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Rio Mourns Death of 8-Year-Old Ágatha, Protests State’s Bloody Security Policy

By Edmund Ruge • September 24, 2019

Clique aqui para Português This is the third article in a year-long partnership with the Behner Stiefel Center for Brazilian Studies at San Diego State University to produce a series of monthly favela-sourced human rights reporting from […]

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Violence is Not Normal… The Use of Force Against Residents of the Favelas is Not Normal

By Redes da Maré • Translation by Sharon Gogar • September 20, 2019

Clique aqui para Português For the original article in Portuguese published by Redes da Maré click here. On September 6 2019, Redes da Maré protested against the police operations in the Complexo da Maré favelas in Rio de […]

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Letters from the Children of Maré Favela: “I don’t like helicopters because they shoot and people die.”

By Felipe Betim • Translation by Edmund Ruge • August 29, 2019

Clique Aqui para Português  For the original article in Portuguese by Felipe Betim published in El País click here. Children from the Complexo da Maré favelas describe the horrors of life in the crossfire, writing […]

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‘The Order Is to Kill!’—Eight Killed in Police Operation Involving Helicopter Gunfire in Maré

By Maré Online • Translation by Sharonya Vadakattu • May 9, 2019

Clique aqui para Português For the original article in Portuguese published by Maré Online, an initiative of Redes da Maré (Maré Development Networks NGO) in partnership with ActionAid, click here. On Monday, May 6, we […]

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Violence in Rio: Security Expert Warns of Return to Old Policies of Confrontation [INTERVIEW]

By Júlia Dias Carneiro • Translation by Sarah Jacobs • March 29, 2019

Clique aqui para Português For the original article in Portuguese by Júlia Dias Carneiro published by BBC News Brasil click here. The backdrop in Rio: a shootout in broad daylight on Avenida Brasil left five injured; thirteen […]

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