Tag: police

Killing and Torture by Police Still Widespread in Brazil

In its latest periodic review of Brazil, international organization Human Rights Watch, whose mission ...

Four Policemen Arrested in Case of Murdered Brazilian Journalist

It was announced that four members of Brazil's military police were arrested on March ...

Cops and Robbers Brazilian Style

São Paulo, Brazil, recently marked an event which will give readers abroad an idea ...

30,000 Brazilian policemen were in force on the streets

30,000 Policemen in Megaoperation Across Brazil Nab Over 2,000 Crooks

In Brazil's largest police operation ever against crime more than 2,000 criminals have been ...

Rio, Brazil, street kid searches for lost coins under the drain

When I See What’s Going on in Brazil I Feel Like Picking Up a Gun

They come every trash day. A black man in his twenties and his son, ...

Brazil’s Gang Violence Topples Director of Prisons and Opens Probe on Revenge Killings

Brazil’s São Paulo state top prison official Nagashi Furukawa resigned Friday two weeks after ...

Torture, death squad, 9,000 Killed in 5 years: a Portrayal of Brazil’s Police

One of the main criticisms of Brazil appearing in the Amnesty International Report 2006 ...

Brazilian Police Get US$ 10 Million from the US

The government of the United States intends to contribute around US$ 9.863 million (R$ ...

Inmates show in Brazil head of a beheaded prisoner

What Did Brazil Learn from the Carandiru Massacre? Nothing, It Seems.

On July 17, 2005, dust clouds engulfed the former site of São Paulo’s House ...

Amnesty Launches International Campaign Against Brazil’s Police Violence

Postcards with photographs of the armored cars popularly referred to as caveirões (big skulls), ...