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[ March 13, 2023 ] ‘No More Floods!’ Declares Global Climate Strike Action in Rio’s Jacarezinho and Manguinhos Favelas [IMAGES] Civil Society
[ March 12, 2023 ] Rio de Janeiro’s Global Climate Strike Manifesto in English: A Call for Action from the City on Climate Change—Climate Disasters Have an Address and a Color Civil Society
[ March 8, 2023 ] Love Is Politics and Technology in the Fight Against Climate Change *Highlight
[ March 7, 2023 ] Maré Residents Literally In the Dark Amidst Violent Police Operations *Highlight
[ February 28, 2023 ] Mostra Noix: First Art Exhibition in Honório Gurgel in Rio’s North Zone Demonstrates the Urgent Need for Public Arts in the Peripheries #ParticipationWatch

Five Years Later, Little Has Changed in the Circumstances Faced by Congolese Refugees in Greater Rio de Janeiro

By Fabio Leon • Translation by Ujwala Murthy • August 22, 2022

Clique aqui para Português In 2017, the municipality of Duque de Caxias, in Greater Rio de Janeiro, created the Division of Special Affairs (DAE) within its Municipal Secretariat for Social Assistance and Human Rights. The […]

The Brutal Murder of a Young Congolese Refugee in Rio de Janeiro as an Expression of Brazilian Racism and Xenophobia #VoicesFromSocialMedia

Clique aqui para Português Be it anonymous, from activists, soccer players or artists, the sentiment that echoes in the streets and on digital platforms is a single one: #JusticeForMoïse. The murder of the young Congolese […]