From June 19 to 25, 2022, a Commission of Indigenous Leaders of Roraima from the Sapará, Macuxi, Wapichana and Taurepang Peoples was in Brasilia, along with the national mobilization against the Time Frame. The objective was to strengthen the indigenous movement and carry out political advocacy against the time frame thesis, for the immediate resumption of the trial of RE 1017365, in addition to denouncing the attacks on the rights of indigenous peoples in Roraima and Brazil.
At the request of the Indigenous Council of Roraima, hearings and meetings were scheduled with various bodies and authorities for the promotion, protection and defense of the rights of indigenous peoples. At the request of APIB, indigenous leaders met with the current President of the Federal Supreme Court, Minister Fux. In other agendas, the Leadership Commission of the Indigenous Movement of Roraima met with the advice of Minister André Mendonça, with Minister Carmen Lucia and, accompanying APIB, with Minister Rosa Weber, future President of the STF. Indigenous leaders from different regions of the country participated in these hearings. In particular, indigenous people of the Xokleng people, who are part of the process that is being tried in the STF, Tupinambá leaders and Guarani-Kaiowá leaders.
The leader Amarildo Mota of the Macuxi People, Coordinator of the Willimom Center, in the Raposa Serra do Sol Indigenous Land, stressed the importance of advocacy in Brasilia, and the indignation at the withdrawal of the RE 1017365 judgment from the agenda, on the Temporal Milestone Thesis:
"We and the indigenous movement are dissatisfied because three times the Federal Superior Court (STF) removed the judgment of the time frame thesis from the agenda. The longer the trial takes, the more our land is being invaded. And indigenous peoples are being killed, our rivers, our lakes, streams, the forests are being polluted, destroyed and our relatives are suffering in our villages. That is why we are here in Brasilia. There are also several bills going through the National Congress that are genocidal projects, against indigenous peoples, which end our rights."
Accompanying the leaders, for the CIR, were Enock Taurepang, Vice Coordinator of the CIR, Maria Betânia, Secretary General of the Indigenous Women's Movement, and Maria Luiza, legal advisor.
"This struggle of the Xokleng relatives is not only theirs. This struggle is ours. Here in Brasilia we are in small numbers, but our base is prepared for any call from the indigenous movement," said the Indigenous leader, Enock.
During the week in Brasilia, the Leadership Commission of the Indigenous Movement of Roraima also met with the President of the National Council of Human Rights, with the Intersectoral Commission on Indigenous Health, with the 6th Chamber of Coordination and Review of the Attorney General's Office. They also participated in public hearings in the Chamber of Deputies and the Federal Senate, on the violence in the Javari Valley, the legitimacy of territorial surveillance and monitoring actions in indigenous lands, a public hearing on the Time Frame, and a meeting with the Mixed Parliamentary Front in Defense of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, the Human Rights Commission and the Minority Leaders of the Chamber of Deputies. The Roraima Commission also participated in a seminar with jurists and academics at the University of Brasilia.
On all occasions, complaints about rights violations in Roraima and a call for the defense of the rights of indigenous peoples throughout Brazil were presented. The Letter of the 51st General Assembly of the Indigenous Peoples of Roraima, which took place in March 2022, as well as dossiers on invasions of territories and the Letter of the II Health Assembly were delivered to the relevant bodies. In addition to those already mentioned, complaints were filed with the Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Education, IBAMA, and FUNAI.
In particular, the invasions of indigenous lands by illegal mining, the attack by police forces on indigenous communities, the fires and violence against the Pium/Tabaio Indigenous Community, and the apology for crime and attacks on the indigenous movement by members of the "Mining is Legal Movement" were denounced.
On June 23, the date on which the resumption of the trial of RE 1017365 was scheduled, a Public Act was held at the Praça dos Três Poderes to encourage the Federal Supreme Court to quickly judge the case that deals with the thesis of the Time Frame. At the end of the day, the launch of the documentary ''Fight for Life'' was held. Indigenous Communicators from the Wakywai Network, from Roraima, together with the Mura Communicators Collective, from Amazonas, participated in this documentary, in a production by Sal.Cine and CIMI.
In addition to meetings with federal agencies, the Commission of Indigenous Leaders of Roraima met with leaders from all over Brazil, with indigenous organizations and with the Indigenous Missionary Council – CIMI, for referrals and articulations. In peaceful acts, they called for justice for the murder of indigenous expert Bruno Pereira and Journalist Dom Phillips, killed in the Javari Valley.
