Bolsonaro must be held criminally responsible for assault on the Amazon, say activists

In a petition to the international criminal court experts said the mass deforestation' poses a clear danger

The Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro must be held criminally responsible for a ruthless" assault on the Amazon that has exacerbated the climate emergency and imperilled humanity's very survival, activists have argued in a petition to the international criminal court.

In a submission to The Hague-based tribunal on Tuesday, legal and scientific experts said the mass deforestation" unfolding under the rightwing nationalist posed a clear and present danger to Brazil, and to the world.