Region:Americas

Country:Brazil

Department/Province/State:Espirito Santo

Sex¹:Male

Age:47

Date of Killing:29/11/2022

Previous Threats:Specific threat to HRD

Type of Work:Religious / Spiritual leader

Organisation:Associação de Catadoras e Catadores de Mangaba do Bairro Santa Maria / Association of Collectors of Mangaba de Aracaju

Sector or Type of Rights the HRD Worked On:ESC Rights

Sector Detail:Environmental 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://g1.globo.com/se/sergipe/noticia/2022/11/29/uilson-de-sa-saiba-quem-era-defensor-da-reserva-extrativista-das-mangabeiras-encontrado-morto-em-aracaju.ghtml

https://www.mpse.mp.br/index.php/2023/02/01/mpse-recebe-inquerito-policial-sobre-a-morte-do-ativista-uilson-de-sa-e-se-reune-com-representantes-dos-direitos-humanos/https://portugal.postsen.com/trends/201354/Priest-found-dead-at-home-in-Aracaju.html

https://se.cut.org.br/noticias/regiao-das-mangabeiras-recebeu-o-corpo-de-uilson-de-sa-73a7

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