{"id":4670,"date":"2015-03-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-03-24T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.conectas.org.inf.br\/wp\/noticias\/oas-discusses-police-abuse-at-protests-in-brazil\/"},"modified":"2018-01-23T22:58:30","modified_gmt":"2018-01-23T22:58:30","slug":"oas-discusses-police-abuse-at-protests-in-brazil","status":"publish","type":"noticia","link":"https:\/\/conectas.org\/en\/noticias\/oas-discusses-police-abuse-at-protests-in-brazil\/","title":"OAS discusses police abuse at protests in Brazil","content":"<div class=\"tts_content_wrapper_1\" ><p>The violence and intimidation employed by the military police during the popular demonstrations staged in Brazil since June 2013 was addressed at a <a href=\"https:\/\/conectas.org\/arquivos\/editor\/files\/Pedido%20de%20Audiencia%20sobre%20Respuestas%20Estatales%20frente%20a%20la%20Protesta%20Social.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>hearing<\/u><\/a> held on Monday, March 16, in the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), in Washington D.C., United States.<\/p>\n<p>The topic of violence by security forces was proposed by 30 organizations from 11 countries:\u00a0Brazil, Mexico, Peru, United States, Colombia, Argentina, Venezuela, Honduras, Chile, Uruguay and Canada. They argued that, together with the growth in the number of demonstrations in the region, there has also been an increase in the amount of repression, both by the police and the Judiciary.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany States criminalize social struggles, through restrictive legislation and arbitrary detention. These tactics serve to demobilize and intimidate the demonstrators,\u201d explained Rafael de S\u00e1 Menezes, a public defender from the Citizenship and Human Rights Center of the S\u00e3o Paulo State Public Defender\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLaws that have fallen into disuse are resurrected, such as the National Security Law. In Brazil, in the 2013 demonstrations, more than 2,000 people were illegally detained,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The organizations asked the Inter-American Commission to prepare a document that sets rules of conduct, particularly for the public security forces, at social protests. They also requested that regional standards be adopted for the use of non-lethal weapons.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_NF0K33bkLI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>here<\/u><\/a> to watch the hearing in full<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"tts__custom-position_bottom_fixed\" ><\/div>","excerpt":"<p>Organizations from 11 countries denounce abuse and call for recommendations on police 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