Friday, July 1, 2016

Rising Tide of ‘Politically Acceptable’ Killings Spells Danger for Environmentalists Worldwide

Click here to access article by Nika Knight from Uncommon Thought Journal
“Across the world, collusion between state and corporate interests shield many of those responsible for the killings. In cases that are well documented we found 16 were related to paramilitary groups, 13 to the army, 11 to the police and 11 to private security—strongly implying state or company links to the killings. There was little evidence that the authorities either fully investigated the crimes, or took actions to bring the perpetrators to account.”
Read also this Greenpeace report entitled "Brazil: the most dangerous country for environmental activists in 2015".