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Brazil: Impunity and forgetfulness over Carandiru Massacre

globalvoicesonline.org » 2008 » October » 3rd » Brazil: Impunity and forgetfulness over Carandiru Massacre

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Visit to Carandiru, photo by Flickr user silmaraelis, published under a Creative Commons license. The caption says “the souls had longer been forgotten there”. The Carandiru Massacre, considered a major human rights violation in the history of Brazil, happened sixteen years ago (October 2, 1992) after a riot broke out in the 9th Pavilion of Carandiru Prison Complex in São Paulo. The riot went … Continue Reading »

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