Group’s Firing Is Death Blow to Human Rights in Brazil
The decision earlier this week by Brazil’s President, Jair Bolsonaro, of exonerating the entire team of the National Mechanism to...
June 13, 2019Topic
Human Rights
Inmate Deaths Due to Disease Up by 114 Percent in Rio Since 2010
The deaths of inmates in Rio de Janeiro state due to diseases acquired during incarceration, increased by 114 percent between...
April 22, 2019
International Entities Want to Exclude Vale From UN Global Pact Group
International human rights and environmental organizations urged the United Nations this week to exclude Vale from the Global Pact initiative,...
February 14, 2019
Four Women Murdered Every Day in Brazil in 2019
By Nelson Belen, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - In a disturbing new report from the Inter-American Commission on...
February 6, 2019
Outspoken Gay Legislator Flees Brazil After Death Threats
One of Brazil’s most outspoken gay legislator, Jean Wyllys, announced on Thursday through his social media that he was not...
January 25, 2019
Brazil Registers Record Number of Violent Deaths in 2017
Brazil set a record in 2017; one that most countries would rather not have: of violent deaths. According data from...
January 18, 2019
OAS Inter-American Commission on Human Rights is in Brazil
By Jay Forte, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The delegation of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)...
November 5, 2018
UN, NGO Launch Environmentalist Protection Initiative in Brazil
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The United Nations Environment along with its partner, Global...
September 4, 2018
‘Favelas em Foto’ Arrives at Rio’s Museum of Art this Saturday
By Jack Arnhold, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The final meeting of ‘Favelas em Foto: Imagens por direitos’...
August 9, 2018