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Amazonian Land Rights Activist Slain in Brazil

HeadlineJun 15, 2011

In Brazil, another activist for land rights in the Amazon region has been killed. Thirty-one-year-old Obede Loyla Sousa had been embroiled in disputes with illegal loggers. His killing is at least the fifth of a Brazilian land rights campaigner in the Amazon over the past month.

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