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Cameras on Military Police (PM) uniforms. Source: O Globo.
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In Rio, Experts Call For Tempered Enthusiasm on New Law to Deploy Police Body and Vehicle Cameras

By Fabio Leon • Translation by Annie Swank • November 10, 2021

Clique aqui para Português The Jacarezinho massacre of May 6, the largest ever chronicled in the city of Rio, brought the oversight of police actions back into the public debate and to consideration by State […]

¨th Annual Black July: Speakers Hunger and Value of Life
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Sixth Annual Black July: A Debate on Fighting Hunger and Valuing Life in the Pandemic

By Gabriela Buffon Vargas • Translation by Mikayla Ribeiro • September 8, 2021

Clique aqui para Português This is our latest article on Covid-19 as it impacts Rio de Janeiro’s favelas and is part of our ongoing coverage of the events of Black July.    On July 30, the […]

Original artwork by David Amen
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The Key to the Cage: Funk as the Liberating Art of Favela Bodies [PODCAST] 

By Artur Vinicius Amaro • Translation by Mikayla Ribeiro • March 5, 2021

Clique aqui para Português This article is the latest contribution to our year-long reporting project, “Rooting Anti-Racism in the Favelas: Deconstructing Social Narratives About Racism in Rio de Janeiro.” Follow our Rooting Anti-Racism in the […]

Protest in Cinelândia, in front of Rio's city council. Photo by Marielle Franco Institute
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After 1,000 Days, Marielle’s Friends and Fellow Activists Ask: ‘Who Ordered Marielle’s Murder?’

By Tatiana Lima • Translation by Sarah Jacobs • January 18, 2021

Clique aqui para Português Over 1,000 days have passed since the dark night of March 14, 2018 when Marielle Franco and Anderson Gomes were murdered, but questions about the motive of the crime and identity […]

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Military Police Break Cell Phone of Voz das Comunidades Team During Operation in Alemão

By Melissa Cannabrava • Translation by Ikrom Alajoulin • January 13, 2021

Clique aqui para Português An intense shootout in Complexo do Alemão, in the area known as Area 5, frightens residents, who reported shots since 8am this Wednesday (January 13). The police armored vehicle (caveirão) headed […]

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