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Rogério Batalha Rocha
Rogério Batalha is a member of the Coletivo Terra Vermelha (Red Earth Collective), which is a civil society organisation in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul that supports the struggle of indigenous peoples in the fight for their ancestral lands and in the preservation of their culture and their language. He was also a legal advisor for Conselho Indigenista Missionário - CIMI (Indigenous Missionary Council) for over 10 years. Rogério Batalha has stood up against the interests of landowners and agribusiness in the defence of the Guarani-Kaiowás and other tribes' rights to their ancestral lands and against the campaign of criminalisation the indigenous peoples have been subjected to.