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Just Off-Screen in Rio, a Community’s Homes Vanish in Olympic Shadow
The land that the community sat on was sold to a developer who intended to raze the homes and businesses of Vila Autódromo and incorporate the land into the Olympic…
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Amnesty International Rallies Behind Refugee Athletes Competing in Olympic Games
For the first time in the history of the Olympics, 10 refugees are competing without a national team. To stand in solidarity with them, a group of refugees and supporters…
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Brazil: Daily shootouts and alarming rise in police killings puts Olympic legacy at risk
A shocking 103 percent increase in police killings in Rio de Janeiro between April and June of 2016 and 2015 has shattered any chance of a positive legacy to the…
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Brazil: Amnesty International activists deliver body bags to Rio 2016 organizers
Forty body bags, representing the number of people killed by the police in May 2016 in Rio de Janeiro were displayed in front of the Local Organizing Committee for the…
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5 Things I Learned at Argentina’s #NiUnaMenos March against Femicide
On June 3, 2016, Argentinians took to the streets for a second time to tell their government “ni una menos” – meaning “not even one less (woman)” – demanding an…
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Amnesty launches ‘Cross-fire’, a new app to document gun violence in Rio ahead of Olympics
Amnesty International is launching a new app to document the use of firearms in Rio de Janeiro before the 2016 Olympic Games.
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Huge spike in number of deaths committed by Police in Rio ahead of the Olympic Games
A shocking increase of 135 percent in the number of people killed by police officers in the city of Rio de Janeiro in the run up to the Olympics lays…
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Economic emergency in Brazil is no excuse to cut social services and security short ahead of Olympics
A new decree by the governor of Rio de Janeiro authorizing spending cuts ahead of the 2016 Olympic Games must not be used as an excuse to cut short basic…
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Imminent forced eviction of Indigenous Peoples in Brazil flagrantly unjust
The planned forced eviction of nine families of the Guarani Kaiowá Apika’y Indigenous Peoples from their ancestral lands in Mato Grosso do Sul state is another example of the authorities…
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Violence Has No Place in these Games! Risk of Human Rights Violations at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games
Brazil is on a fast-track course to repeat the deadly mistakes it has been making around policing for decades, made even more evident during the 2014 World Cup, which left…
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Brazil on fast-track course to repeat violent World Cup failures during Olympics
Brazil is on a fast-track course to repeat the deadly mistakes it has been making around policing for decades, made even more evident during the 2014 World Cup, which left…
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Argentina: Historic ruling on Operation Condor a great step forward for truth and justice
The sentencing of a former Argentinean military leader for his role in hundreds of enforced disappearances in the context of a region-wide intelligence operation must open the door to further…