Brazil human rights defender found drowned in dam -- New Internationalist

Brazil human rights defender found drowned in dam -- New Internationalist

 The bodies of murdered women should not have to be the catalyst for responsible development, writes Erin Kilbride.

 

On 21 June 2016, dam workers found Nilce
de Souza Magalhães' (above) body washed up on the river bank of Usina
Hidrelétrica Jirau, a dam that she had publicly opposed.