Brazil: Human rights defenders network action

Index Number: AMR 19/020/2000
Date Published: 30 July 2000
Categories: Americas, Brazil

This document details Amnesty International's concerns (and recommended actions) for the safety of Brother Henri - who works as a lawyer for the Pastoral Land Commission (CPT) - and for other CPT staff who are at risk of attack by members of local death squads, which reportedly act with police acquiescence.