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March 21, 2017

Catholic leaders call for protection of indigenous land rights in Amazon

An area deforested by illegal gold mining is seen in a zone known as Mega 14, in the southern Amazon region of Madre de Dios, Peru. Catholic leaders told the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights that indigenous land rights need to be protected from oil and mine operations.

WASHINGTON – Catholic leaders are calling for governments to protect the territorial rights of indigenous people suffering eviction from their lands and pollution of their water because of mining and oil operations in the Amazon basin.

Published in International