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4 Nov 2021
PN #42 – In repudiation of the São Gonçalo massacre
Considering the high rate of police lethality in Brazil, we believe that state governments must fulfill their duties regarding the management and control of security forces by seriously facing these human rights violations.
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4 Nov 2021
Public Note #41 – The ones responsible for the savagery that took place in the Prado settlement must be identified and punished
In the face of such unspeakable violence, the Arns Commission, faithful to its commitment to defend human rights, demands swift action from the governor of Bahia, Rui Costa, in order to identify and hold accountable those responsible for the crime perpetrated against the community of Fábio Henrique.
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1 Nov 2021
Public Note #40 – Redress for the journalists attacked by Jair Bolsonaro’s security guards
To the journalists of BBC Brasil, Folha de S. Paulo, TV Globo, and UOL, victims of a violence that at the same time outrages and embarrasses us, we express our profound solidarity. We are sure that these professionals will continue their daily work, defending the right to information, freedom of expression, and democracy.
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20 Oct 2021
Public Note #39 – In solidarity with the National Conference of Bishops of Brazil, the Archbishop of Aparecida, and Pope Francis
The Arns Commission hopes that the Ethics Commission and the São Paulo Parliament will put an end – in accordance with the law and with the exercise of the right of defense – to the mandate of this deputy who has only belittled the São Paulo Legislature with his hate speeches and tributes to torturers and dictators.
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17 Oct 2021
Public Note #38 – The Federal Council of Medicine and public health in Brazil
Brazilian physicians who honor, day after day, the Hippocratic Oath by risking their lives and the health of their families do not deserve the Federal Council of Medicine, which is expressing itself with such irresponsibility. We now give the floor to the Federal Court in São Paulo.
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4 Oct 2021
Arns Commission takes to the streets in defense of human rights
In its first joint public act, the Arns Commission took to the streets during the demonstration on October 2nd in defense of democracy and human rights. The founding members, supporters, and collaborators of the Commission gathered in front of the Conjunto Nacional holding a banner and marking their presence with shouts of “Long live Dom Paulo! Long live democracy!”
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1 Oct 2021
Former ministers unite against Bolsonaro to denounce coup threat
In an interview, Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro made it clear that only a broad front between different political forces and popular movements will defeat the extreme right and avoid a coup d'état.
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28 Sep 2021
Former Ministers release manifesto in favor of human rights
On October 1st, during the webinar "Construction and Dismantling of National Human Rights Policies in Brazil", all former ministers and secretaries of state, from several governments, will release a historic manifesto. The document seeks to raise awareness and mobilize society to the setbacks imposed by the current federal government regarding public policies for Human Rights.
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16 Sep 2021
Public Note #37 – For the rights and the survival of the Piripkura ethnicity
The Arns Commission denounces the deforestation that threatens the last representatives of the PIRIPKURA Indigenous ethnicity and their lands in the northwestern region of the state of Mato Grosso.
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23 Aug 2021
Lawsuit in defense of the National Committee to Prevent and Combat Torture
The Arns Commission understands that it is necessary to guarantee technical, financial, and administrative support, including through the provision of independent technical experts, in addition to maintaining the criteria of diversity and representativeness for the composition of the CNPCT.
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20 Aug 2021
The Arns Commission has sent an official representation to the Federal Supreme Court against Augusto Aras
The Arns Commission sent to the Federal Supreme Court (STF) a representation against the Prosecutor General of the Republic, Augusto Aras. The document, filed on August 20, requires the opening of an investigation regarding the existence of common crimes committed by him, such as shielding the president of the Republic in matters that are not related to his executive function, silencing dissenting voices of the government within the Public Prosecutor’s Office, and persecuting enemies of Bolsonaro.
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4 Aug 2021
G6 delivers a letter in solidarity with the President of the Superior Electoral Court and in support of electronic voting machines
The six presidents of the organizations that released the "Pact for Life and for Brazil", in April 2020, and that have already jointly manifested in defense of democracy in Brazil, delivered to the president of the Superior Electoral Court (TSE), Minister Luis Roberto Barroso, a document in which they show their solidarity to the magistrate in the “delicate political moment of the country” and reiterated their “unconditional support to the electronic voting system”.
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8 Jul 2021
UN: The Brazilian Bar Association (OAB) and the Arns Commission denounce attacks against freedom of expression
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7 Jul 2021
Organizations make an Urgent Appeal to the UN in favor of Indigenous lands in Brazil
The Arns Commission, together with the Articulation of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil, the Coordination of Indigenous Organizations of the Brazilian Amazon, the Socio-environmental Institute, and Conectas Human Rights, signed the Urgent Appeal sent today (July 7) to the United Nations, requesting that urgent measures be taken by the Chamber of Deputies and the Federal Senate regarding Draft Bill 490, which provides new rules for the demarcation of Indigenous lands in Brazil.
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9 Jun 2021
The Arns Commission files a Constitutional Lawsuit to the Federal Supreme Court on the National Security Law
The Dom Paulo Evaristo Arns Commission for the Defense of Human Rights filed an amicus curiae or "friend of the court" request in a lawsuit filed by the Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB) regarding the National Security Law with the Federal Supreme Court (STF).
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5 Jun 2021
Public Note #36 – Freedom of expression is not a case for the police
Always acting in defense of freedom of expression as a fundamental right, both in Brazil and internationally, the Arns Commission expresses its support to Rocha de Barros, while denouncing the increasing judicial harassment that journalists from various parts of the country have been suffering.
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1 Jun 2021
Arns Commission denounces human rights violations in Jacarezinho to the UN
The Arns Commission has filed an Urgent Appeal to the United Nations (UN), an international measure to denounce serious human rights violations related to the deaths of 28 people in the Jacarezinho community, in Rio de Janeiro's North Zone.
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22 May 2021
Public Note #35 – Our struggle for human rights continues!
Proudly counts on distinguished human rights defenders in Brazil and worldwide, among its founders, The Arns Commission will continue to work tirelessly, guided by one conviction: History will remember those who gave their lives to protect human dignity but will be merciless to those who defend torture, intolerance, and hatred.
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6 May 2021
Public Note #34 – The Jacarezinho Massacre: to put an end to police violence in favelas
It is necessary to react to this slaughter! May the governor of Rio, who was sworn in just five days ago, assume responsibility for this ill-fated operation. The competent authorities must ensure the preservation of the areas where the deaths took place.
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3 May 2021
Public Note #33 – Who slanders who: in support of Sônia Guajajara and APIB
It is up to Brazilian society to repudiate this affront to the rights of Sônia Guajajara and other Indigenous leaders. Moreover, the Public Prosecutor’s Office and the Chamber of Deputies must investigate, through clear and objective measures, the responsibilities for the practice of yet another arbitrary act, on the part of those who do not know and do not want to live in a regime where freedom and democracy prevail as a corollary to opposition and contestation.
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