Two land activists murdered in Brazil Published at 18.12.2018 Country Brazil Category Latest Developments Tags: women extractive industries environmental rights attack on journalist HRD killing protest land rights Read more
Anti-terror law could restrict rights to association and peaceful assembly Published at 19.07.2016 Country Brazil Category Latest Developments Tags: access to info. law Read more
Wave of anti-government protests met with police repression in Brazil Published at 10.11.2016 Country Brazil Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption office raid censorship attack on journalist negative court ruling excessive force protest Read more
Right to peaceful assembly undermined during Olympic Games Published at 18.09.2016 Country Brazil Category Latest Developments Tags: killing of journalist attack on journalist excessive force Read more
Journalists taking great risks to report on sensitive issues in Brazil Published at 02.03.2017 Country Brazil Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment intimidation attack on journalist negative court ruling criminal defamation non state actors Read more
Two indigenous and land rights activists killed in Rio Grande do Sul and Pará Published at 27.04.2017 Country Brazil Category Latest Developments Tags: indigenous groups HRD detained HRD killing protest killing of protestors journalist detained environmental rights land rights Read more
Anti-Temer protesters in Brazil injured in clashes and detained by police Published at 12.07.2017 Country Brazil Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption protestor(s) detained violent protest excessive force intimidation Read more
Brazilians´rights at risk by new bills under review in Congress Published at 30.08.2017 Country Brazil Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law censorship bureaucratic restriction Read more
Committee on human rights reports on an increasingly dangerous environment for HRDs Published at 15.11.2017 Country Brazil Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI indigenous groups minority groups excessive force protest political interference restrictive law censorship Read more
Black feminist activist and politician assassinated in Rio de Janeiro Published at 06.04.2018 Country Brazil Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD killing labour rights protest women excessive force censorship Read more
Brazil: A hostile place for journalists and activists with three killed in January Published at 07.02.2018 Country Brazil Category Latest Developments Tags: killing of journalist protest disruption protestor(s) detained attack on journalist HRD killing excessive force protest Read more
Human Rights Defender Rivelino Zarpellon continues to face threats Published at 21.06.2018 Country Brazil Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist HRD threatened protest indigenous groups attack on HRD harassment positive CS development Read more
