Brazil

Human Rights in FEDERATIVE REPUBLIC OF BRAZIL

Brazil: Forced eviction
9 February 2007

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 ...

Urgent Action       AMR 19/004/2007

Brazil's caveir o: "What are you most afraid of?" (Web Action ...
30 January 2007

Amnesty International's campaign against the irresponsible use of the "caveir o" has had a major impact on the ground in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

ActionDocument       AMR 19/003/2007

Brazil: Another victim in the Guarani-Kaiow 's struggle for land
12 January 2007

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. Public Statement. AI Index: AMR 19/002/2007 (Public). News Service No: 007. 12 January 2007. Brazil: Another victim ...

Press Release       AMR 19/002/2007

Brazil: An alarm call to the new government - the ever growing ...
29 December 2006

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. Public Statement. AI Index: AMR 19/038/2006 (Public). News Service No: 331. 29 December 2006. Brazil: An alarm ...

Press Release       AMR 19/038/2006

Brazil: Fear for safety
8 December 2006

Armed men, reportedly security guards and off-duty military police officers, have been threatening to kill members of the Trememb indigenous community of S o ...

Urgent Action       AMR 19/037/2006

Brazil: Forced eviction/use of excessive force: 468 families
30 October 2006

The 468 families squatting in the derelict Prestes Maia building in central São Paulo will be forcibly evicted shortly if, as expected, a judge rejects their appeal ...

Urgent Action       AMR 19/036/2006

Brazil: More civilians killed
25 October 2006

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. Public Statement. AI Index: AMR 19/035/2006 (Public). News Service No: 277. 26 October 2006. Brazil: More civilians killed. ...

Press Release       AMR 19/035/2006

Brazil: Fear for safety
9 October 2006

The mothers of 10 boys and young men who "disappeared" from the favela (shanty town) of Vigario Geral in December 2005 are in grave danger after being repeatedly ...

Urgent Action       AMR 19/034/2006

Brazil: FEBEM convictions should trigger wide reform
4 October 2006

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PRESS RELEASE. AI Index: AMR 19/033/2006 (Public). News Service No: 259. 5 October 2006. Brazil: FEBEM convictions should trigger wide reform ...

Press Release       AMR 19/033/2006

Arms Without Borders. Why a globalised trade needs global controls
1 October 2006

This paper, published by Amnesty Intrenational, Oxfam and IANSA, shows how the changing pattern of ownership and production since the early 1990s means that national ...

Report       POL 34/006/2006