The Indigenous Council of Roraima (CIR) received this Friday (3), from indigenous leaders of the Pium Indigenous community, Manoá Pium Indigenous Land, Serra da Lua region, municipality of Bonfim,COMPLAINTthat there was entryWITHOUTWith authorization from the community leaders and legal representative, the Civil Police,ACCOMPANIED BY A FARMER, to intimidate the leaders regarding their struggle for the collective defense of territorial rights protected by the Federal Constitution of 1988, articles 231 and 232.
Community leaders believe that there may be an ongoing process of criminalizing individual leaders who defend the struggle for territory, as a way to intimidate, threaten, and demobilize the community that is organized to guarantee its right to exclusive possession and use of the lands they traditionally occupy.
The complaint was forwarded to the National Foundation for Indigenous Peoples (FUNAI), the Federal Public Prosecutor's Office (MPF), and the State Public Prosecutor's Office (MPERR) for the necessary measures to be taken to protect, promote, and guarantee the rights of indigenous peoples and the safety of their leaders.