Brazil
President Jair Bolsonaro has tried to sabotage public health measures aimed at curbing the spread of Covid-19, while seeking prison sentences against people who criticized his disastrous response to the pandemic. His administration has weakened environmental law enforcement, effectively giving a green light to criminal networks that engage in illegal deforestation in the Amazon and use intimidation and violence against forest defenders. It has also erected new barriers to accessing legal abortion. The chronic problem of police killings continues unabated. Many prisons are severely overcrowded, leaving detainees vulnerable to violence, extortion, and recruitment by gangs.
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Brazil: Investigate Rio Police Command for Deadly Raid
Police Killed 27 People in Low-Income Neighborhood; 1 Officer Died
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Brazil: Possible Evidence Tampering in Police Killings
Experts Find Autopsies Woefully Inadequate in ‘False Rescues’ Case
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Brazil: Bolsonaro Threatens Democratic Rule
Harasses Supreme Court, Signals He May Cancel Elections, Violates Free Speech
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New Measures in Brazil Not Enough to Solve Amazon Crisis
International Community Should Push for Results in Curbing Deforestation, Protecting Rights
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Inclusive Education is at Risk in Brazil
Repeal New Segregated Education Policy for People with Disabilities
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Brazil: Bolsonaro Blocks Critics on Social Media
President Violates Free Speech, Access to Information Rights
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Brazil’s Amazon Governors: Deliver Results to Secure Support
International Funding Largely Depends on Reducing Deforestation, Protecting Rights
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