Brazil

Amnesty International puts human rights on Americas Summit agenda - 16 April 2009

An Amnesty International delegation has arrived in Trinidad and Tobago to take part in the Summit of the Americas.

Brazil: Reopening of Dorothy Stang’s case is rare opportunity for justice - 8 April 2009

The Pará Court’s decision to reopen the case of the killing of nun Dorothy Stang offers a rare opportunity for justice in a state where human rights defen

Human rights activist assassinated in Brazil - 27 January 2009

The vice-president of the Workers' Party in the Brazilian state of Pernambuco and human rights activist was assassinated on Saturday.

Amnesty International sends delegation to World Social Forum - 26 January 2009

An Amnesty International delegation will take part in the 2009 World Social Forum – to be held in Belem, Brazil between 27 January and 1 February. The delegation

Brazil: One more human rights defender lost to the scourge of ‘death-squads’ - 26 January 2009

The assassination of Manoel Mattos, vice-president of the workers’ party in the state of Pernambuco and human rights activist, is a predictable consequence of th

Brazil's Supreme Court upholds rights of Indigenous Peoples - 12 December 2008

A vote in Brazil’s Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the rights of Indigenous Peoples in the reservation of Raposa Serra do Sol on the frontier between Brazil

Brazil: Supreme Court vindicates indigenous land rights - 12 December 2008

The Brazilian Supreme Court’s vote in favour of the Raposa Serra do Sol reservation is a victory for all Indigenous Peoples in the country, said Amnesty Internat

Contested land in Brazil handed to state - 22 October 2008

Multinational Syngenta has given its experimental farm in Paraná state to the state government, ending a long standing violent conflict over the site.