Javier Gárate (@javitejavier.bsky.social)

Lost defenders: Where is Julia Chuñil? Julia Chuñil is an Indigenous Mapuche from Los Ríos, Chile. President of the Putreguel de Máfil Indigenous community, she had been working to secure tenure over their ancestral lands. But following threats over a contested area of forest, Reserva Cora, Julia disappeared. She has now been missing for nearly a year. Riddled with controversy, discrimination and diversions, the case has left Julia’s family with countless questions and little access to justice. Read the story: https://globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/land-and-environmental-defenders/roots-of-resistance/ Land and environmental defenders: https://globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/land-and-environmental-defenders/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmS6_3VawcQ