The Guardian view on an Amazon disappearance: find Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira

 

 Dom Phillips, sitting, and Bruno Pereira on the Amazon in 2018. Photograph: Gary Calton/The Observer

"This is not merely about two individuals, as loved and respected as they are. Nor is the context merely that deforestation in the Amazon has reached a record high under Mr Bolsonaro, who has weakened environmental protections and Indigenous land rights since taking office in 2019, but also that he has trampled human rights and flouted the rule of law. Criminal gangs appear increasingly emboldened to break the law, damage the rainforest and carry out violence with a sense of impunity."

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