{"id":19251,"date":"2019-11-30T15:43:09","date_gmt":"2019-11-30T15:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/conectas.org\/?post_type=noticia&#038;p=19251"},"modified":"2021-04-05T13:23:13","modified_gmt":"2021-04-05T13:23:13","slug":"arrest-of-firefighters-condemned-at-meeting-of-mercosur","status":"publish","type":"noticia","link":"https:\/\/conectas.org\/en\/noticias\/arrest-of-firefighters-condemned-at-meeting-of-mercosur\/","title":"Arrest of firefighters condemned at meeting of Mercosur","content":"<div class=\"tts_content_wrapper_1\" ><p>On Friday, November 29, more than 40 organizations expressed their condemnation<br \/>\nover the criminalization of the NGO Projeto Sa\u00fade e Alegria (Health and Happiness<br \/>\nProject) and the arrest of four firefighters in Alter do Ch\u00e3o. The joint statement was<br \/>\nmade during the 34th edition of the Mercosur Meeting of High Authorities on Human<br \/>\nRights and Foreign Ministries, held from November 27-29 in Bras\u00edlia. The meeting takes<br \/>\nplace twice a year and is responsible for reflecting on and setting the bloc\u2019s human<br \/>\nrights agenda.<\/p>\n<p>In the document, the institutions denounced the lack of transparency of the<br \/>\ninvestigations and they requested the support of international actors to spotlight the<br \/>\nrecent attacks on the work of civil society and the ongoing attempts to criminalize<br \/>\nhuman rights defenders by Brazil\u2019s current government.<\/p>\n<p>The organizations also emphasized that, despite the release of the firefighters on the<br \/>\n28th, the continuation of the investigation violates \u201cthe guarantees and the right to<br \/>\ndefense of those under investigation\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel Gutierrez Govino, Jo\u00e3o Victor Pereira Romano, Gustavo de Almeida Fernandes<br \/>\nand Marcelo Aron Cwerner, four firefighters from Alter do Ch\u00e3o, were arrested on the<br \/>\n26th after being charged with starting fires in the forest.\u00a0At the same time, documents<br \/>\nand equipment were seized from the offices of the NGO Projeto Sa\u00fade e Alegria. The<br \/>\naction was part of the police operation \u201cFire of Sair\u00e9\u201d launched to investigate the fires<br \/>\nin Alter do Ch\u00e3o.<\/p>\n<p>The Federal Police has also opened an investigation to discover who was responsible<br \/>\nfor the \u201cDay of Fire\u201d in the Amazon. For this crime, however, no non-governmental<br \/>\norganizations are under suspicion.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Read the document in full here<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"tts__custom-position_bottom_fixed\" ><\/div>","excerpt":"<p>In a joint statement, organizations condemn the lack of transparency of the investigations and request support from international actors<\/p>\n","author":2,"featured_media":27400,"parent":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[19],"tags":[12691,7665,7666,7667],"tema":[12278],"class_list":["post-19251","noticia","type-noticia","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-glance","tag-alter-do-chao-en","tag-firefighters","tag-mercosur","tag-restriction-on-civil-society","tema-democracy-and-human-rights-movement"],"acf":{"author":false,"subtitle-pt":"In a joint statement, organizations condemn the lack of transparency of the investigations and request support 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