Brazil: Ensure Justice for Children Killed in Flamengo Fire

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image A fan pays homage to the 10 athletes who died in the February 8, 2019 fire at the Flamengo Training Center. Photo taken on February 14, 2019 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. © 2019 Buda Mendes/Getty Images (Rio de Janeiro) – Reports that alleged systemic failures at Brazil’s top football club led to the deaths of 10 child athletes in a fire in 2019 raise critical questions about safeguarding and accountability in Brazilian sport, the Sport & Rights Alliance said today.The acquittal of senior Flamengo club officials on October 21, 2025, was devastating and contradicts…

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