[ [link removed] ]Misak leader Pedro Josse Velasco Tumina holding a sign at a protest
outside Smurfit Kappa's annual shareholder meeting in Dublin
John,
Last month, Colombian Indigenous leader Pedro Josse Velasco Tumiña
traveled to Ireland to challenge the paper giant decimating his ancestral
lands. Now he’s in grave danger.
Over 78 human rights defenders have been killed in Pedro’s region of
Colombia in just two years – many murdered by paramilitary troops
allegedly working for land-grabbing corporations. To speak out is to put
your life at risk
Pedro is about to launch a huge advocacy push, to demand action to protect
the Misak people’s rainforest home. But now that his name and face are
known he urgently needs protection.
Can you chip in the cost of a coffee so that we can provide Pedro with
security and keep him safe as he fights for the rainforest? Anything extra
we raise will help fund campaigns to keep indigenous activists safe
everywhere.
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The threat to the Misak people is very real. Last August a member of the
community, Huber Samir Camayo, was shot dead by police at a protest over
land rights. He was 23 years old.
Despite the dangers, there is no choice but to fight – the community’s
home of a thousand years is under sustained attack from multinational
Smurfit Kappa, whose non-native paper plantations have dried up the local
water supply.
SumOfUs has stepped up before to help the Misak people’s fight, paying for
equipment, food and shelter for a protest camp that stopped 70% of Smurfit
Kappa’s activity. with your support, we can do it again
– providing what they need to keep this courageous leader safe as he
advocates for their future, and the rainforest.
Can you help stand up for the Misak people – and support indigenous rights
globally?
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Thanks for all that you do,
Alys, Olivia and the SumOfUs team
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More information:
[ [link removed] ]Protest outside Smurfit Kappa AGM over Colombia operations. RTÉ
(Ireland's national public service media). 2022-04-29.
[ [link removed] ]Misak indigenous community vs Smurfit Kappa. SumOfUs and Latin American
Solidarity Centre. 2022-03-29.
[ [link removed] ]Native groups accuse Smurfit Kappa over rainforest. The Times.
2022-02-20.
[ [link removed] ]At least 78 rights defenders killed in Colombia in 2021 - UN. Reuters.
2022-01-13.
[ [link removed] ]'Staggering number' of human rights activists killed in Colombia, UN
reports. The Guardian. 2020-01-14.
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