Clique aqui para Português An annual report from Amnesty International on the global state of human rights released this week pointed to increasing levels of police brutality against civilians. The State of the World’s Human Rights […]
Clique aqui para Português On Monday February 22, police killed 19 year-old Igor Silva during an operation in the Parque União favela in Complexo da Maré in Rio’s North Zone. The same day a graphic […]
Clique aqui para Português The original text was published in Portuguese by community reporter and activist Thainã de Medeiros* on his Facebook page and republished on Favela 247. Thainã is an organizer of the Coletivo Papo Reto media collective […]
Clique aqui para Português The body set up to investigate human rights violations of the military regime says the militarization of daily life and forced removals of residents are practices of the past that are […]
Clique aqui para Português For the original article in Portuguese by Betinho Casas Novas published in Voz das Comunidades click here. Like 2014, 2015 began violently, with people killed, shot, and injured. The hope that residents of Complexo […]