Following reports of deaths of indigenous Yanomami children in Brazil malnutrition and other illnesses caused by illegal gold mining, there is strong evidence of “genocide”, the country’s Justice Minister Flavio Dino said on Monday.
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A village of Yanomami indigenous people during an environmental operation against illegal gold mining on indigenous lands, in Roraima state, Brazil, April 18, 2016.
(REUTERS/Bruno Kelly)
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At the end of last week, the The Ministry of Health declared a medical emergency in the Yanomami territory, the country’s largest indigenous reservation.