Attacks on Brazil's indigenous people rose sharply in 2021, report says

FILE PHOTO: Indigenous people show a placard that says "Brazil indigenous land" during the International Indigenous People Day in defense of territories and Indigenous lives, against the government of President Jair Bolsonaro and for the demarcation of lands, in Sao Paulo, Brazil August 9, 2022. REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Attacks on Brazil's indigenous people and invasions of their lands by illegal miners and loggers, mainly in the Amazon, increased dramatically in 2021, escalating an already "terrifying" situation, the Catholic Church's Indigenous Missionary Council (Cimi) said on Wednesday.

In its annual report on violence against indigenous people, Cimi detailed a dramatic intensification of abuses in the third year of President Jair Bolsonaro's government, which has dismantled inspection and indigenous protection bodies.