http://www.amnesty.org/en/related_information/feed/1896 Download Documents from Amnesty International en http://www.amnesty.org/en/for-media/press-releases/briefing-brazil-land-activists-renewed-target-criminal-justice-system-20 Amnesty International is concerned by attempts to criminalise land activists by elements within Brazil’s criminal justice system, undermining their fight for agrarian reform and violating their fundamental human rights. Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR19/008/2008/en Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/for-media/press-releases/brazil-freedom-expression-under-threat-para-police-torture-reporters-200 Press freedom and the protection of human rights is being jeopardised by the brutal actions of criminal gangs made up of off-duty police officers in Rio de Janeiro, said Amnesty International, as reports emerged of the kidnap and torture of a team of reporters by a para-policing group, known locally as milic Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR19/009/2008/en During this review, a number of states raised key human rights concerns, which Amnesty International shares, including continuing impunity for crimes committed under the former dictatorship; violence and extrajudicial killings committed by the police; torture and other ill-treatment; violence against women; Sun, 01 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR19/007/2008/en Around 50 Guajajara indigenous families, in the remote Araribóia reservation in the central west of Maranhão state, are at risk of attack from local gunmen allegedly contracted by illegal loggers and the local population who are opposed to the indigenous presence. Mon, 12 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/NWS21/004/2008/en 1) Mauritania's 'Guantanamito' 2) Leave or be killed 3) 3 May – World Press Freedom Day: Zimbabwe – Radio Dialogue: still denied a licence; Azerbaijan – heightened concerns for safety of independent journalists 4) 1 May – International Workers' Day: Honduras- a step closer to justice; Trade unionists Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/for-media/press-releases/brazil-women039s-lives-shattered-public-security-crisis-shanty-towns-200 In a new report published today, Amnesty International revealed the untold stories of women who are forced to live, bring up their children and fight for justice in Brazil’s lawless shanty-towns. Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR19/003/2008/en Women in Brazil's excluded communities are struggling to live their lives and fight for justice against a backdrop of criminal and police violence, discrimination and state neglect. In this leaflet Amnesty International calls on the Brazilian authorities to: implement projects to meet the specific needs of t Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/report/brazilian-womens-lives-shattered-20080417 Women in Brazil are finding themselves left to pick up the pieces following criminal and police violence in shanty-towns. Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR19/004/2008/en Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International