Tag: Police
Rio and Sí£o Paulo Police Use License to Kill Over 1000 Times a Year
Brazilian police officers in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, in the country's Southeast, ...
Brazil Police Stage Monster Operation and Nab over 2,000 Crooks in a Day
The Civilian police in Brazil, in a raid that counted on more than 9,000 ...
Brazil: Why Raiding Rio’s Favelas Is Not as Good as It Looks
Every few days the roar of helicopters passes above. It is a sound that ...
20% of the 48,000 Brazilians Murdered Every Year Are Killed by the Police
The police of Brazil are responsible for a significant proportion of the 48,000 murders ...
Brazilian Police Bar Press from Doing Its Work
London-based international freedom-of-expression organization Article 19 has issued a note condemning the abuses committed ...
Brazil Police Dismiss UN Criticism and Say Their Action Curbs Murders
The Secretariat of Public Security from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in response to criticism ...
Brazilian Police Get Out in Force and Arrest Over 2,500
In a little more than 10 hours – from 6 am to 5 pm ...
Policeman Who Killed Journalist in 1998 Arrested in Brazil
Police officer Monzart Castro Brasil, 53, convicted of the murder of a Brazilian journalist, ...
UN Scolds Brazil for Its Police and Prison System
The organization of the Brazilian police, the high death toll in police actions, and ...