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UN calls for impartial investigation into controversial police operation killing 25 in Rio de Janeiro

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - On Friday, May 7th, the United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights, through its spokesperson Ruppert Colville, said at a press conference in Geneva that the organization is "deeply disturbed" by the 25 deaths in the Jacarezinho community in Rio de Janeiro.

"We are deeply disturbed by the deaths of 25 people in a police operation," Colville said. For the UN Human Rights body, the operation confirms that Brazilian police . . .

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