Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

Federal Forces Intervene, and Rio de Janeiro Homicides Rise

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Six months after Brazil sent in federal forces to take control of security in Rio de Janeiro state, murders and the number of people killed in police confrontations have risen, official data shows, raising questions about the strategy. President Michel Temer on Feb. 16 announced emergency measures authorizing the army to take command of police forces in Rio de Janeiro state, where warring drug gangs and militias have driven a sharp rise in violence. In the first six months of the...

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