Region:Americas

Country:Brazil

Department/Province/State:Para

Sex¹:Male

Age:39

Date of Killing:26/01/2021

Previous Threats:Specific threat to HRD

Type of Work:Farmer / Peasant

Organisation:Fazenda Santa Lúcia / Jane Júlia

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

Sector Detail:Enforced disappearances, Impunity/Justice, Land rights, Peasant communities

More information:Front Line Defenders

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://www.frontlinedefenders.org/en/case/killing-human-rights-defender-and-landless-worker-fernando-dos-santos-araujo

https://www.brasildefato.com.br/2025/09/04/pau-darco-fazenda-palco-de-chacina-pode-virar-marco-de-justica-na-amazonia/

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