Human Rights
Religious Extremism and Intolerance Give Way to Renewed Human Rights in Brazil
The result of Brazil’s election last October was a cause for celebration for many ...
Brazil Detects an Isolated Tribe Inside the Yanomami Territory
A small indigenous community has been detected inside the Yanomami territory in the northern ...
After Bolsonaro, Brazil’s Gun Policy Will Likely Moderate Under Lula
Perhaps symbolically typified by the January 8th violence in Brasília, the transition of power ...
Brazil’s Escalation of Facial Recognition Alarms Human Rights Experts
Police in Brazil are using facial recognition to identify protesters who rampaged through government ...
Brazil’s Anti-Human Trafficking Effort Gets a Hand from The Exodus Road
Brazilian Federal Police launched an anti-human trafficking campaign on December 14 featuring a short ...
Thousands Work as Slaves in Brazil’s Charcoal Industry
For more than a year, Antonio slept with a wasp nest humming above his ...
Venezuelan Refugees End Up as Slave Workers in Brazil
After crossing the border from crisis-hit Venezuela into Brazil in late 2019, Henrique had ...
The Fear of Being Killed Is Not Enough to Deter Those Fighting for Justice and Land in the Amazon
Fernando dos Santos Araújo woke up alongside his love, Bruno Pereira Gomes, on May ...
Land Invasions More than Double in Brazil. Majority of Victims Are Indians
Land conflicts in Brazil hit 1,576 cases in 2020, the highest number ever recorded ...
It’s High Time to End Conflation of Sex Work and Human Trafficking
The Covid-19 pandemic and the measures put in place to mitigate it have exacerbated ...
