Investigative journalist Luiz Carlos Barbon, who had reported on official corruption, was murdered in May 2007. Local military police officers have been arrested ...
Federal police officers attempting to detain indigenous chief Rosival Ferreira da Silva, known as ´"Babau," have used excessive force against his family and other ...
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI index: AMR 19/012/2008. 21 October 2008. Brazil: Swiss multinational turns over contested land to state authorities. ...
Marcelo Freixo, a human rights defender and state government deputy, is heading a parliamentary inquiry into the activities of milícias in Rio de Janeiro’s shanty ...
As World Habitat Day focuses on the state of the housing rights situation across the globe, here are case studies from cities in Cambodia, Brazil, Italy, Israel ...
Trade unionist Joinville Frota escaped an attempt on his life on 23 August 2008, and has gone into hiding with his family. He is the head of the trade union ...
Amnesty International is concerned by attempts to criminalise land activists by elements within Brazil’s criminal justice system, undermining their fight for agrarian ...
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