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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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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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