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Marielle Franco Seminar Marks 26th Int’l Day of Afro-Latin American and Afro-Caribbean Women

By Jack Morris • August 6, 2018

Clique aqui para Português On Wednesday, July 25, a different type of fight took place in the martial arts gym of the nonprofit organization Fight for Peace: a fight against violence and discrimination against Afro-Brazilian women. […]

Civil Society

Activists Discuss Militarization and Human Rights Abuses in Brazil, Palestine, India, and South Africa

By Joshua Manson • August 3, 2018

Clique aqui para Português Friday, July 27 marked the final day of the third annual Julho Negro (“Black July”). This year’s event sought to bridge international struggles against human rights violations, building on the solidarity […]

#InterventionWatch

Third Annual ‘Black July’ Begins in Rio, Denouncing Global Trend in Racism and Militarization

By Agência de Notícias das Favelas • Translation by Sharon Gogar • July 24, 2018

Clique aqui para Português For the original article in Portuguese published by Agência de Notícias das Favelas click here. Julho Negro (“Black July”) is a joint international event against militarization and racism around the world. This year, […]

#CommunityMedia

Lethality in Rio and the Baixada Demands the Construction of a ‘Pact for Life’

By Fabio Leon • Translation by Sharonya Vadakattu • July 17, 2018

Clique aqui para Português  Disposable subjects, criminalized by poverty, unworthy of life. Neither the facts produced by academic studies nor the calls of activists from human rights movements seem to matter. The impression is that […]

Policies

How to Construct a ‘Pact for Life’ Extensively Discussed at PUC-Rio

By Sabrina Magalhães • Translation by Melinda Gurr • July 17, 2018

Clique aqui para Português On Thursday, July 5, a roundtable entitled “A Pact for Life: How to Build One?” was organized at the Pontifical Catholic University (PUC-Rio). The discussion centered on public security measures and the […]

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