{"id":36500,"date":"2022-10-04T15:14:10","date_gmt":"2022-10-04T15:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/conectas.org\/?post_type=noticia&p=36500"},"modified":"2022-10-13T15:23:34","modified_gmt":"2022-10-13T15:23:34","slug":"at-the-un-organizations-denounce-police-lethality-and-political-violence-in-brazil","status":"publish","type":"noticia","link":"https:\/\/conectas.org\/en\/noticias\/at-the-un-organizations-denounce-police-lethality-and-political-violence-in-brazil\/","title":"At the UN, organizations denounce police lethality and political violence in Brazil","content":"

Police lethality and political violence in Brazil were the subject of a denouncement on Tuesday (4), at the 1st session of the UN Human Rights Council. Conectas and Geled\u00e9s \u2013 Instituto da Mulher Negra stated that black people and LGBTQI+ people are the biggest victims of police lethality and political violence in the country. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe increase in cases of political violence, principally against women of African descent, transsexuals and transvestites is a further example of the inter-sectional discrimination and denial of citizenship to which these people are subjected in Brazil\u201d, said Maria Sylvia de Oliveira, coordinator of Policies for the Promotion of Equality of Gender and Race at Geled\u00e9s. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt is the state\u00b4s responsibility to acknowledge the prejudice that black women face which is more intense in the arenas of power they come to occupy and to promote actions that ensure the protection of civil and political rights as fundamental in the struggle against racial discrimination\u201d, the organizations say during the speech. <\/span><\/p>\n

Watch the full video of the speech:<\/b><\/h2>\n