Tag: violence

Church Accuses Brazil of Violence Against Indians

Brazil’s Indian Missionary Council (Conselho Indigenista Missionário) (Cimi), which is linked to the Catholic ...

Brazilian jail

We Need Jails. Education Alone Won’t Put Brazil Together Again.

Some problems are not solved in isolation. One example of this is the violence, ...

Torture and Impunity Are Still the Norm Throughout Brazil

Brazilians, especially Indians and other socially excluded segments of the population, continue to suffer ...

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 ...

Bus burned in São Paulo, Brazil

Today the Police. Tomorrow Brazil’s Terror Will Kill Judges and Politicians.

Brazil was gripped by violence in the past few days. Everyone is talking about ...

Scores of dead Paulistas are being buried in unmarked graves

The Dogs of War are Unleashed in Brazil

The outburst of violence which broke out in São Paulo on May 12 and ...

In 20 Years, Death of Young Brazilians Grows from 30 to 55 per 100,000

The number of young people murdered in Brazil nearly doubled in a little over ...

Frontpage of O Estado de S. Paulo on calm returning to São Paulo

Organized Crime Shows the World Who’s the Boss in Brazil

At the moment this article is being written, the city of São Paulo is ...

Amnesty Condemns Killings of Police in Brazil and Warns Against Retaliation

Amnesty International released a note saying the it totally repudiates the recent wave of ...

Another Killing Year in Land Conflicts in Brazil

This year was marked by land conflict violence says the 2005 Brazil Human Rights ...