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Human rights in Brazil include the right to life and freedom of speech; and condemnation of slavery and torture. The nation ratified the American Convention on Human Rights. [1] The 2017 Freedom in the World report by Freedom House gives Brazil a score of "2" for both political rights and civil liberties; "1" represents the most free, and "7 ...
Ronnie Lessa (member of Esquadrão da Morte). Brazil's National Truth Commission, a restorative justice body convened to study human rights abuses in Brazil, recognized 434 political killings and forced disappearances between 1946 and 1988, majority of which occurred during the military dictatorship's rule from 1964 to 1985.
There were 466 reports of torture against the prison population registered with the National Secretariat for Human Rights in 2013. [28] For her master's thesis, Maria Gorete Marques, a sociologist at the Center for the Study of Violence at the University of São Paulo (USP), followed 181 state agents who were being prosecuted for torture and ...
Pages in category "Human rights abuses in Brazil" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
In Brazil, the National Truth Commission (Portuguese: Comissão Nacional da Verdade) [1] investigated human rights violations of the period of 1946–1988 [1] – in particular by the authoritarian military dictatorship that ruled Brazil from April 1, 1964 to March 15, 1985. The commission lasted for two years and consisted of seven members. [1]
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Human rights abuses in Brazil (9 C, 13 P) A. Abolitionism in Brazil (1 C, 8 P) Brazilian human rights activists (27 P) L. LGBTQ rights in Brazil (5 C, 10 P) O.
The massacre has also sparked ongoing discussions, both in Brazil and internationally about Brazil's prison system. In 2017, The New York Times published an article captioned "Brazil’s Deadly Prison System". Human rights groups such as Human Rights Watch have also documented statistics of police violence and acquittals in Brazil. [14]