{"id":29641,"date":"2016-06-16T11:01:38","date_gmt":"2016-06-16T14:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rioonwatch.org\/?p=29641"},"modified":"2016-06-17T08:28:18","modified_gmt":"2016-06-17T11:28:18","slug":"50-days-to-go-popular-committee-campaign-highlights-100-rights-violations-in-rio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/?p=29641","title":{"rendered":"50 Days To Go: Popular Committee Campaign Highlights 100 Rights Violations in Rio"},"content":{"rendered":"

Clique aqui para Portugu\u00eas<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Rio de Janeiro\u2019s Popular Committee on the World Cup and Olympics<\/a>\u00a0has been marking the final 100 days before the Rio 2016 Olympics<\/a> with a social media campaign to highlight 100 rights violations related to the Games. The campaign\u2019s name, #CemDiasSemDireitos, translates to \u201c100 days without rights.\u201d<\/p>\n

Beginning on April 27, the\u00a0Popular Committee posted<\/a> an example of a rights violation in pre-Olympics Rio each day on Facebook and Twitter. The 51 violations identified so far include the forced removals<\/a> of whole or parts of communities, broken social and environmental legacy promises<\/a>, and violence by police against protesters<\/a> and other civilians<\/a>. A number of the violations highlight concessions granted to business interests, ranging from the privatization<\/a> of public land in general to \u201cchanges in the law to favor [the company] Cyrela in the Marapendi Reserve,\u201d where the Olympic golf course has been built on a protected environment<\/a>. Others highlight the City and International Olympic Committee\u2019s apparent disregard for non-elites: spending on Olympic infrastructure as public education funds run dry<\/a>, the restriction of informal traders\u2019 licenses<\/a>, the end of the affordable standing sections in the Maracan\u00e3 stadium<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"100<\/a>Each Facebook post comes with an explanation of the highlighted issue and why the Popular Committee sees it as a \u201cviolation.\u201d The #52 post<\/a> from Tuesday, for example, was the \u201crationalization of buses<\/a>,\u201d referring to the City\u2019s move\u00a0to cut and alter numerous existing bus lines in an effort to reduce inefficiencies and unnecessary bus traffic. The Popular Committee argues the implemented changes reflected a \u201ccorporate logic of increasing the lucrativeness of bus companies\u201d rather than \u201cthe real needs of the city\u2019s population.\u201d The result is \u201c[bus] lines that are more fragmented, forcing an increase in the number of transfers that are not totally covered by the Bilhete \u00danico [Single Ticket],\u201d and the \u201cextinction of lines that offered direct links<\/a> between peripheral\u00a0neighborhoods and the South Zone<\/a> beaches, strengthening spacial, financial, and police controls over ‘protected areas’ for tourism<\/a> and for the city\u2019s affluent classes.\u201d In sum, the Facebook post argues, the result is an \u201cOlympic City [that is] more and more segregated and unequal<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

This latest digestible presentation of human rights violations builds on a number of extensive dossiers<\/a> the Popular Committee has published ahead of the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics. It represents another critical contribution to a growing body of evidence of the ‘state of exception<\/a>‘\u00a0brought about by sporting mega-events, in which ‘inconveniences’ required by law such as community participation<\/a> and government transparency<\/a> get swept aside to deliver a world-class event on time.<\/p>\n

Read the Popular Committee’s\u00a0\u201c100 Days Without Rights\u201d list so far:<\/h3>\n

