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23 Jan 2023
The Yanomami's outcry about violations of their rights
The Yanomami's clamor for help has been going on for a long time, but violations of their rights have worsened under Bolsonaro. On March 2, 2020, Yanomami leader Davi Kopenawa gave a dramatic testimony at the opening of the 43rd Session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) in Geneva (Switzerland). Alongside the Arns Commission, the Socio-environmental Institute and Conectas, he took complaints about the situation of indigenous peoples in Brazil to the international body. His speech, translated into three languages, was released in an independent session, in the context of the UN HRC.
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8 Jan 2023
Public Note #56 - Repudiation of the attacks against the Democratic Rule of Law
After four years of a government hostile to democracy and the rule of law, Brazilian society and the legitimately sworn-in government must close ranks and take concrete measures to protect Brazilian democracy.
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4 Nov 2022
Letter to Lula
We hope that the transition that has already started will take place with respect for the principles of collaboration, transparency, the supremacy of the public good, and good faith, as required by law. Finally, we wish you much health, disposition, and enlightenment in your third presidential term. Popular sovereignty has brought you back. Towards a fairer, more fraternal, and happier Brazil!
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13 Oct 2022
O que você fez com sua vida?
Ao receber o título de Doutor Honoris Causa da Unicamp, Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro traz versos do poeta polonês Czesław Miłosz para contar sua história de estudos, ensinamentos e ações envolvendo a democracia e os direitos humanos o Brasil.
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22 Sep 2022
For democracy, the Arns Commission sends a letter to the Pope
Through Bishop Dom Pedro Stringhini, of the CNBB, the Arns Commission sent a letter to the Supreme Pontiff, asking for Brazilian society: "That it may exercise its fundamental right to choose a better and more decent future."
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7 Sep 2022
September 7th, 2022
It is unacceptable to usurp a celebration with electoral interests and personalistic acclamation
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1 Sep 2022
Permanent People's Tribunal condemns Bolsonaro for crimes against humanity
The TPP leaves, along with the sentence, a recommendation for the International Criminal Court to deliberate on the accusation of genocide in the conduct of President Jair Bolsonaro. There is already a complaint from the Apib and the Arns Commission with the International Criminal Court with this aspect.
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29 Aug 2022
Israel: democracies do not close human rights entities
When human rights defenders are attacked - no matter the country - we must show solidarity in the same way that we wanted international solidarity for us under the military dictatorship. Perhaps we will need it again if the extreme right prevails in Brazil in the coming October elections.
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12 Aug 2022
In a historical act, democrats launch a manifesto and letter to Brazilians
Reading of the Manifesto for Democracy in the Noble Hall of the University of São Paulo (USP) Law School
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7 Aug 2022
Open letter to Brazil’s presidential candidates
The Arns Commission and the Vladimir Herzog Institute call upon the candidates for the Presidency of the Republic to sign, right now, a public commitment to respect life, freedom, the culture of peace, and the universal agenda of Human Rights.
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4 Aug 2022
Public Note #49 - Isolated people in Javari need urgent and adequate assistance
It is urgent, we repeat, that Funai and Sesai send an expedition to the region with Indigenous experts and medical personnel, working within a specific and updated contingency plan for the Javari Valley region. We also request that the members of the medical team have previous experience with health protocols in situations of first contact with isolated Indigenous people.
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28 Jul 2022
Arns Commission participates in a delegation to warn about risks to democracy in Brazil
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20 Jul 2022
Public Note #48 - Bolsonaro announces the coup to the world: it's time to react
The Arns Commission, interpreting the feeling of indignation that runs through civil society and understanding that it is the duty of all to participate in initiatives in defense of democracy, goes public to state: the time has come to react!
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18 Jul 2022
Resistance and emotion at the Cathedral of São Paulo
The Inter-religious Act in honor of Bruno Pereira and Dom Phillips and in defense of the life of Indigenous peoples brought together religious leaders, human rights defenders, artists, social movements, trade unions, politicians, and the general population, in defense of life, land, water, forests, and the culture of Indigenous peoples, traditional communities, rural workers, and riverbank dwellers.
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14 Jul 2022
Public Note #47 - A hate crime in Foz do Iguaçu
Fear and insecurity cannot justify negligence and silence working in complicity. Finally, we must remember that Marcelo de Arruda leaves behind a newborn daughter. She and all the children and young people of our beloved country deserve a full life, with peace and justice.
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23 Jun 2022
Public Note #46 - The fallacies and risks of the Ministry of Health's booklet on abortion
The booklet from the ministry led by physician Marcelo Queiroga, who has already bequeathed to the country his pitiful performance in confronting the COVID-19 pandemic, lies not only when presenting its objectives. Throughout 68 pages, false information is accumulating in total disregard for the lives of women and, contrary to what it claims to consider, with undeniable intention to override the Brazilian legislation and science itself.
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10 Jun 2022
Public Note #45 – On the disappearance of a Brazilian Indigenous expert and a British journalist in the Vale do Rio Javari Indigenous Land (state of Amazonas)
The Dom Paulo Evaristo Arns Commission for the Defense of Human Rights.– the Arns Commission – has been following with great concern the disappearance of Bruno Araújo Pereira and Dom Philips, in the Indigenous Territory of Vale do Javari (Amazonas state), in conditions that have so far not yet been clarified.
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27 May 2022
Public Note #44 - Heinous crime committed by cruel federal highway patrolmen
The Arns Commission expresses its strongest repugnance regarding the brutal murder committed, after being tortured by asphyxiation with smoke, against an already immobilized detainee, in the municipality of Umbaúba, in the state of Sergipe, last May 25. The atrocity was committed before everyone's eyes, by federal highway police officers unworthy of the badge that symbolizes the public trust placed in them until then.
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25 Mar 2022
Public Note #43 - Corruption and violation of the rights of children and adolescents in the Ministry of Education and Culture (MEC)
Supervision institutions must investigate the accusations of corruption in the Ministry of Education, reaffirming the superior interest of the child and the adolescent with absolute priority in the execution of public policies for the realization of the right to education.
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26 Nov 2021
Urgent Appeal to the UN regarding police violence in the state of Rio de Janeiro
The Arns Commission is one of the signatories of the Urgent Appeal sent to the United Nations (UN) and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) in order to present information about serious human rights violations that occurred on November 20, 21, and 22, at the Complexo do Salgueiro, in the city of São Gonçalo, Metropolitan Region of Rio de Janeiro.
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