Brazil: Indigenous community attacked, threatened

Index AI : AMR 19/010/2012
Date de publication : 16 août 2012
Catégorie(s) : Brésil

The Arroio Korá indigenous community in the central-western Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul, have been attacked by gunmen trying to push them off their ancestral lands. One of the community is missing, feared dead. They are at risk of further violence.