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An Amnesty International banner in Portuguese to defend the rights of Marielle Franco — (Amnesty International)

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Brazil: Marielle Franco and Mãe Bernadette Murder Trials will Test State’s Resolve to Deliver Justice for Human Rights Defenders

February 24, 2026

An overhead view of a large compound surrounded by walls and fields, connected by a single road to a nearby town. — (Amnesty International)

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Cambodia: Growing Humanitarian Crisis as Escaped Scamming Compound Survivors Tell of Murder, Rape and Torture

January 27, 2026

Women marching in protest with signs and megaphone. — UDAPT

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OpEd: From an Oil Well to COP30

November 13, 2025

people lighting candles in street — (Cris Faga/NurPhoto)

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Brazil: Police Massacre in Rio de Janeiro Is Evidence Yet Again of Systemic and Racist Violence

November 4, 2025

Costa Barros Massacre — (Coelho/Framephoto/Estadão Conteúdo)

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Brazil on Alert: Police Brutality and Lethal Systemic Racism

September 29, 2025

JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - AUGUST 24: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa (C) speaks during a press conference with fellow BRICS leaders President of Brazil Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (L), President of China Xi Jinping (2nd, L), Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi (2nd, R), and Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (R), on the closing day of The BRICS summit at the Sandton Convention Center on August 24, 2023 in the Sandton district of Johannesburg, South Africa. The BRICS group of major emerging economies is made up of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. The 15th BRICS Summit, an international relations conference, is being held in South Africa between August 22-24 2023 with the leaders expected to discuss the expansion of the BRICS group and a BRICS currency. It is the first in-person summit of the BRICS nations - Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa - since the Covid-19 pandemic. Russian President Vladimir Putin will not be attending the meetings in person due to the ICC, International Criminal Court issued warrant for alleged war crimes. (Photo by Per-Anders Pettersson/Getty Images) — (Per-Anders Pettersson/Getty Images)

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Centering Human Rights in US Policy Towards the Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa (BRICS) Group

September 30, 2024

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Countries are failing to protect rights of health workers at the forefront of the COVID-19 pandemic

May 19, 2020 | COVID-19

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – MARCH 28: A Brazilian Army soldier from the 1st Nuclear, Radiological, Biological and Chemical Defense Battalion (1 BTL DQBRN) performs disinfection operations at BRT (Bus Rapid Transportation) Stations at Barra da Tijuca neighborhood due to the coronavirus (COVID – 19) pandemic on March 28, 2020 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has spread to many countries across the world, claiming over 20,000 lives and infecting hundreds of thousands more. (Photo by Andre Coelho/Getty Images)

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Response to President Bolsonaro’s comments around COVID-19: health and life are basic human rights

March 25, 2020 | Coronavirus

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Generation Z Ranks Climate Change Highest as Vital Issue of our Time in Amnesty International Survey

December 9, 2019 | Children

People attend a memorial Mass to mark the one-year death anniversary of slain councilwoman Marielle Franco, at the Candelaria Catholic Church in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, March 14, 2019. Authorities arrested two former police officers Tuesday in the killing of Franco and her driver Anderson Gomes, a brazen assassination that shocked Brazilians and sparked protests in several countries. (Photo by Fabio Vieira/FotoRua/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

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18 Months On, Brazilian Authorities Must Not Let Marielle Franco Killing Remain Unsolved

September 11, 2019 | Brazil

Credit: Micah Farfour, Remote Sensing Expert on Amnesty’s Crisis Team.

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Brazilian Government&8217;s Failures are Fueling Wildfires Across the Amazon

August 22, 2019 | amazon

HAMBURG, GERMANY – MARCH 01: Teenage Swedish activist Greta Thunberg demonstrates with high school students against global warming at a Fridays for Future demonstration on March 01, 2019 in Hamburg, Germany. Fridays for Future is an international movement of students who, instead of attending their classes, take part in demonstrations demanding for action against climate change. The series of demonstrations began when Thunberg staged such a protest outside the Swedish parliament building. (Photo by Adam Berry/Getty Images)

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Climate activists Greta Thunberg and the Fridays for Future movement honored with top Amnesty International award

June 7, 2019 | Ambassador of Conscience

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