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Amnesty International  Report 2012


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Brazil must address needs of thousands left homeless following ...
24 January 2012

Brazilian police have forcefully evicted almost 6000 people without warning from a slum outside Sao Paulo.

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Amnesty International | Brazil must address needs of thousands ...
24 January 2012

Amnesty International has called on the Brazilian authorities to urgently address the needs of some 1600 families made homeless by a forced eviction in a settlement ...

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Brazil: Trip of Cuban Blogger Yoani Sanchez to Brazil
20 January 2012

Ref.: TG AMR 19/2012.001. AI Index: AMR 19/001/2012. Exmo. Sr. Antonio de Aguiar Patriota. Ministro de Estado. Ministério das Relações Exteriores. ...

Open Letter       AMR 19/001/2012

Brasil: Viagem da blogueira Cubana Yoani Sánchez ao Brasil
20 January 2012

Open Letter       AMR 19/001/2012

Brazil: Subsistence farmers face death threats
23 December 2011

Community leader José da Cruz and members of Brazil's Salgado quilombola community of afro-descendant subsistence farmers, in Pirapemas, Maranhão state, have been ...

Urgent Action       AMR 19/020/2011

Brazil: Time to deliver: a human rights review: Amnesty ...
28 November 2011

In this submission Amnesty International evaluates Brazil's implementation of recommendations that Brazil supported during its previous UPR. Military-style police ...

Report       AMR 19/019/2011

Brazil: Indigenous leader killed in armed raid | Amnesty ...
22 November 2011

Brazil's authorities must address indigenous land claims to prevent future violent attacks on indigenous communities.

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Brazil: Indigenous leader killed
21 November 2011

Around 100 Guarani-Kaiowá people are encamped on their ancestral lands: on 18 November 2011 40 gunmen attacked the camp, killing an Indigenous leader and abducting ...

Urgent Action       AMR 19/018/2011

Brazil: Forced evictions must not mar Rio Olympics | Amnesty ...
14 November 2011

Favelas around Rio de Janeiro have been slated for forced evictions so the authorities can build infrastructure for the 2016 Olympics.

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Brazil: Forced Evictions in Rio de Janeiro
10 November 2011

Open Letter       AMR 19/017/2011