Tag: police brutality

Union director and historian Hellen Lima says the challenge now is to mobilize the school community

Project was designed to empower the communities, as well as maintain a two-way dialogue

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Operation led by the Civil Police is considered the most lethal in Rio’s history; UN demands answers

Nine youths died as a result of violent police action in the southern São Paulo community

BdF spoke to experts on the subject seeking answers and solutions to the growing lethality of the Brazilian police

Law enforcement agents kill on the outskirts; prison deaths hit record high; Marielle Franco case remains unsolved

Landless Workers’ Movement reported cases of harassment by police officials in violent operations

Atlas of Violence demonstrates genocide of youth, researcher in public security says

Renato Freitas had been brutally arrested in 2016 and testified against officers last week; case could be retaliation