I don't know how large these tribes are, but under international law slaughtering them may be considered genocide.

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I don't know how large these tribes are, but under international law slaughtering them may be considered genocide. I really wish The Times had brought that angle in.
https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/09/10/world/americas/brazil-amazon-tribe-killings.html?referer=

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Sam Moore said…
Right from the Times article: “If the investigation confirms the reports, it will be yet another genocidal massacre resulting directly from the Brazilian government’s failure to protect isolated tribes — something that is guaranteed in the Constitution,” said Sarah Shenker, a senior campaigner with the rights group.

Maybe read the articles?
September 11, 2017 at 6:25 AM
Jason ON said…
Sam Moore, I did read the article, but there's a difference between using the word "genocide" and the international treaties that define and qualify what constitutes genocide. Notice, in the article, there is no mention of the UN, no interviews with experts in genocide and no explanation on whether, for the sake of the legal hurdles to prove genocide, the native tribes are all considered one people with a singular culture or whether each tribe considered it's own nation. If it's the former, then killing ten men - heck, killing hundreds - may not meet the qualifications of genocide, but if it's the latter, then killing these ten may meet that threshold.

Regardless, these miners and their companies need to be arrested and tried.
September 11, 2017 at 10:04 AM
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