\""Cable<\/a><\/p>\n

100. Closure of the C\u00e9lio de Barros athletics stadium<\/a>\u00a0[Full\u00a0post<\/a>]
\n99. Removal of Vila Recreio II<\/a>\u00a0favela [Full\u00a0post<\/a>]
\n98. Failure to clean and prevent pollution in Guanabara Bay<\/a> [Full\u00a0post<\/a>]
\n97. Deaths and lack of safety on the BRTs<\/a> [Full\u00a0post<\/a>]
\n96. Lei Ol\u00edmpica criminalizing protests<\/a> [Full\u00a0post<\/a>]
\n95. Restriction of informal vendors\u2019 licenses<\/a> in traditional locations of the city [Full\u00a0post<\/a>]
\n94. Violation of the right to participation<\/a> in urban projects [Full\u00a0post<\/a>]
\n93. Removals in Provid\u00eancia<\/a>\u00a0favela [Full\u00a0post<\/a>]
\n92. Strikes in the Olympic Park\u00a0[Full\u00a0post<\/a>]
\n91. Abandonment of the Indigenous Museum<\/a>\u00a0[Full\u00a0post<\/a>]
\n90. Removal of Vila das Torres<\/a>\u00a0favela\u00a0[Full\u00a0post<\/a>]
\n89. Prohibition of Som das Artes in Largo da Prainha\u00a0[Full\u00a0post<\/a>]
\n88. Destruction of the Velodrome\u00a0[Full\u00a0post<\/a>]
\n87. Changes in the law<\/a> to favor [the company] Cyrela in the Marapendi Reserve\u00a0[Full\u00a0post<\/a>]
\n86. Removal of [65 families from] Largo do Campinho<\/a>\u00a0favela\u00a0[Full\u00a0post<\/a>]
\n85. Detainment of youth<\/a> from the periphery for wanting to go to the beach\u00a0[Full\u00a0post<\/a>]
\n84. End of the [affordable] seating and standing sections<\/a> in Maracan\u00e3\u00a0[Full\u00a0post<\/a>]
\n83. Withholding of medicine intended for health centers\u00a0[Full\u00a0post<\/a>]
\n82. Violations of the Access to Information law\u00a0[Full\u00a0post<\/a>]
\n81. Overspending, delays and changes<\/a> in the Metro Line 4 project\u00a0[Full\u00a0post<\/a>]
\n80. Removal of the Casar\u00e3o Azul occupation\u00a0[Full\u00a0post<\/a>]
\n79. Abandonment of Maria Lenk aquatic park<\/a>\u00a0[Full\u00a0post<\/a>]
\n78. Absence of an environmental impact study for the Transcarioca<\/a> [BRT]\u00a0[Full\u00a0post<\/a>]
\n77. Removals in Asa Branca<\/a>\u00a0favela, Curicica\u00a0[Full\u00a0post<\/a>]
\n76. Work accidents resulting in deaths<\/a> and lack of safety on Olympic construction projects\u00a0[Full\u00a0post<\/a>]
\n75. Removals in Rua Qu\u00e1xima<\/a>\u00a0favela \/ Madureira\u00a0[Full\u00a0post<\/a>]
\n74. Availability of funds for the Olympics but not for education<\/a>\u00a0[Full\u00a0post<\/a>]
\n73. Violation of the right to participation<\/a> of the communities impacted by the Olympic construction projects\u00a0[Full\u00a0post<\/a>]
\n72. Removals in Col\u00f4nia Juliano Moreira<\/a>\u00a0[Full\u00a0post<\/a>]
\n71. Disrespect for human dignity\u00a0[Full\u00a0post<\/a>]
\n70. Closure of the Jacarepagu\u00e1 racetrack\u00a0[Full\u00a0post<\/a>]
\n69. Removals in Notredame, Recreio<\/a>\u00a0[Full\u00a0post<\/a>]
\n68. Environmental destruction<\/a> to construct the Olympic golf course\u00a0[Full\u00a0post<\/a>]
\n67. Removal of the Flor do Asfalto occupation\u00a0[Full\u00a0post<\/a>]
\n66. Privatization of the Lagoa rowing stadium\u00a0[Full\u00a0post<\/a>]
\n65. Billionaires\u2019 construction projects<\/a> in Barra while Supervia trains deteriorate\u00a0[Full\u00a0post<\/a>]
\n64. Removal of Favela do Samb\u00f3dromo<\/a>\u00a0[Full\u00a0post<\/a>]
\n63. Closure of the Julio Delamare aquatic park<\/a>\u00a0[Full\u00a0post<\/a>]
\n62. 2,500 people assassinated by the police<\/a>\u00a0[Full\u00a0post<\/a>]
\n61. Removals in Vila do Amoedo \/ Recreio<\/a>\u00a0[Full\u00a0post<\/a>]
\n60. Restriction of unofficial vendors<\/a> during the Games\u00a0[Full\u00a0post<\/a>]
\n59. Abuses in the use of \u201cless lethal\u201d weapons against protests<\/a>\u00a0[Full\u00a0post<\/a>]
\n58. Removal of the Quilombo das Guerreiras<\/a> occupation\u00a0[Full\u00a0post<\/a>]
\n57. Failure to deliver on the Affordable Housing Plan<\/a> in the Marvelous Port\u00a0[Full\u00a0post<\/a>]
\n56. Strong indications of cartel activity in Olympic construction sites\u00a0[Full\u00a0post<\/a>]
\n55. Work accidents resulting in deaths and lack of safety on Olympic construction projects\u00a0[Full\u00a0post<\/a>]
\n54. Removal of Vila Harmonia<\/a>\u00a0favela [Full\u00a0post<\/a>]
\n53. Construction of the \u201cwhite elephant\u201d cable car in Provid\u00eancia<\/a>\u00a0favela [Full\u00a0post<\/a>]
\n52. Rationalization of the buses<\/a>: corporate logic and social segregation\u00a0[Full\u00a0post<\/a>]
\n51. Neglect of the State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ)\u00a0[Full\u00a0post<\/a>]
\n50. Criminalization and repression<\/a> of prostitution [Full post<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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