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Struggle and Mourning on the 30th Anniversary of the Acari Massacre Launch 2020’s ‘Black July’

By Tatiana Lima • Translation by Julio Santos Filho • July 26, 2020

Clique aqui para Português Sunday, July 26, 2020, is the 30th anniversary of the Acari Massacre. On this day in 2020, the activities of the 5th Annual Edition of Black July (Julho Negro) will begin. […]

Military Police 2017 Reuters : Bruno Kelly
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As Rio Becomes Covid-19 Epicenter, Police Violence Soars to New High

By Edmund Ruge • May 24, 2020

Clique aqui para Português This is our latest article on the new coronavirus as it impacts Rio de Janeiro’s favelas and part of our partnership with The Rio Times. For the article as published in The Rio Times click here. As […]

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Amidst Pandemic, Another Police Operation Leaves Youth Dead in City of God

By Edmund Ruge, Tatiana Lima • May 22, 2020

Clique aqui para Português An 18-year-old was shot dead in a police operation in the early evening of May 20 in the Rio de Janeiro favela of City of God, in the city’s West Zone. […]

Translated by RioOnWatch

Resident of Morro do Salgueiro, in São Gonçalo (RJ), 14-year-old Black Youth Shot Inside Relative’s House

By Leonardo Coelho • Translation by Edmund Ruge • May 21, 2020

Clique aqui para Português For the original article in Portuguese by Leonardo Coelho published in Ponte Jornalismo click here.  The teen João Pedro Matos Pinto, 14 years old, was killed with a shot to the […]

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Amid Pandemic, Police Kill 13 in Alemão, Conduct Operations in Favelas Across Rio

By Edmund Ruge, Tatiana Lima • May 17, 2020

Clique aqui para Português May 15, Complexo do Alemão, Rio de Janeiro. Residents manually carried the five corpses, down the alleyways to the entrance of the favela of Nova Brasilia. Laid out on cardboard and […]

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