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Brazilian woman threatened by Amazon loggers wins global human rights award 18 December, 2020 - 19:40 Osvalinda Alves Pereira and her husband Daniel stand in the doorway of their home in Pará state before they were forced to flee to an urban safe house. Image by Lilo Clareto / Repórter Brasil. “Imagine being a peasant farmer in the Amazon and waking up every morning in fear of criminals who arrive at your home on motorbikes and simulate graves in your backyard,” said Caroline Edelstam, inviting the public to step into the shoes of Osvalinda Alves Pereira during a virtual Edelstam Prize award ceremony on November 24th. Osvalinda, who lives in Pará state in the Brazilian Amazon, is the first Brazilian to receive the prestigious Swedish Prize, given to those who have contributed exceptionally and with great courage to the defense of human rights. Threatened by illegal logging militias for nearly ten years, Osvalinda lives in Areia, in the municipality of Trairão. Ar ....