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Land in Sight?

Jonas Wresch

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August 10, 2015

Indios from the Nasa tribe have occupied three plantations. 180 people have been injured during battles with the police. Jonas Wresch reports on the desperate battle for land, survival and tradition.

Since December, people of the indigenous Nasa tribe have occupied three sugar cane plantations in the Cauca region of Colombia. They are demanding arable land, which they were promised – and for the Indios it’s about much more than just possession. 180 people have been injured during battles with the police. Jonas Wresch reports on the desperate battle for land, survival and tradition.

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Jonas Wresch was born in Bad Dürkheim, Germany, in 1988. After finishing his A-levels in 2007, he completed a six-month internship at the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
In 2015 he completed his studies in photojournalism and documentary photography at the Hanover University of Applied Sciences. His work has been exhibited at various festivals around the world. Wresch is a member of the Agentur Focus photo agency. He received the Freelens Award in 2016, as well as the STERN Grant scholarship award from July
2016 to June 2017. More