08.05.2009
URGENT CALL FOR SOLIDARITY

In Belém, State of Para-Brazil, 18 farmers are in prison since 26/0/2009. There are 16 men and 2 women.

In Tucuruí (Pará), close to the dam, 200 people remain camped, demanding the release of the imprisoned comrades and the resumption of negotiations.

The occupation of the worksite has been organized by local residents who have been suffering since the construction of the dam 25 years ago and still today fight for the respect of their rights and proper living conditions in the region.

During all this period, big multinational companies are benefiting enormously from subsidized cheap energy – ALCOA and VALE pay on average R$ 0.05 per KWh while the Brazilian people pay ten times more.

Recently, an Official Commission documented the numerous cases of human rights violations in the Tucurui area for all these decades.

In this extraordinary situation, where we fight for the release of our people, our political prisoners, where we keep the solidarity camp working day and night and at the same time trying to achieve the resumption of negotiations, we are forced to ask for your help.

You can join your voice by signing and sending the annexed petition to the authorities - des.romulo.nunes@tj.pa.gov.br and we also appeal for financial support for the maintenance of the camp and the families and lawyers of the imprisoned comrades.

If you want to assist this cause financially please deposit in: 

Bank: Banco do Brasil
     Agency 2883-5   Current Account: 14411-8
     Account holder: APEMA – Association for the protection of Environment

Swift code:  BRASBRRJBSA.
     (Agência Postalis – Setor Comercial Sul, Quadra 3, bloco A, nº 119- Edifício Postalis, Brasília-DF)

Thank you in advance for your support

Water and energy are not commodities!

Daiane Hohn,   Sonia Maranho,  Luiz Dalla Costa.
For the coordination of MAB- Brazil.