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Rio de Janeiro governor Wilson Witzel’s recent expansion of aggressive policing has resulted in a surge of military-style raids into predominantly Afro-Brazilian neighborhoods, prompting the state human rights commissioner to blame Witzel for a 20-year high in police killings. This epidemic of shootout deaths—a phenomenon that has long contributed to high rates of extrajudicial executions […]
Washington, DC—In a letter sent by U.S. Representatives Deb Haaland (D-N.M.) and Hank Johnson (D-Ga.) to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, 54 members of Congress expressed grave concerns over President Jair Bolsonaro’s contempt for the rights of indigenous and Afro-Brazilian communities, while calling for the U.S. government to put human rights at the forefront […]
