During her visit to the country, the UN Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, Ashwini K.P, stressed that these issues are directly related to racial inequality in Brazil. She called for bold and transformative actions to address systemic racism
Flávia Oliveira, Gizele Martins, and Rede Wayuri de Comunicadores Indígenas do Rio Negro (The Wayuri Network of Rio Negro Indigenous Communicators) will receive the Special Vladimir Herzog Award of 2024 in a formal ceremony on October 29th, in São Paulo
Learn about the story of the journalist, Luiz Eduardo Merlino who was tortured and killed during the military dictatorship and about his family's fight for justice for the crime
A statement published on 1 August and endorsed by Conectas, calls for respect for transparency in elections and for human rights such as the right to protest and association
With 84 people dead and evidence of summary executions and torture, the police operations in the Baixada Santista region are considered the most lethal in the history of the São Paulo Military Police since the massacre at the Carandiru Penitentiary. A year after the start of these operations, public authorities, such as Governor Tarcísio de Freitas, don’t seem to care still