Press freedom and the protection of human rights is being jeopardised by the brutal actions of criminal gangs made up of off-duty police officers in Rio de Janeiro, said Amnesty International, as reports emerged of the kidnap and torture of a team of reporters by a para-policing group, known locally as milicias.
Women in Brazil are finding themselves left to pick up the pieces following criminal and police violence in shanty-towns.
In a new report published today, Amnesty International revealed the untold stories of women who are forced to live, bring up their children and fight for justice in Brazil’s lawless shanty-towns.
Women in Brazil are finding themselves left to pick up the pieces following criminal and police violence in shanty-towns.
All UN member states are facing a rigorous examination of their human rights records.
On this 55th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,
threats of new terrorist attacks and the dangers of weapons of mass
destruction dominate the headlines.
Hundreds, if not thousands, of people are killed annually by police predominantly in situations described as “resistance followed by death”.
