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Human Rights in FEDERATIVE REPUBLIC OF BRAZIL

Brazil: A genuine commission for truth and justice must put an end ...
22 December 2009

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. 22 December 2009. AI Index: AMR 19/022/2009. Brazil: A genuine commission for truth and justice ...

Document       AMR 19/022/2009

Brazil: Justice close for 800 families in Brazil
18 December 2009

The families who suffered a violent forced eviction in August from the Olga Benário settlement in the south of São Paulo, have won a major victory in their long ...

Urgent Action       AMR 19/021/2009

Indigenous teacher missing in Brazil after violence over ancestral ...
13 November 2009

Brazilian and Paraguayan authorities must redouble their efforts tofind an indigenous teacher who has been missing since 30 October.

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Brazil: Indigenous teacher missing in Brazil
13 November 2009

Male teacher Rolindo Vera, a member of the Guarani Kaiowa Indigenous group, went missing on 30 October after a violent eviction carried out by armed men in Mato ...

Urgent Action       AMR 19/020/2009

Brazil: Violence in Rio de Janeiro - a challenge for change
3 November 2009

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI Index: AMR 19/019/2009. 03 November 2009. Brazil: Violence in Rio de Janeiro - a challenge for change. ...

Document       AMR 19/019/2009

Brazil: Letter to President Lula: EU-Brazil Summit 2009
1 October 2009

Ref.: TG AMR 19/2009.015. AI Index: AMR 19/018/2009. Exmo. Presidente da República Federativa do Brasil. Mr. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Gabinete do Presidente. ...

Document       AMR 19/018/2009

Brazil: Indigenous group attacked by armed men
25 September 2009

Around ten armed men attacked the Guarani Kaiowa Apyka´y community near Dourados, in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul. Shots were fired indiscriminately at the ...

Urgent Action       AMR 19/017/2009

Brazil: Further information: Demand justice for Guarani Kaiowa ...
24 September 2009

Two days after being evicted from their ancestral lands the Laranjeira Ñanderu community face further hardships after farmers burnt down their houses and destroyed ...

Urgent Action       AMR 19/016/2009

Brazil: Indigenous community facing eviction
3 September 2009

About 130 Guarani Kaiowa Indigenous People in southwestern Brazil are in imminent danger of eviction from their ancestral lands. They will have little option but ...

Urgent Action       AMR 19/015/2009

Over 500 families in São Paulo left homeless after forced ...
28 August 2009

Following a large-scale police operation, the families are now sleeping under plastic sheeting on land opposite the site of theeviction. They are without food or ...

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