Brazil: Forced eviction

Index Number: AMR 19/004/2007
Date Published: 9 February 2007
Categories: Americas, Brazil

A judge has issued a new order to evict the 468 families who have been living in the derelict Prestes Maia building in central São Paulo for over two years. The municipal authorities must carry out the order before 4 March. Amnesty International is concerned that they are not going to provide secure tenure in adequate alternative accommodation for the families.