Brazil

Human Rights in FEDERATIVE REPUBLIC OF BRAZIL

Brazil: More civilians killed
25 October 2006

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. Public Statement. AI Index: AMR 19/035/2006 (Public). News Service No: 277. 26 October 2006. Brazil: More civilians killed. ...

Press Release       AMR 19/035/2006

Brazil: Fear for safety
9 October 2006

The mothers of 10 boys and young men who "disappeared" from the favela (shanty town) of Vigario Geral in December 2005 are in grave danger after being repeatedly ...

Urgent Action       AMR 19/034/2006

Brazil: FEBEM convictions should trigger wide reform
4 October 2006

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PRESS RELEASE. AI Index: AMR 19/033/2006 (Public). News Service No: 259. 5 October 2006. Brazil: FEBEM convictions should trigger wide reform ...

Press Release       AMR 19/033/2006

Arms Without Borders. Why a globalised trade needs global controls
1 October 2006

This paper, published by Amnesty Intrenational, Oxfam and IANSA, shows how the changing pattern of ownership and production since the early 1990s means that national ...

Report       POL 34/006/2006

Brazil: Further information on Forced eviction / Fear of use of ...
18 September 2006

Action by lawyers, combined with pressure from Amnesty International and other groups, has forced the suspension of eviction orders affecting more than 1000 families ...

Urgent Action       AMR 19/032/2006

Brazil: Video message to Presidential and Governmental candidates ...
4 September 2006

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PRESS RELEASE. AI Index: AMR 19/031/2006 (Public). News Service No: 230. 5 September 2006. Brazil: Video message ...

Press Release       AMR 19/031/2006

Brazil: Conviction in the Baixada Fluminense massacre case
23 August 2006

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. Public Statement. AI Index: AMR 19/030/2006 (Public). News Service No: 221. 24 August 2006. Brazil: Conviction ...

Press Release       AMR 19/030/2006

Brazil: Forced eviction / Fear of use of excessive force
1 August 2006

Over 1000 families in the southern and southeastern regions of Pará state are facing imminent forced eviction following a court order obtained by state authorities ...

Urgent Action       AMR 19/028/2006

Brazil: The Indigenous Peoples of Brazil: Lands and Life under ...
31 July 2006

In December 2005, an indigenous Guarani-Kaiowá community was violently evicted from their ancestral land by federal police acting with unofficial support from local ...

Report       AMR 19/027/2006

Brazil: Further criminal attacks in São Paulo
13 July 2006

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. Public Statement. AI Index: AMR 19/025/2006 (Public). News Service No: 184. 14 July 2006. Brazil: Further criminal attacks in São Paulo. ...

Press Release       AMR 19/025/2006