News09/03/2016 Reasons for a veto Organizations analyze setbacks of law defining terrorism in Brazil; approved by Congress in February, the bill now awaits signature of President Dilma Rousseff
News08/03/2016 UN warns of “alarming torture” in Brazil Report presented today denounces state violence against minority groups in the country
News27/02/2016 Hygiene, food and health Third Chapter | Ongoing violation :: two years since the crisis in Pedrinhas
News27/02/2016 Torture and mistreatment Second Chapter | Ongoing violation :: two years since the crisis in Pedrinhas
News27/02/2016 Ongoing violation: two years since the crisis in Pedrinhas Introduction of the report prodeuced by Conectas, Sociedade Maranhense de Direitos Humanos, OAB-MA and Global Justice
News26/02/2016 Illegal prisons First Chapter | Ongoing violation :: two years since the crisis in Pedrinhas
News25/02/2016 UN calls for reduction of prisoner numbers in Brazil Report of the rapporteur on torture is the first in 15 years
News24/02/2016 “The doorway to the system remains wide open” One year since their establishment in São Paulo, detention hearings grant bail in less than half of cases and fail to investigate torture