Public Notes
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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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2 Apr 2021
Public Note #32 – On the coup attempts by Mr. President of the Republic
It is clear to everyone that the President of the Republic, Jair Messias Bolsonaro, is plotting a coup, whose latest label is “state of siege”, perpetuating chaos in Brazil and leaving the people at the mercy of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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19 Mar 2021
Public Note #31 – In support of influencer Felipe Neto
The Arns Commission express its support for the influencer Felipe Neto, who was subpoenaed by an incompetent police authority due to his use of the term "genocidal" in reference to the conduct Bolsonaro.
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