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#EvictionsWatch

Police Brutality Marks Forced Eviction of Homes and Businesses in Rato Molhado Favela in Rio de Janeiro’s North Zone

By Bárbara Dias • Translation by Staff • May 30, 2023

Clique aqui para Português Last Wednesday, May 24, a “shock order operation” [aggressive program to crack down on public disorder] by the Rio de Janeiro Municipal Public Order Secretariat (SEOP) demolished 25 wooden and brick […]

#ParticipationWatch

Rio de Janeiro’s ‘Governor of Massacres’ as an Affront to the ‘Right to the Favela’

By Tatiana Lima • Translation by Staff • May 7, 2023

Clique aqui para Português The ‘right to the favela’—a social, political and pedagogical position in defense of the right to life, development, and rootedness in the favelas—is disrupted daily by the ‘right to public security’ […]

by Community Contributors

Film Time: Favela Collectives Host Movie Club for Children in the Community of Primavera to Explore Racial and Gender Justice

By Vinícius Ribeiro • Translation by Yasmin Quaife • March 1, 2023

Clique aqui para Português The third and latest edition of the Film Time project (A Hora do Cine) was held on Saturday, January 28, in Cavalcanti in Rio de Janeiro’s North Zone. The event was […]

Cameras on Military Police (PM) uniforms. Source: O Globo.
by Community Contributors

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 […]

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