that they had found the bodies of a British reporter and a Brazilian indigenous expert missing in the Amazon jungle, dashing hopes of a quick resolution in the week-old case.

The Independent UK

Belongings of missing men found tied underwater in Amazon

Brazil’s search for an Indigenous expert and a journalist who disappeared in a restive area of the Amazon a week ago has advanced with the discovery of a backpack, laptop and other personal belongings of the men submerged in a river

AFP

Hope fades as belongings of two men missing in Amazon found

Atalaia do Norte (Brazil) (AFP) - Brazilian authorities say they have found a backpack and personal effects of a British journalist and an Indigenous expert who disappeared in the Amazon last week, with the Briton's mother-in-law saying she has lost hope that they will emerge alive.

The Independent UK

Family of suspect in Amazon disappearance: 'He is innocent'

The family of the only suspect in the disappearance of a British journalist and Indigenous official in the Amazon is claiming he is innocent

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Brazilian suspect held for 30 days in case of missing British journalist

A Brazilian judge ordered a suspect in the disappearance of a British journalist in the Amazon rainforest to be held for another 30 days while police investigate whether he is involved, a lawyer for a local indigenous organization said.

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