In August 2020, police committed dreadful abuses during a weeks-long operation in Brazil's Amazon. This was not the work of a few “bad apples.” A community leader said that a military police commander watched as officers tortured him. No one has been held accountable. www.hrw.org/news/2026/08...

Terror in the Amazon

A nightmare for Indigenous people and other communities on the Abacaxis riverbanks in the Brazilian Amazon began on August 3, 2020. That day, three private boats arrived in the town of Nova Olinda do ...

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Six years ago, police searching for a suspect terrorized Indigenous and riverside communities in Brazil’s Amazon. Federal officials say police burned homes tortured and killed 8 people. No one has been held accountable. Authorities should ensure justice. www.hrw.org/news/2026/08...

Terror in the Amazon

A nightmare for Indigenous people and other communities on the Abacaxis riverbanks in the Brazilian Amazon began on August 3, 2020. That day, three private boats arrived in the town of Nova Olinda do ...

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Neste mês, completam-se cinco anos da volta do Talibã ao poder no Afeganistão, período marcado pelo agravamento das violações de direitos humanos, especialmente contra mulheres e meninas. O Brasil deveria fazer mais para proteger pessoas afegãs perseguidas pelo Talibã.1/2 www.hrw.org/pt/news/2026...

Afeganistão: os ataques do Talibã aos direitos humanos se agravam após cinco anos

O Talibã do Afeganistão consolidou uma das piores crises de direitos humanos do mundo e desmantelou sistematicamente os direitos das mulheres e meninas desde que assumiu o poder há cinco anos.

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Uma operação realizada em "parceria" entre os EUA e o Equador contra um suposto grupo criminoso que Trump classificou como "terrorista" resultou em prisões arbitrárias e tortura de trabalhadores rurais. A @hrw.org não achou nenhum vínculo com facções. www.hrw.org/es/news/2026...

Estados Unidos/Ecuador: Los abusos se multiplican a medida que se profundiza la cooperación en materia de seguridad

Estados Unidos y Ecuador están profundizando su cooperación en materia de seguridad en un contexto marcado por graves violaciones de derechos humanos cometidas por fuerzas ecuatorianas, ataques con dr...

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A @hrw.org researcher witnessed Cubans' daily struggle for survival during a visit to Havana. The country is buckling under the weight of an oppressive state-controlled economy and the US embargo. Hundreds of people are in prison for speaking out. Read about it: www.hrw.org/feature/2026...

The recurring waves of large-scale demonstrations in Bolivia reflect a deeper crisis. Democratic institutions, including the justice system, have failed to provide paths for the peaceful resolution of conflicts. New piece by Sofia Pasquini and me: www.hrw.org/news/2026/07...

Las recurrentes movilizaciones en Bolivia reflejan una crisis más profunda: las instituciones democráticas, incluida la justicia, no logran ofrecer mecanismos para la resolución pacífica de los conflictos. Sofía Pasquini y yo lo explicamos en @elpais.com: elpais.com/america/2026...

Bolivia despejó las carreteras, pero no el camino de la crisis

La erosión del Estado de derecho ayuda a explicar el desencanto generalizado que atraviesa el país

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Hungary’s Sovereignty Protection Office has been abolished The SPO was a nasty entity that went after independent journalists, academic and NGOs. A short piece for @hrw.org on this important step in restoring the rule of law and human rights in post-Fidesz Hungary. www.hrw.org/news/2026/07...

Hungary’s Sovereignty Protection Office Abolished

Hungary’s parliament voted overwhelmingly on June 30 to abolish the Sovereignty Protection Office, an institution created by the previous Fidesz government to target independent journalists, civil soc...

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28% das prisões têm superlotação crítica, diz o @cnjoficial.bsky.social O Estado é incapaz de controlar o que acontece dentro. As facções aproveitam para dominar os presídios. Garantir segurança e condições dignas nas prisões é chave para combater as facções. www1.folha.uol.com.br/cotidiano/20...

Police killed 800 people in Rio de Janeiro in 2025. Forensic experts who examine those cases report to the police. Several told @hrw of veiled pressure to influence their findings. Rio´s governor should make forensic services independent from the police. www.hrw.org/news/2026/05...

Brazil: Ensure Independent Criminal Investigations in Rio State

The acting governor of the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro should seek passage of a bill for independent forensic services in the state and take additional measures to strengthen forensic analysis, ...

