Tag: Dorothy Stang

Brazil: Trial of US Nun’s Murderer Changes Venue Due to Fear of Threats

Amair Feijoli Cunha (Tato), one of the defendants accused of participating in the murder ...

18 Leaders Have Been Killed in Parí¡, Brazil, Since US Nun’s Murder in 2005

On 12 February 2005, Sister Dorothy Stang was assassinated for defending the rights of ...

Brazil: Mother of Man Condemned for Killing US Nun Says Son Is Fall Guy

A court in the state of Pará, in northern Brazil, has found two of ...

US Nun’s Murders Condemned in Brazil. Masterminds of Crime Not Tried Yet.

Two Brazilian men have been convicted of killing an American nun who spent decades ...

Trial of Gunmen Accused of Murdering US Nun Starts in Brazil

The trial of two of the five hired gunmen and mentors in the murder ...

Brother of Murdered American Nun Looking for Justice in Brazil

The brother of the slain American missionary, Dorothy Stang, David, is in Brazil. He ...

The Stangs’ Open Letter and Challenge to Brazil’s President Lula

The murder of our sister Dorothy Stang – martyr, Pará citizen of the year, ...

Brazil: Death Threats and Intimidation Still Common Where Sister Dorothy Was Murdered

“The victims have become the accused.” This quote from Friar Jose Amaro Lopes de ...

In Brazilian Courts Little Has Changed Since US Nun’s Murder

Social movements and human rights groups suffered yet another defeat this month at the ...

Brazil Pats Itself on Back for Arrest of US Nun Killer Suspect

Brazil’s Minister of Justice, Márcio Thomaz Bastos, affirmed that the investigations into the murder ...

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