Tag: human rights
Gang Fight in Brazil Prison Leaves 25 Dead: 7 Decapitated, 6 Burned
At least 25 Brazilian prisoners were killed – many of them in the most ...
Outrage: 24 Years Later, Carandiru Prison Massacre of 111 is Called Self Defense
On October 2, 1992, the blood of 111 dead prisoners literally flooded the corridors ...
Brazil Indians Dying from Extreme Poverty and for Lack of Food, Water
Brazil’s National Food Security and Nutrition (CONSEA) submitted recommendations to several federal and state ...
While World Athletes Fight for Gold in Rio, Some Residents Will Just Try to Stay Alive
As excitement builds with the start of the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, ...
Report on Hundreds of Brazilians Disappeared During Dictatorship Finally Concluded
Testimonies of victims and their families, testimonials of political repression agents and 47,000 photographs ...
Former Political Prisoners in Brazil Visit Place Where They Were Tortured
Former political prisoners, accompanied by experts and members of the National Truth Commission, paid ...
With World’s Fourth Prison Population, Brazil Is Denounced by the UN
Overpopulated cells, little access to the Justice system, the indiscriminate use of provisional premises, ...
US Can’t Trample on Human Rights of Others to Protect Itself, Brazil President Tells UN
Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff proposed today, in New York, at the opening of the ...
Brazil Can’t Become World Player Sitting on the Fence While World Clamors Against Syrian Regime
Amidst the clamor of international outrage in the wake of the failed United Nations ...
Amazon: Brazil Talks Tough While Acting as a Banana Republic
In early April, Brazil broke off relations with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights ...
