The meeting was held yesterday morning (10), at the Indigenous Council of Roraima, and brought together, in addition to Dr. Yuri Costa, President of the National Council of Human Rights (CNDH) and Larisa Belintini, member of the council's entourage, Edinho Batista, General Coordinator of the CIR, Ivo Cípio and Maria Luiza, legal advisors of the CIR, Valério Eurico, Coordinator of the Raposa Region, Aldenir Cadete, coordinator of the Serra Region, both in the Raposa Serra do Sol Indigenous Land, Dario Yanomami, vice president of Hutukara, Junior Hekurari, CONDISI Yanomami, Luis Ventura, Meri Aguines CIMI, Luiz Henrique, lawyer of the Socio-Environmental Institute (ISA).
Prior to the delivery of the document, the leaders of the Raposa Serra do Sol and Yanomami Indigenous Lands, gave a palliative of how the indigenous regions are, stressing the increase in the invasion of miners, increase in cases of malaria, enticement of children, rape of indigenous women, entry of weapons, drugs and pollution of entire springs that are close to indigenous communities.
Ivo Cípio, Legal Advisor of CIR and Luiz Ventura - CIMI
According to Ivo Cípio, the discussion puts its main whistleblowers at risk, due to the characteristic that the state treats complaints.
"We are looking for the CNDH to set up a legal strategy. I believe that this discussion puts us on the front line in the fight against mining that is already rooted in organized crime, and has become state policy." quoted the legal advisor.
The five-page document was delivered to the President of the CNDH, Yuri Costa, by the Coordinator of the CIR Edinho Batista. The visit of the President of the CNDH was a request from the indigenous leaders and the CIR, which were promptly met, even though Dr. Yure Costa's official agenda was linked to the migratory issue in Roraima.
The indigenous leaders of Roraima continue to defend and denounce the invasion of their territories, the lack of state aid and the apparent slowness are worrying, but nothing that diminishes the way in which the leaders claim their rights, especially consultation, and protection.
