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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…
June 1, 2016
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Political crisis in Brazil jeopardizes human rights agenda
Public statement by Amnesty International
May 17, 2016
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Surge in killings by police sparks fear in favelas 100 days ahead of Rio Olympics
Residents in many of Rio de Janeiro’s favelas are living in terror after at least 11 people have been killed…
April 26, 2016
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The Eldorado dos Carajás massacre: 20 years of impunity and violence in Brazil
Twenty years on from a brutal massacre of landless farm workers by Brazil’s military police, impunity persists for crimes committed…
April 15, 2016
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Amnesty International’s Annual State of the World Report Slams Governments, Including the U.S., for Global Assault on Freedoms
On the launch of its 2015 State of the World report, Amnesty International USA urged President Obama to use his…
February 22, 2016
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Your rights in jeopardy, global assault on freedoms, warns Amnesty International
International protection of human rights is in danger of unravelling as short-term national self-interest and draconian security crackdowns have led…
February 18, 2016
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Brazil: Police repression mars peaceful protest in São Paulo
Military police in São Paulo violently repressed peaceful protests in the city yet again last night in what Amnesty International…
January 24, 2016
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Police repression mars peaceful protest in São Paulo, Brazil
Military police in São Paulo violently repressed peaceful protests in the city yet again last night in what Amnesty International…
January 23, 2016
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Brazil: Fresh hope for justice for 10-year-old boy shot dead in military police operation
The decision by Rio de Janeiro State Public Prosecutor’s Office to prosecute the killing of a 10-year-old boy in a…
November 19, 2015
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Brazilian cluster munitions suspected in Saudi Arabia led coalition attack in Yemen
Saudi Arabia-led coalition forces appear to have used a Brazilian variant of internationally banned cluster munitions on a residential neighborhood…
October 30, 2015
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Brazil: Shocking U-Turn on Vote Against Lowering Age of Criminal Responsibility
A shocking U-turn on a Brazilian Parliamentary decision that rejected lowering the age at which young people can be tried…
July 2, 2015
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Amnesty International USA and Conectas Direitos Humanos Urge Brazilian Congress Not to Lower Age of Criminal Responsibility
Amnesty International USA joined the Brazilian nongovernmental organization Conectas Direitos Humanos in calling on the Brazilian Congress to refrain from…
June 29, 2015