Murdered Colombian human rights activist Temístocles ‘don Temis’ Machado. Brazil continues to be the most dangerous country, not only for environmental defenders – but also for peasant workers. Matos, who organised landless and impoverished farmers to realise their human rights, embodied this collective resistance. It is this structure which lies at the heart of the threats to environmental and human rights defenders around the world. For every land and human rights defender murdered, another steps up, ready to continue.

Source: The Guardian March 02, 2018 08:26 UTC