"During a ceremony honoring Indigenous rights advocate Bruno Pereira and journalist Dom Phillips, held this Wednesday, June 11, in Brasília, Sidônio Palmeira—Minister of the Secretariat of Social Communication of the Presidency (Secom/PR)—apologized on behalf of the Brazilian State to the families of the two defenders of the Amazon. The apology addressed the defamatory and hateful rhetoric directed at them surrounding their disappearance and murder in 2022.
This retraction was a commitment made by the Brazilian State to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, within the framework of the OAS [Organization of American States]."
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This text was translated with the assistance of AI and reviewed by Teresa Mioli.
