César Muñoz
César Muñoz is Americas associate director at Human Rights Watch. He has produced reports, videos, and op-eds on human rights abuses linked to illegal deforestation, police abuses, inhumane prison conditions, misuse of the judicial system to persecute political opponents, and unchecked domestic violence, among other issues, in several Latin American and Caribbean countries. Prior to joining Human Rights Watch as Brazil senior researcher in late 2014, he worked for Agencia EFE, the largest Spanish-language newswire in the world, first as Washington correspondent and later as Bureau Chief in Ecuador, Paraguay, and Brazil. He also worked as a journalist for CNN, Europa Press TV, and other media outlets in the United States and Spain, where he was born. As a Bloomberg Fellow in 2001/2002 he produced Human Right Watch’s first report on US counterterrorism policy after the 9/11 attacks. He is a graduate of Sacred Heart University and the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at Johns Hopkins University.
Articles Authored
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June 13, 2017
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May 25, 2017
São Paulo Ramps Up ‘War On Drugs’
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May 4, 2017
Brazil’s Disappointing Human Rights Policies
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March 31, 2017
Video Shows Rio Police Executing Two Men
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March 22, 2017
How Brazil Facilitates Gang Recruitment
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January 18, 2017
Brazil’s Correctional Houses of Horror
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January 8, 2017
Criminal Gangs Run Brazil’s Prisons
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December 10, 2016
A Women’s Right to Be Free of Violence in Brazil