Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro could face Hague court over Amazon rainforest destruction

[Me.]

Could?

“Brazil’s indigenous leaders and human rights groups are calling on an international court to prosecute the country’s president for crimes against humanity for removing environmental safeguards in the Amazon rainforest.

William Bourdon, a Paris-based attorney, submitted a request for a preliminary investigation of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro to the International Criminal Court in The Hague on Friday, according to reports.

“It is a matter of great urgency,” Bourdon told The Guardian. “We are running against the clock, considering the devastation of the Amazon.”

Since Bolsonaro took office in 2019, deforestation has surged by nearly 50 percent in the Amazon region, which covers a large swath of Brazil, and invasions of native territories by wild-cat miners and ranchers has increased by 135 percent, according to a Brazilian environmental report“

https://nypost.com/2021/01/23/bolsonaro-could-face-hague-over-destruction-of-amazon-rainforest/

[Sanity Claws]

1. Wouldn't it be nice if he and 45 were cellmates?

[Me.]

2. Don't Get Me Started

[bdamomma]

7. hmmm.....

now that's an idea.

[jimfields33]

8. I would think the last 5 Brazilian Presidents should be held responsible as well

The Amazon didn’t just start being destroyed in 2019.

[Initech]

10. I can dream, can't I?

[Act_of_Reparation]

3. Yes, "could".

As in "won't".

[Gato Moteado]

4. i have three words for bolsonazi....

STRING.
HIM.
UP.

[cry baby]

5. "It is a matter of great urgency," That's an understatement! nt

[Hortensis]

6. Deliberate acceleration of deforestation in response to global crisis.

We've been seeing the way authoritarian leaders often respond to the insulting idea that moral duties could be imposed on them -- proving even an implied limitation on their power is wrong by smashing and destroying.

[Me.]

13. Exactly

[UTUSN]

9. He's a double header - the Amazon and the covid denier thing -

[malaise]

11. Good

He should be charged for Covid deaths as well

[Lucinda]

12. ❤️ ✿❧🌿❧✿ ❤️

[Me.]

14. THat's Quite A Message