Indigenous leader’s killer is convicted in Brazil, but tensions over land remain

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Indigenous leader’s killer is convicted in Brazil, but tensions over land remain

On April 17, 2020, an Indigenous leader who fought to protect his ancestral land was violently killed in the Brazilian state of Rondônia. Almost exactly four years later, a local bar owner has been convicted and sentenced to 18 years in prison for Ari Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau’s murder. The ruling marks a rare case of justice for violence against Indigenous land defenders, even as conflicts over traditional territories in Brazil persist. On April 15 this y…