Annual Report 2012
The state of the world's human rights

Brazil

Human Rights in FEDERATIVE REPUBLIC OF BRAZIL

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Report 2012: No longer business as usual for tyranny and injustice ...
24 May 2012

Amnesty International releases its flagship yearly report documenting the state of the world's human rights.

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Brazil: Uncovering the past; President Dilma names Truth ...
11 May 2012

Brazil's new Truth Commission must bring to light the full extent of violations committed under the country's military rule.

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Brazil: Historic efforts by federal prosecutors to challenge ...
25 April 2012

Brazil has taken important steps to address the horrific crimes committed during the regime of 1964-1985.

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Brazil: Historic efforts by federal prosecutors to challenge ...
25 April 2012

Brazil has taken important steps to address the horrific crimes committed during the regime of 1964-1985.

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Brazil: Historic efforts by federal prosecutors to challenge ...
25 April 2012

The efforts of federal prosecutors to initiate criminal investigations into past human rights violations marks a crucial moment in Brazil's history, said Amnesty ...

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Brazil: Amazon communities threatened by loggers
24 April 2012

Rural leaders and farmers in a remote area of Amazonas state, northern Brazil, are facing death threats and attacks from illegal loggers and land-grabbers (grileiros ...

Urgent Action       AMR 19/007/2012

Brazil: Further information: Eviction order suspended
11 April 2012

The Laranjeira Ñhanderu community can now stay on their ancestral lands, after a court decision suspended an eviction order until the necessary anthropological ...

Urgent Action       AMR 19/006/2012

Brazil: Outrageous Supreme Court ruling gives green light to ...
2 April 2012

Man accused of raping three 12-year-old girls acquitted by Brazil's Supreme Court on the basis that they were allegedly “sex-workers”.

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Brazil: Outrageous Supreme Court ruling gives green light to ...
30 March 2012

The acquittal by Brazil's Supreme Court of a man accused of raping three 12-year-old girls on the basis that they were allegedly “sex-workers” is an outrageous ...

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Brazil: Long-standing military crimes challenged by historic ...
15 March 2012

The decision to charge a retired colonel for five enforced disappearances committed under Brazil's military dictatorship is the first serious challenge to decades ...

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