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BRAZIL JUSTICE  NET  (known also in Portuguese as SEJUP--Servico Brasileiro de Justica e Paz) specializes in preparing news and reports in English about Brazilian human rights and social issues.  Among the issues we cover are agrarian reform, indigenous issues, environment, the churches, women's issues, violence, racism, children, grassroots movements.  We hope to serve as a bridge between Brazilian grassroots organizations who use Portuguese as a working language and groups and individuals in other parts of the world interested in the news, concerns and views of such Brazilian organizations.

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Report confirms culture of violence and impunity in Brazil
June 23, 2009
The Committee of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights of the United Nations released a report on May 25 which showed there is a “culture of violence and impunity” which is deeply prevalent in Brazil.
MST workers are freed in Paraíba
June 23, 2009
Two members of the MST in Paraíba were freed on June 4 after 34 days in prison. The farmers were arrested and tortured in the early hours of May 1, when they made camp along with 60 families on the border of Fazenda Cabeça de Boi.
State’s Omission Aggravates Violence in Espirito Santo Prison
June 9, 2009
Recent inspections and visits reveal the deplorable conditions of prisoners in the state of Espirito Santo
The Acaua Dam: Tragedy and Violation of Human Rights
May 25, 2009
Until the end of the 1990's, 4,500 rural families lived on the banks of the Paraiba River. They lived in humble but dignified conditions. Then the federal and state governments decided to dam up the river in order to make a reservoir....

Transposition of the Sao Francisco River Like Computer Full of Viruses, states Dom Cappio
May 25, 2009
Catholic Bishop Luiz Flavio Cappio recently won the Kant Foundation's World Citizen Award for his work against redirecting the Sao Francisco River. On this occasion, Brasil de Fato interviewed the bishop.
Transnationals:  New Elements for Old Land Crimes
May 11, 2009
The large landowners used to rule, but today in their place are the big corporations who are behind concentration of land ownership and violence in the rural areas.
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