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O governador do Rio deu passos importantes para fortalecer a perícia, mas deveria ir além: é necessária sua completa desvinculação da polícia civil. Esta independência é crucial para investigações eficazes, sobretudo em casos de mortes pela polícia. www.hrw.org/pt/news/2026...

Brasil: Rio de Janeiro Precisa de Perícia Independente

O governador em exercício do estado do Rio de Janeiro deveria promover a aprovação de um projeto de lei para garantir a independência da perícia criminal no estado e adotar medidas adicionais para for...

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Brazilian police killed 6,588 people in 2025, an all-time high. Yet, the National Council of Prosecutors has postponed for a year mandatory compliance with a resolution to ensure independent investigations. Prosecutors need to implement it without delay. www.hrw.org/news/2026/05...

Brazil Needs Independent Investigations into Police Abuse

This week was supposed to be a step forward for Brazil: Resolution 310—a crucial resolution requiring that prosecutors lead investigations into police killings and that those investigations comply wit...

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The Trump administration will pay $1 billion to French firm #TotalEnergies to stop developing two offshore wind farms and instead invest in oil and gas. The US is paying a company to worsen climate change, which is harming human rights around the globe. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

Trump administration to pay $1 billion to stop two East Coast wind farms

The Interior Department reached a settlement to pay France’s TotalEnergies not to pursue two offshore wind farms but direct the investments toward fossil fuels.

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La policía de Brasil mató a + de 6.500 personas en 2025, la mayoría afrodescendientes. Brasil necesita una nueva política de seguridad que desmantele grupos criminales y abandone prácticas policiales abusivas. Lea + en el Informe Mundial de @hrw: www.hrw.org/es/news/2026...

Brasil: Urge reformar las políticas de seguridad pública

Las autoridades brasileñas deben adoptar nuevas estrategias de seguridad pública que desmantelen las organizaciones criminales y sus presuntos vínculos con agentes estatales, mejoren las investigacion...

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Estratégias de segurança pública baseadas no confronto criam insegurança. Nas eleições de 2026, os candidatos deveriam apresentar propostas para desmantelar grupos criminosos e proteger os direitos das pessoas. Confira o Relatório Mundial da @hrw.org : www.hrw.org/pt/news/2026...

Brasil: Reformule as políticas de segurança pública

As autoridades brasileiras deveriam adotar novas estratégias de segurança pública que desmantelem as organizações criminosas e suas supostas ligações com agentes do Estado, promovam investigações crim...

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The killing of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis by a federal immigration officer was unjustifiable. Video evidence clearly contradicts federal officials’ claims that she attempted to kill officers. Read @hrw.org´s analysis: www.hrw.org/news/2026/01...

US: Minneapolis Killing by ICE Unjustified

The killing of a woman in Minneapolis by a federal immigration officer on January 7 was unjustifiable, Human Rights Watch said today. Two videos of the incident shared on social media, verified by Hum...

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O @senado.leg.br aprovou uma PEC que estabelece um marco temporal completamente arbitrário para a demaracação de terras indígenas. Mais um retrocesso contra os direitos indígenas e a proteção das florestas. A @camaradosdeputados.bsky.social deveria votar contra. oglobo.globo.com/politica/not...

Senado aprova PEC do Marco Temporal em resposta ao STF e amplia atritos após crises com emendas e impeachment

Supremo julga, nesta quarta, quatro ações que questionam a constitucionalidade do marco temporal para as demarcações

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Brazil's Senate has approved a constitutional amendment that would arbitrarily block land claims by Indigenous people. It's a terrible setback for Indigenous rights and Amazon conservation. The Chamber of Deputies should reject it. noticias.uol.com.br/politica/ult...

Após um mês da operação policial mais letal da história do Rio de Janeiro, as comunidades continuam controladas por facções. O Rio e o Brasil precisam de uma estratégia de segurança que ataque o cerne do crime organizado e suas ligações com policiais e políticos. www.hrw.org/pt/news/2025...

A polícia do Rio de Janeiro cria insegurança

Um mês após a operação policial mais letal da história do Rio de Janeiro, o Comando Vermelho, a facção que era alvo da operação, continua controlando os complexos do Alemão e da Penha. Enquanto isso, ...

