Brazil

Human Rights in FEDERATIVE REPUBLIC OF BRAZIL

Brazil: Amnesty International welcomes ruling in indigenous land ...
29 August 2007

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. Public Statement. AI Index: AMR 19/017/2007 (Public). News Service No: 166. 29 August 2007. Brazil: Amnesty International ...

Press Release       AMR 19/017/2007

Brazil: Fear for safety
22 August 2007

Aurina Rodrigues Santana, her husband Rodson da Silva Rodrigues and her son Paulo Rodrigo Rodrigues Santana Braga were shot dead on 14 August while they slept in ...

Urgent Action       AMR 19/016/2007

The Wire, August 2007. Vol. 37, No. 7
1 August 2007

1) Iraqis flee to Syria to escape violence 2) Displaced people denied rights in Azerbaijan 3) Whereabouts unknown - thousands still missing worldwide 30 August ...

Newsletter       NWS 21/007/2007

Brazil: Government must work with communities to tackle security ...
6 July 2007

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PRESS RELEASE. AI Index: AMR 19/015/2007 (Public). News Service No: 129. 6 July 2007. Brazil: Government must ...

Press Release       AMR 19/015/2007

EU-BRAZIL Summit: neglect of poor causing extreme violence
4 July 2007

As Portugal hosts its first Summit after taking over the EU Presidency Amnesty International urges it to set a precedent for the next six months by having a frank ...

Press Release       AMR 19/014/2007

UA in Focus - June 2007: "I want to thank you for my house": the ...
1 June 2007

On 3 November 2003, hundreds of homeless families occupied an abandoned clothes factory in downtown São Paulo, Brazil, the 22-storey Prestes Maia building. It had ...

Report       ACT 60/012/2007

Brazil: Long term state neglect fuels public security crisis
2 May 2007

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. Media Advisory. AI Index: AMR 19/011/2007 (Public). News Service No: 088. 2 May 2007. Brazil: Long term state ...

Press Release       AMR 19/011/2007

Brazil: Further information on Starvation/Health concern
2 May 2007

Deliveries of emergency food parcels to the Dourados indigenous reservation have continued, and the government is taking steps to rectify the situation in the region ...

Urgent Action       AMR 19/013/2007

Brazil: 'From burning buses to caveirões': the search for human ...
2 May 2007

In May 2006 São Paulo suffered a wave of criminal violence which brought the city to a standstill. More recently, in Rio de Janeiro, a night of gang violence left ...

Report       AMR 19/010/2007