{"id":30374,"date":"2016-07-12T10:25:06","date_gmt":"2016-07-12T13:25:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rioonwatch.org\/?p=30374"},"modified":"2023-08-23T12:20:54","modified_gmt":"2023-08-23T15:20:54","slug":"anti-olympics-protests-gather-pace-in-rio-de-janeiro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/?p=30374","title":{"rendered":"Anti-Olympics Protests Gather Pace in Rio de Janeiro"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

A series of anti-Olympics protests have been held and are being organized in\u00a0Rio de Janeiro as the Games approach.<\/h4>\n

On Tuesday night, July 5, hundreds of Brazilians gathered in front of the Rio de Janeiro State Legislative Assembly (Alerj)\u00a0to protest against the human rights violations<\/a> related to the Olympic Games. O Povo Sem Medo<\/a>\u00a0(The People without Fear) and Rio 2016 – Os Jogos da Exclus\u00e3o<\/a>\u00a0(Rio 2016 – The Exclusion Games) organized the event called “Olympic Calamity – 30 Days until the Exclusion Games<\/a>.” The event description on Facebook says: “There’s money to finance the mega-event, meanwhile the salaries of public sector workers are delayed and the public’s basic services are cut. [The State] is in crisis<\/a>, but will receive billions from [Interim President] Temer’s government solely for repression<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

\u201cI would like the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to compensate\u00a0and recognize all the human rights violations that have occurred within the framework of the Olympic Games<\/a>,\u201d said Lara Martins, a 24-year-old international relations student at the Rio de Janeiro Federal University (UFRJ) who attended the protest.<\/p>\n

Martins does not want the Games canceled but would like the IOC to create an international pact to restrict where future Olympic Games can be held: in areas where human rights are respected and where the Games would not worsen the lives of locals.<\/p>\n

Forced evictions<\/a>\u00a0of Rio’s favelas, poor labor conditions for workers, and police violence<\/a> are some of the issues linked to the sporting event. After the peaceful protest there was an incident of police brutality at the Uruguaiana metro station<\/a> where journalists and civilians were choke-held and thrown to the ground.<\/p>\n

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A second street demonstration was held in downtown Rio on Wednesday July 6\u00a0against issues related to the Olympics and cuts to health<\/a> and education<\/a>, and was attended by public sector workers including the teachers’ union who are currently striking<\/a> for better conditions and pay.<\/p>\n

On Thursday July 7 there was a march and debate against the Olympics<\/a> and related issues at the Rio de Janeiro State University (UERJ) next to the Maracan\u00e3 Stadium<\/a> in the North Zone<\/a> of the city. Around 80 people marched and attended a debate on cuts to essential public services and Olympics-related violations. The panel included lawyer and professor Alexandre Ferreira Magalh\u00e3es<\/a> and Inalva Mendes, an evicted resident of Vila Aut\u00f3dromo<\/a> and member of the Popular Committee on\u00a0the World Cup and Olympics<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Further protests and events are being organized for the coming weeks, including centralized city demonstrations and community-organized protests in favelas that have been affected by the Games.<\/p>\n

On Saturday July 16, Coletivo Papo Reto<\/a> and community newspaper Jornal Voz das Comunidades<\/a> will hold a protest event entitled “Our Olympic Torch<\/a>” in Complexo do Alem\u00e3o<\/a>: “Due to the complex situation in Rio de Janeiro at the moment, caused by the Olympics, part of the city parties while another part\u2013like our favela and many others\u2013bleeds.”<\/p>\n

Demonstrations are already being organized for the week of the Olympic Games Opening Ceremony, with five days of activism<\/a> planned from August 1 to 5. The Facebook event entitled “Let’s Extinguish the Torch in Rio!<\/a>” to be held on August 2 already expects\u00a0over 14,000 attendees. A large demonstration is being organized for the day of the Opening Ceremony, with various Facebook events counting a potential attendance of thousands of protesters. The\u00a0Rio 2016 – The Exclusion Games protest<\/a>\u00a0event description reads: “In a city where the chasm of inequality<\/a> grows and grows, on the basis of tanks, gunshots and bombs, it’s fundamental to advance and pursue the fight for the right to the city<\/a>, democracy and social justice.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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