In Brazil Protesters Pro and Against Take to Streets to Remember 1964
Protestors for and against the celebrating March 31, 1964, as the day when Brazil’s military government was installed, took to...
April 1, 2019Topic
abuse
Over Five Hundred Women Beaten Per Hour in Brazil Says New Study
By Nelson Belen, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - According to a new survey from the Brazilian Public Security...
February 27, 2019
Brazil’s Gymnastics May Lose Sponsor Due to Reports of Abuse
Caixa Economica Federal had pledged to invest more than R$20 million until 2020 in artistic gymnastics team.
May 10, 2018
Brazil Registers 142,000 Complaints About Violence in 2017
"Disque 100" (Dial 100) data reveals soaring numbers in reported violence against children, elderly persons, and persons with disabilities.
May 4, 2018
Rio Favela Communities Gain App to Report Police Abuse
The new application to report police misconduct and abuse, Nós por Nós, has already had 500 downloads and forty incidents...
April 11, 2016
Residents Tell of Abuse by Pacification Force in Maré
Rio de Janeiro residents condemn the hardships and abuses suffered at the hands of the Pacification Force of Complexo da...
November 6, 2014
Rousseff Names Truth Commission: Daily
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has announced the names of those on the “Comissão da Verdade” - which will investigate post-WW2...
May 11, 2012
Police Accused of Abuse in Brasília: Daily
A report says that young people living on the streets of the Federal District have accused military police officers (PM)...
April 3, 2012