- In case you missed it: Luiz Alberto Araújo, head of the environmental department of Altamira in the Brazilian Amazon, was assassinated last Thursday. Araújo helped launch an investigation into illegal logging in the Amazon that led to the arrest of ringleader Antonio José Junqueira Vilela Filho, known as AJJ.AJJ and his son were accused of illegally clearing 294 square kilometers (113 square miles) of Amazon rainforest, employing loggers that were held in slave-like conditions.Earlier this year Araújo's team also collected over 16 tons of dead fish secretly buried near the giant Belo Monte hydroelectric dam. Norte Energia, the company in charge of Belo Monte, was fined RS$35.3 million (US$11.0 million).According to Global Witness, 448 environmentalists were killed in Brazil from 2002-2013. We salute Araújo's investigations that sought to uphold the rule of law in the Amazon, and protect the forest for all.
The Ecuadorian government in an official released report admitted that it disconnected the internet connection used by Wikileaks founder Julian Assange after WikiLeaks “published a wealth of documents, impacting on the US election campaign” the statement, said.
When Jessica Jauch was pulled over for a traffic violation, she was held in jail for 96 days without seeing a judge, getting a lawyer or having a chance to make bail. Prosecutors used a video to charge her, but that video showed Jauch committing no crime.
And according to a federal judge, none of that violated her constitutional or legal rights.
Mark Ruffalo, Daryl Hannah, and Neil Young are just a few of the celebrities who have signed this Care2 petition to stop the prosecution of journalists covering #DAPL!
Please join them in standing for #freedomofthepress by adding your name!
We’ve just launched a powerful new tool to get Canadian voices on the public record against Bill C-51.
He'd be on fire...
No comments:
Post a Comment