Brazil: Arrests are first sign of progress in investigation into killing of Marielle Franco

Responding to reports that Brazilian police have arrested two men in Rio de Janeiro over the killing of human rights defender Marielle Franco and her driver Anderson Gomes on 14 March 2018, Erika Guevara-Rosas, Americas director at Amnesty International, said: “This week marks one year since Marielle Franco was brutally killed, in an attack which … Continue reading Brazil: Arrests are first sign of progress in investigation into killing of Marielle Franco