Tag: torture

Journalists Kidnapped and Tortured by Brazil’s Police

Paris-based press freedom organization Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is calling for a Brazilian federal ...

Killing and Torture by Police Still Widespread in Brazil

In its latest periodic review of Brazil, international organization Human Rights Watch, whose mission ...

US Decries Torture, Child Labor and Political Murder by Police in Brazil

The US issued earlier this month its reports of human rights practices for 2007 ...

Torture and Impunity Are Still the Norm Throughout Brazil

Brazilians, especially Indians and other socially excluded segments of the population, continue to suffer ...

Brazil and UK Sign Agreement to Fight Torture

Brazil and the United Kingdom have signed a Memorandum of Understanding on combating torture. ...

Shocks and Burning Part of Hazing in Brazilian Army

The army in Brazil has launched an investigation after images of soldiers being beaten ...

Brazil Remembers Two Martyrs of the Left

On March 31, 1964, a military uprising overthrew the legal government of Brazil and ...

Brazil Can’t Wait. We Need the Whole Truth, Now.

The case began under suspicion and a week later has grown murkier and more ...

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