Eight dead after police raid in Rio de Janeiro
The raid in the Vila Cruzeiro favela was coordinated between Brazil’s Highway Police and the State Police. Officers seized automatic
February 12, 2022Topic
Jacarezinho favela
Rio de Janeiro: Deaths in massacres up 50% in a year in metropolitan area
The number of people killed in massacres in the metropolitan region of Rio de Janeiro between 2020 and 2021 jumped...
January 13, 2022
Opinion: “Law enforcement” in Rio’s favelas is largely non-existent
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - (Opinion) Many people (including this writer) are shocked (but not surprised) by the Rio de...
May 10, 2021
STF Justice Fachin sees signs of “arbitrary executions” in Rio police operation
Justice Edson Fachin, one of the members of Brazil's Supreme Court, on Friday described as "serious" the allegations of abuses...
May 8, 2021
Appalled protesters demand justice for 25 lives lost in police operation in Rio de Janeiro
Demonstrators from the favela of Jacarezinho gathered this Friday in front of the Civil Police facilities in Rio de Janeiro...
May 7, 2021
Police operation causes “the biggest massacre in the history of Rio de Janeiro”
Two subway passengers were injured this morning, May 6th, inside a train of Line 2, at the Triagem station in...
May 6, 2021