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Brazil: Accelerating deforestation of Amazon a direct result of Bolsonaro’s policies

New statistics revealing deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon region increased 9.5 per cent year-on-year show the tragic cost of President Jair...

Brazil: Cattle illegally grazed in the Amazon found in supply chain of leading meat-packer JBS

Government data shows steep rise in illegal commercial cattle ranching in protected areas of Brazil’s Amazon Illegal commercial cattle ranching...

Maxwell Simões Corrêa’s arrest is an important step in the investigations, but Amnesty International demands answers about who ordered Marielle’s killing and why

Rio de Janeiro 10.06.2020 – Today, the Civil Police of Rio de Janeiro State executed a series of search and...

Brazil: Amnesty International condemns the government’s omission of data relating to the COVID-19 pandemic

With ever-growing numbers of infections and deaths from COVID-19, the removal of cumulative data on COVID-19 from Ministry of Health...

Brazil: Two years after killing of Marielle Franco, Rio de Janeiro authorities must solve unanswered questions

Two years after the fatal shooting of the human rights defender and Rio de Janeiro city councillor Marielle Franco, and...

Brazil: Authorities make progress in Marielle Franco investigation but must fully resolve the case

In response to the operation by the Civil Police and the Rio de Janeiro Public Prosecutor’s Office that resulted in...

Brazil: Authorities must investigate and prosecute those responsible for destruction of the Amazon

Brazilian authorities must investigate and prosecute those responsible for starting illegal fires in the Amazon to prevent further destruction of...

Brazil: Government failures are fuelling wildfires across the Amazon

Responding to the news of the wildfires that have been raging in the Amazon rainforest for several weeks, Kumi Naidoo,...

Brazil: Amnesty International laments authorities’ lack of receptiveness to requests for meetings to debate human rights

On Tuesday, Amnesty International launched the ‘Brazil for Everyone’ campaign, presenting its concerns and recommendations for guaranteeing, protecting and promoting...

Brazil: Bolsonaro administration is transforming anti-human-rights rhetoric into action

On 21 May, a delegation comprising the executive director of Amnesty International Brazil, Jurema Werneck, and the Amnesty International Americas...

Brazil: Risk of bloodshed in the Amazon unless government protects Indigenous peoples from illegal land seizures and logging

Illegal land seizures and logging on the rise in Indigenous territories in Brazil’s Amazon Recent reductions in government monitoring aggravate...

Americas: Amnesty International sends open letter highlighting the importance of the Inter-American Human Rights System

Amnesty International sent an open letter to the heads of state of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Paraguay today in...

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