This is the internet version of the information bulletin of the CCPY, the Pró-Yanomami Commission. Explore the sections and take a look at the contents. Our aim is to circulate information about the Yanomami people and about important events that affect their lives.

General____________________________________________________

• UNETHICAL AMERICAN RESEARCH PROVOKES DEBATE AND MAY
  LEAD THE YANOMAMI TO SUE THE U.S GOVERNMENT - 25/04/2001
• CIR´s MANIFEST - 30/03/2001
• DARKNESS IN EL DORADO
  How Scientists and Journalists Devastated the Amazon - 12/01/2001
  
• Abel Barros Lima, founding member of CCPY, dies of heart disease. - 11/01/2001
• BRAZILIAN SENATE APPROVES ILO CONVENTION ON INDIAN RIGHTS - 08/12/2000
• Lannan Foundation Announces its 2000 Prize for Cultural Freedom to Claudia Andujar,
  Brazilian Photographer and Human Rights Advocate - 02/11/2000
• CCPY'S NEW EXECUTIVE COUNCIL - 17/10/2000
• A LETTER FROM DAVI KOPENAWA TO THE AMERICAN COMPANY WHICH
  WANTS TO EXPLOIT THE INTERNET DOMAIN YANOMAMI.COM - 17/10/2000
• BILL TO ALLOW MINING IN INDIAN LANDS MAKING ITS WAY
  THROUGH THE BRAZILIAN CONGRESS - 17/10/2000
• The Annual Assembly of the CCPY redefines priorities
  and targets and welcomes new directors - 31/08/2000

• Enlarging the number of directors to reinvigorate CCPY - 31/08/2000

• WARNING !! - 30/01/2000
• Prospecting or mechanized mining ? - 30/01/2000
• CCPY opens new office in Brasilia - 19/01/2000

• LETTER SENT BY FORMER JUSTICE MINISTER JARBAS PASSARINHO TO THE BRAZILIAN
  NEWSPAPER, O ESTADO DE S.PAULO, WAS PUBLISHED ON - 27/03/2001.
• SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES AMONGST YANOMAMI - 27/10/2000
• CCPY AND FUNAI MEET TO DISCUSS THE VIOLENCE - 17/10/2000
• FUNAI PLANS OPERATION TO EXPEL GOLDMINERS FROM YANOMAMI LAND - 17/10/2000
• URIHI denounces large scale goldminers' invasions - 19/01/2000

  Haximu Massacre
  

• EX-ATTORNEY GENERAL WILL DEFEND THE
  INTERESTS OF THE YANOMAMI - 17/10/2000
• Judge Scartezzini, of the 5th court of the STJ returns
  from medical leave on 10/09/2000 - 30/08/2000
• TRF annuls the verdict of the Haximu massacre trial - 15/07/2000
• Genocide - At the beginning, rumours and lies - 15/07/2000
• The Survivors' Story - 15/07/2000
• Names of the judges and prosecutors responsible for
  the case of the Haximu Massacre - 15/07/2000
• Names of the goldminers who were
  found guilty and their sentences - 15/07/2000
• A letter sent by Yanomami teachers and microscopists, who
  were on a Portuguese course in Boa Vista - 15/07/2000
• Statements - 15/07/2000

 

Yanomami Health______________________________

• Letter sent to Indigenous Health during a discussion on the ethics
  of intercultural relations. - 08/01/2001
• YANOMAMI HEALTH CARE THREATENED BY CUT IN GOVERNMENT FUNDING - 08/11/2000
• ISA report shows that FUNASA-URIHI accord
  has reduced infant mortality by half - 18/08/2000
• NGO SET UP TO INCREASE HEALTH CARE FOR YANOMAMI - 04/05/2000
• YANOMAMI MORTALITY IN 1999 WAS TWICE AS HIGH AS IN THE REST OF BRAZIL - 19/01/2000

Intercultural Education________________________________

• Yanomami Intercultural Education Programme - 23/09/2000

Environment_________________________________________

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