Clique aqui para Português Amnesty International Brazil organized a surprise action early on Wednesday morning, July 27 to protest the increase in police killings in the lead up to the 2016 Olympics Games. At precisely 10am, a group of demonstrators […]
Clique aqui para Português On Saturday July 16 activists and residents of Complexo do Alemão in Rio de Janeiro’s North Zone participated in a peaceful demonstration to denounce violence—which has escalated in recent months in […]
Clique aqui para Português In the favelas of Rio de Janeiro, police do not need to claim that their victims had guns for them to justify extrajudicial killings of the mostly poor and Black. Jhonata […]
Clique aqui para Português A series of anti-Olympics protests have been held and are being organized in Rio de Janeiro as the Games approach. On Tuesday night, July 5, hundreds of Brazilians gathered in front of […]
Clique aqui para Português On Sunday, July 3, a coalition of fishermen’s organizations held a protest by boat in the Guanabara Bay demanding returns on a promise by the city of Rio to clean up […]