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Brazil: Further Information on Fear for safety
26 June 2009

State parliamentarian Marcelo Freixo and his aide Vinicius George have said that they are satisfied with the level of protection provided for them by the authorities ...

Urgent Action       AMR 19/012/2009

Brazil: Forced eviction
23 June 2009

Over 400 families were forcibly evicted from a government building on 16 June 2009; more than 200 families are now encamped in extremely precarious conditions in ...

Urgent Action       AMR 19/011/2009

Brazil: Brazil Must Show More Commitment to the Protection of ...
12 June 2009

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI Index: AMR 19/010/2009. 12 June 2009. Brazil Must Show More Commitment to the Protection ...

Document       AMR 19/010/2009

Brazilian politician at risk of assassination by militia groups ...
4 June 2009

Plans to kill Marcelo Freixo and his aide were found during along-term police operation against militia groups controlling over a hundred shantytowns in Rio de ...

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Brazil: Fear for safety
2 June 2009

State parliamentarian Marcelo Freixo and his aide Vinicius George are at risk of being assassinated by milicia groups in Rio de Janeiro. Plans were discovered by ...

Urgent Action       AMR 19/008/2009

Le Fil. Juin/Juillet 2009
1 June 2009

Newsletter       NWS 21/003/2009

The Wire, June/July 2009. Vol. 39, issue 003
1 June 2009

1) For a path out of poverty, take the human rights route 2) LiveWire 3) Maternal mortality: A woman a minute 4) Corporations, human rights and poverty 5) Top tips ...

Appendix       NWS 21/003/2009

Brazil: 'Changing this deadly scenario': Demand dignity in ...
28 May 2009

In thousands of favelas throughout Brazil, whole communities are living trapped in poverty and excluded from a whole range of services.. Criminal gangs now control ...

Document       AMR 19/003/2009

G-20 must set the example and clean up their human rights record ...
28 May 2009

Amnesty International’s Secretary General has called on the G-20grouping that brings together the world’s leading economies to lead byexample and show real commitment ...

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