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00:00 They died working to protect the Amazon rainforest and the people who live there.
00:06 British journalist Dom Phillips and Brazilian indigenous expert Bruno Pereira were brutally
00:11 murdered on a reporting trip in the Amazon's Javari Valley, near the Colombian and Peruvian
00:17 borders.
00:18 Three illegal fishermen have confessed to killing them.
00:21 And according to The Guardian newspaper, where Phillips contributed, the alleged mastermind
00:26 and leader of a transnational criminal organisation has also been charged.
00:30 Meanwhile, the man who was Jair Bolsonaro's indigenous affairs chief at the time was charged
00:36 with an indirect role in the murders.
00:39 Brazilian President Lula da Silva has blamed his predecessor for encouraging environmental
00:43 crimes and promised justice.
00:46 In the name of a sovereign Brazil, the planet, and the legacy and memory of Dom and Bruno,
00:51 we're fighting to revive policies to protect indigenous peoples and the Amazon rainforest.
00:57 But that fight is facing serious opposition from Brazil's powerful farming lobby and the
01:02 conservative majority Congress.
01:05 Last week, they passed bills that would limit the power of Lula's new Ministry of Indigenous
01:09 Peoples and make it harder to recognise indigenous lands.
01:13 "Guarani people are here marching and fighting against these genocide and ethnocide laws
01:19 that are focused on the destruction of people originally from these territories."
01:23 "These bills will impact not only indigenous people, but our entire planet."
01:34 The bills still need to be approved by the Senate.
01:37 Then, even if Lula refuses to sign, Congress could override his veto.