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The mural project honouring the Black cultural heritage of Rio de Janeiro – photo essay

Despite its majority Afro-descendant population, fewer than 10% of public monuments across Rio commemorate Black people. Photographer María Magdalena Arréllaga chronicles the project seeking to redress the balance

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Women’s Day marches in Brazil decry gender-based violence, fueled by alleged gang rape in Copacabana

Marches across Brazil for International Women’s Day are serving as a rallying cry against rising violence against women after the alleged gang rape of a 17-year-old in Rio de Janeiro

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Brazilian politician brothers convicted of ordering murder of Rio city councillor

João Francisco Inácio Brazão and Domingos Inácio Brazão sentenced for murder of Marielle Franco, a gay Black woman and rising political star

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Brazil’s Supreme Court begins trial of suspects in Rio councilwoman Marielle Franco killing

Brazil’s Supreme Court has started the high-profile trial of the suspects allegedly behind the killing of Rio de Janeiro councilwoman Marielle Franco and her driver in 2018

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Police are finding suspects based on their online searches as courts weigh privacy concerns

Criminal investigators hoping to develop a suspect are turning to a powerful cyber tool by asking Google to disclose who had been searching for relevant information

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Brazil’s former human rights minister formally accused of sexual misconduct

Brazil’s federal police have formally accused former human rights minister Silvio Almeida of sexual misconduct

The Independent UK

Devotees pay homage to Afro-Brazilian sea goddess on Rio de Janeiro beach

Thousands of worshippers clad in white robes have spilled onto Arpoador beach in Rio de Janeiro to pay homage to Yemanja, the Afro-Brazilian sea goddess

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Former Police Officers Sentenced For Marielle Franco's Murder

Former police officers sentenced for the murder of Brazilian councilwoman Marielle Franco, a champion for human rights and social programs. Justice served,...

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Brazil Trial Begins Over Murder Of Iconic Activist Franco

Two ex-police officers went on trial in Brazil on Wednesday over the 2018 assassination of charismatic black LGBT activist Marielle Franco, a Rio de Janeiro councilor who was gunned down in an attack that shocked the country.

International Business Times

Trial set to begin for suspected killers of Rio de Janeiro councilwoman Marielle Franco

The trial of the alleged killers of a Rio de Janeiro city councilwoman is set to begin, an assassination that shook Brazil and reverberated around the world

The Independent UK

Rio courtroom may see belated measure of justice for murdered Marielle Franco

The high-profile city councillor was gunned down with her driver in 2018 – now two of her confessed killers go on trial

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A man is convicted in the killing of noted Rio de Janeiro councilwoman Marielle Franco

A judge has convicted a man of obstructing the investigation into the assassination of Rio de Janeiro councilwoman Marielle Franco and sentenced him to five years in prison

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Brazil’s human rights minister sacked over sexual harassment allegations

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‘My hands went cold’: Rio’s reporters risk death to reveal criminal ties between police, politicians and mafia

The killing of councillor Marielle Franco has inspired a generation of journalists to probe the city’s dangerous underworld

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Who killed Marielle Franco? Arrests lay bare nexus of politicians, police and paramilitaries

Brazilians shocked to find the man charged with investigating the city councillor’s assassination was its alleged mastermind

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Brazil Police Arrest 'Masterminds' Of Rio Councilmember's 2018 Murder

Brazilian police on Sunday arrested three current and former officials who allegedly masterminded the 2018 assassination of Rio de Janeiro city councilor Marielle Franco.

The Guardian - UK

Marielle Franco: two politicians and ex-police chief arrested over Brazil murder

The Rio de Janeiro councillor and her driver were assassinated in 2018, causing an international outcry

The Guardian - US

Marielle Franco: new suspect arrested over killing of Rio city councillor

Brazil federal police say Maxwell Simões Corrêa helped plan 2018 assassination; two former police officers are already awaiting trial

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Brazil takes fight against racism abroad

Government officials from Brazil are using their president's first visit to Europe since being elected to raise awareness and fight against the racial discrimination faced by the Brazilian community in Portugal and elsewhere.

The Guardian - UK

‘Fear can’t paralyse us’: sister of murdered Brazilian activist vows to continue her mission as minister

Anielle Franco is determined to develop the work of her assassinated sister Marielle in fighting to better the lives of Black people in the country

The Independent UK

Five years after Rio councilwoman slain, questions and hope

Supporters gathered Tuesday in Rio de Janeiro to mark five years since the assassination of Black, bisexual councilwoman Marielle Franco amid hope that investigations into her death will accelerate under Brazil’s new leftist president

The Guardian - AU

‘Lula represents hope’: Brazil presidential frontrunner takes his message into Rio’s favelas

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva promises to give far-right rival Jair Bolsonaro a ‘thrashing’ in tighter-than-expected presidential race

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