Clique aqui para Português On Monday July 31 the Rio de Janeiro Public Prosecutor’s Office held a public hearing to debate the latest security crisis to hit the state of Rio and its impact on […]
Clique aqui para Português As part of Black July week, the Human Rights Center of the Nova Iguaçu Diocese, and the Fórum Grita Baixada held a panel to discuss the recently published Atlas of Violence 2017, a study on violence […]
Clique aqui para Português In Friday afternoon’s pouring rain, mothers, relatives, and favela community members gathered on Rio Branco Avenue, next to the Candelária Church in downtown Rio de Janeiro, to protest the unlawful killing of […]
On September 15 at the Rio de Janeiro State Legislative Assembly (Alerj), the Forum Grita Baixada (Scream Baixada Forum), Center for Human Rights at the Diocese of Nova Iguaçu, and other civil society organizations from the Baixada Fluminense […]
Clique aqui para Português The opening ceremony of Rio 2016 will officially take place this Friday when the Olympic Torch, having journeyed all the way from Greece, will be used to light the Olympic Flame in the […]