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 Steps on Minefield Putting a Price on Dead and Disappeared
In 2001 the Brazilian government set up a Special Commission on Deaths and Disappearances, ...
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 ...
Brazil to Indemnify Families of ”Politically Missing”
During the military dictatorship which ruled Brazil from 1964 to 1985, a number of ...
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