Clique aqui para Português With less than 100 days to the 2016 Olympic Games, Rio’s Pacifying Police Unit (UPP) program and public security in Rio is in crisis. Although the controversial UPP program has faced setbacks […]
Clique aqui para Português April 2 marked an important anniversary for the North Zone favela of Complexo do Alemão. One year ago on the day, an officer from the Pacifying Police Unit (UPP) shot and killed […]
Clique aqui para Português Today, March 8, in celebration of International Women´s Day, we celebrate some of the many warrior women of Vila Autódromo who have been battling against the City for more than five years to save […]
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 For the original in Portuguese published by EBC Agência Brasil click here. On January 5 Amnesty International criticized the new nomenclature established by the Federal and Civil Police to substitute terms such as […]