Brazil
Chronic human rights problems plague Brazil. Some police officers kill unlawfully, torture detainees, and mistreat children in conflict with the law. Many Brazilian prisons are severely overcrowded, and the lack of adequate state control leaves inmates vulnerable to violence, extortion, and recruitment by gangs. Other human rights problems include violence against women, killings of journalists and bloggers because of their work, and violence against rural activists and indigenous people involved in conflicts over land. Perpetrators of abuses during the military rule of 1964 to 1985 continue to be shielded from justice by an amnesty law passed by the military regime.
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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: Killings, Abuses in Amazon Police Operation
Deploy Federal Officers to Protect Rights of Indigenous People, Local Residents
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Covid-19 Catches Up with Brazil’s President
Bolsonaro Disregards WHO Recommendations Even After Testing Positive
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EU/Brazil: Delay Trade Deal Pending Amazon Crisis Response
Establish Benchmarks to Address Violence, Deforestation
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Brazil Suffers its Own Scourge of Police Brutality
Police killings have added to suffering and anger in the middle of a pandemic
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People in Institutions in Brazil at Risk from Covid-19
New Regulation Important Step Towards Better Rights Protection
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New Zika Cases in Brazil Overshadowed by Covid-19
579 Cases in 3 Months Show Need for Reproductive Rights, Sanitation