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Hace un mes, una redada policial en barrios pobres, mayoritariamente negros, de Río de Janeiro resultó en 122 muertes. El saldo letal y las tácticas empleadas apuntan a que la verdadera intención pudo haber sido matar sospechosos, en vez de arrestarlos. www.hrw.org/news/2025/12...

Rio Police Undermine Public Safety

A month after the deadliest police raid in Rio de Janeiro’s history, the Red Command, the organized crime group that was the target of the operation, continues to control the Alemão and Penha neighbor...

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A month ago, a police raid in low-income, mostly Black neighborhoods in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, resulted in 122 killings. The deadly results and tactics employed suggest that the true intention may have been to kill, rather than arrest suspects. Read my piece: www.hrw.org/news/2025/12...

Rio Police Undermine Public Safety

A month after the deadliest police raid in Rio de Janeiro’s history, the Red Command, the organized crime group that was the target of the operation, continues to control the Alemão and Penha neighbor...

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Brazil´s Congress didn´t pay any attention to the gravity of the climate crisis exposed at #COP30. Instead, a week later, it gave the green light to legal provisions that dismantle environmental licensing and seriously weaken the protection of the Amazon rainforest. today.rtl.lu/news/science...

O Congresso tinha a opção de defender a saúde, biodiversidade e patrimônio ambiental do pais. Ao derrubar os vetos presidenciais e desmantelar o licenciamento ambiental, optou pela devastação. Não aprenderam nada com os desastres de Mariana e Brumadinho. agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br/politica/not...

Congresso rejeita 56 vetos ao PL do licenciamento ambiental

Governo conseguiu acordo para adiar a votação de parte dos vetos.

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Fossil-fuel production and use are driving the climate crisis and harming the health and livelihoods of local communities. The governments that are meeting meeting at #COP30 should adopt roadmaps detailing concrete actions and timelines to phase out fossil fuels.

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As #COP30 comes to a close, we remind governments of their international obligations to address climate change as well as to respect and protect environmental defenders' basic rights. Hear more from environmental defenders at #COP30 ⤵️

Organized crime has an increasing role in environmental destruction in the Amazon. I explained its devastating impact on the rainforest and on Indigenous people and local communities in the International Risk Podcast. Listen to it here: theinternationalriskpodcast.com/episode-279-...

Mientras el mundo busca soluciones a la crisis climática en la #COP30 en Brasil, su Congreso está considerando propuestas que la agravarían. Esas medidas podrían tener un impacto muy grave en la Amazonía, ecosistema crucial para el clima del planeta. Más detalles: www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...

Brazil: Don’t Strip Protection of Environment, Defenders

Brazil’s Congress should reject proposals to dismantle environmental licensing requirements and to revoke a plan to protect human rights defenders.

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As the world comes together to tackle the climate crisis at #COP30 in Brazil, its Congress is considering proposals that would exacerbate it. Those measures could have severe impact on the Amazon rainforest, which is critical for global climate. New @hrw.org piece: www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...

Brazil: Don’t Strip Protection of Environment, Defenders

Brazil’s Congress should reject proposals to dismantle environmental licensing requirements and to revoke a plan to protect human rights defenders.

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Enquanto o mundo se reúne para enfrentar a crise climática na #COP30, o Congresso está considerando propostas que a agravariam. Os legisladores deveriam proteger direitos básicos, que estão ameaçados pela degradação ambiental e pelo aquecimento global. Saiba mais: www.hrw.org/pt/news/2025...

Brasil: Não enfraqueça a proteção ao meio ambiente e aos seus defensores

O Congresso deveria rejeitar tentativas de desmantelar o licenciamento ambiental e de suspender o Plano Nacional de Proteção aos Defensores dos Direitos Humanos.

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Los gobiernos que albergaron la cumbre climática de la ONU (COP) los últimos 3 años prohibieron las manifestaciones. Hoy miles de personas marcharon en Belém exigiendo acción urgente contra el cambio climático y para proteger los derechos fundamentales. Fue emocionante estar allí. #COP30

Governos repressivos que sediaram a cúpula do clima da ONU (COP) não permitiram manifestações por 3 anos. Hoje, milhares de pessoas marcharam em Belém exigindo ações urgentes para combater as mudanças climáticas e proteger os direitos fundamentais. Foi emocionante estar lá.