Region:Americas

Country:Brazil

Department/Province/State:Sao Paulo

Nickname:Valdirzão

Sex¹:Male

Age:52

Date of Killing:10/01/2025

Previous Threats:No history of threats

Type of Work:Community leader

Organisation:Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra (MST)

Sector or Type of Rights the HRD Worked On:ESC/Civ&Pol Rights

Sector Detail:Land rights, Peasant communities

More information:Front Line Defenders / Global Witness

¹This database records an individual's chosen gender identity. If they do not self-identify as male or female they can use the option of recording other/neither or use the term NBGI (non binary gender identity).

URLs (links) of Interest

https://mst.org.br/2025/01/11/assentados-sao-assassinados-durante-ataque-em-assentamento-em-tremembe-sp/

https://tvbrasil.ebc.com.br/reporter-brasil-tarde/2025/01/justica-autoriza-prisao-de-mais-um-suspeito-por-ataque-assentamento

https://www.brasildefato.com.br/2025/02/10/executado-ha-um-mes-em-massacre-de-tremembe-valdirzao-seria-guardiao-de-sementes-de-assentamento-do-mst/

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