Date

2022-08-17

Measure

Killing of 176 indigenous people during the third year of Bolsonaro's government (more information available here)

Impact

During the third year of Jair Bolsonaro's government alone, 176 indigenous people were murdered in the country. 

Moreover:

The report Violence Against Indigenous Peoples in Brazil, an annual publication of the Indigenous Missionary Council (Cimi), registers 355 cases of violence against indigenous people throughout 2021. It is the highest rate since 2013, when the counting method was changed.  

In 2020 there were 304 cases - which, in addition to deaths, include threats, injuries, racism, sexual violence, and attempted murder. From one year to the next, therefore, there was an increase of 51 such episodes. "It is a degree of violence that we had not yet seen in this way," summarizes Lucia Helena Rangel, Cimi's anthropological advisor.