USE OF FORCE
When does a police officer become a killer in Brazil?
Police lethality in São Paulo rose by 74% compared to 2023; the change in state the government is one of ...
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CRIME
Religious fundamentalism and land disputes boost the destruction of Guarani Kaiowá prayer houses
Indigenous peoples in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul are the main victims of arson
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RURAL VIOLENCE
After expulsion followed by the arrest of a priest and a public defender, families camp neighboring a farm say they are under threat
The courts have already earmarked the land for agrarian reform, but the alleged owner has filed an appeal
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VIOLENT ACTION
Police arrest landless rural workers, a priest, and a public defender in an encampment in Mato Grosso state
On Monday (27), eviction without court order of 74 families occurred in a place already destined for settlement
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PRIVATE PROFIT
São Paulo’s city councilor approve the privatization of the state’s sanitation company
Basic Sanitation Company of the State of São Paulo (Sabesp) profits US$ 694 mi per year
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AGRARIAN REFORM
Twenty-eight years of the Eldorado do Carajás massacre amid attempts to erase the fight for land
The day when 21 landless workers were killed is remembered as World Day for the Struggle for Land
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VIOLATION OF RIGHTS
City of Campinas in São Paulo state violently evicts MST families with no legal order
The Military Police used pepper spray and fired rubber bullet against families of the movement
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JUSTICE
Inter-American Court condemns Brazilian state for the death of rural worker Antônio Tavares in 2000
Other 185 MST members were injured during the attack carried out by Paraná state Military Police
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Police brutality
What is behind Military Police brutality?
BdF spoke to experts on the subject seeking answers and solutions to the growing lethality of the Brazilian police
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