Amnesty International reports that 99% of the victims of homicides committed by police forces were men and 84% were black, of indigenous origin or Afro-descendants in the favelas.
Mass murders committed by security forces and racism continued to be among the most evident violations of human rights in Brazil in 2022, denounced Amnesty International (AI) in a report released this Tuesday.
“Racism, violence and impunity for security forces continued to fuel state violence. Mass killings by security forces were frequent and disproportionately affected black people in favelas,” the human rights organization concluded.
The NGO Brazilian Public Safety Forum observed that 99% of the victims of homicides committed by police forces were men and 84% were blackAI reports in its report on the state of human rights in the world in 2022, the year in which Brazil still had Jair Bolsonaro as head of state.
In the analysis of the right to food, the data collected shows that, Of the total population that was in a situation of food security, 70% were black.
“The historical inaction of the State to confront structural racism continued to make indigenous and Afro-descendant peoples suffer disproportionately from inadequate institutional measures and actions,” AI underlines in its annual report.
Regarding the violation of the rights of indigenous peoples, he mentions that between January and July, the Pastoral Land Commission documented 759 violent acts and 33 homicides in land conflicts “an increase of 150% compared to the first half of 2021″.
Amnesty International also denounced that journalists and human rights defenders “were frequently threatened and assassinated”documenting verified cases throughout the year.
The poor performance in the face of the climate crisis and environmental degradation is evidenced in the report, which collects data from the National Institute for Space Research, according to which the deforestation rate in the Brazilian Amazon reached its highest level since 2015 between January and October . 2022, with a total of 9,277 square kilometers of devastated forest.
In an electoral context, the AI also found more repression and points to the “dissemination of false statements and news by President Jair Bolsonaro”, which “instigated violence for political reasons, put State institutions at risk and undermined the functioning of judicial institutions”. ” .
Source: Observadora
