News - 08/03/2016 UN warns of “alarming torture” in Brazil Report presented today denounces state violence against minority groups in the country
News - 27/02/2016 Torture and mistreatment Second Chapter | Ongoing violation :: two years since the crisis in Pedrinhas
News - 27/02/2016 Hygiene, food and health Third Chapter | Ongoing violation :: two years since the crisis in Pedrinhas
News - 27/02/2016 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
News - 25/02/2016 UN calls for reduction of prisoner numbers in Brazil Report of the rapporteur on torture is the first in 15 years
News - 24/02/2016 Congress passes anti-terrorism bill Lawmakers kept the text approved by the Lower House in August; legislation could criminalize protests
News - 24/02/2016 “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