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Activists criminalised and continuous delegitimisation of press in Brazil
- Published at
- 07.01.2020
- Country
- Brazil
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- indigenous groups
- attack on HRD
- office raid
- HRD prosecuted
- minority groups
- intimidation
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- public vilification
- political interference
- positive court ruling
- restrictive law
- bureaucratic restriction
- environmental rights
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Brazil: defenders vilified and criminalised, censorship and attacks against media on the rise
- Published at
- 31.10.2019
- Country
- Brazil
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- indigenous groups
- surveillance
- attack on journalist
- HRD killing
- protest
- public vilification
- killing of journalist
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
- environmental rights
- LGBTI
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Jair Bolsonaro’s first 100 days in office demonstrate Brazilian president’s disregard for pluralism
- Published at
- 13.05.2019
- Country
- Brazil
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- indigenous groups
- restrictive law
- intimidation
- positive CS development
- access to info. law
- protest
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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
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Brazil continues to be a hostile place for journalists, two killed in recent months
- Published at
- 19.09.2018
- Country
- Brazil
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- killing of journalist
- women
- indigenous groups
- HRD killing
- HRD threatened
- non state actors
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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
- indigenous groups
- attack on HRD
- harassment
- positive CS development
- protest
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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
- women
- excessive force
- censorship
- protest
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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
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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
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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
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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