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Brazil: Groups linked to law enforcement agencies target journalist and researcher who denounced state violence

  • Source: Ponte
  • May 21, 2021

"Since last week, lawyer and researcher Alan Kardec Cabral Junior and reporter Thalys Alcântara, from newspaper O Popular, in Goiás, have been facing attacks by groups linked to the Association of Military Police Officers and Goiás Military Fire Brigade (ASSOF -Goiás). The motive is the publication of the article 'Only one in 200 deaths by police intervention in Goiás is prosecuted,' published last Friday (May 14) on the outlet's website."

 

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