Brazilian national security forces have intervened to restore order after an estimated 4,000 supporters of the country’s former president Jair Bolsonaro, who reject results of the elections in October, took over and vandalised the Congress, the Supreme Court, and the President’s Palace in the Brazilian capital, Brasilia.
Amnesty International calls for the relevant authorities to conduct prompt, impartial and effective investigations so that the acts of this Sunday, 8 January, are appropriately investigated and sanctioned.
Brazilians will cast their votes on Sunday in what is anticipated to be the final contest between incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro, a far-right populist, and former President and leftist Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
The Report on violence against the indigenous peoples of Brazil, prepared by the Indigenous Missionary Council (CIMI), was released yesterday, 30 September, which reiterates the portrait of an extremely worrying reality of indigenous Brazil in the first year of government of Jair Bolsonaro at the presidency of the country
Bolsonaro says he will prioritize the fight against crime in a nation that has long led the world in annual homicides. More than 63,000 people were killed last year