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14th Anniversary of the Baixada Massacre: Local Organizations Plan a Week of Remembrance

By Fabio Leon • Translation by Ava Hoffman • March 27, 2019

Clique aqui para Português On the night of March 16, twelve-year-old Kauan Noslinde Pimenta Peixoto died after being shot during a Military Police intervention in the community of Chatuba, located in the municipality of Mesquita in Greater […]

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Favela Activists Warn of Increased Use of Helicopter Fire in Police Operations #VoicesFromSocialMedia

By Edmund Ruge • March 22, 2019

Clique aqui para Português At 3:14pm on Wednesday, March 20, residents of Rio de Janeiro’s Morro do Borel favela in the city’s North Zone took to social media to report an intense shootout amid a large scale […]

#CommunityMedia

‘You, You, and You—Get Off Now’: The Diary of a Black Youth Living in a Rio Favela [OPINION]

By Bruno Sousa • Translation by Ava Rose Hoffman, Jiselle Steele • March 21, 2019

Clique aqui para Português For the original article in Portuguese by Bruno Sousa published by The Intercept Brasil click here. A Professional Suspect with a Graduate Degree in Being Harassed by the Police: The Diary of a […]

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‘Militias are Involved in Drug Trafficking and Operate in Rio’s Wealthy Districts’ [INTERVIEW]

By Isaías Dalle, Thainã de Medeiros • Translation by Sarah Jacobs • March 19, 2019

Clique aqui para Português For the original article in Portuguese by Isaías Dalle of the Perseu Abramo Foundation published by Revista Fórum click here. Thainã de Medeiros, a member of Coletivo Papo Reto—a favela-based media collective fighting […]

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Police Officer Threatens Boy: ‘Killing Your Brother Was a Job Well Done. Grow Up So I Can Kill You Too’

By Leonardo Coelho • Translation by Habib Msallem • February 14, 2019

Clique aqui para Português For the original article in Portuguese by Leonardo Coelho published by Ponte Jornalismo click here. Military Police officer threatened eight-year-old boy during operation that left thirteen dead in Rio de Janeiro; mother […]

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