Catholic leaders condemn deadly raid in Rio de Janeiro
May 11, 2021 contributor
Activists and victim s relatives light candles and hold the Portuguese message: Stop killing us the day after a deadly police operation in the Jacarezinho favela of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, May 7, 2021. A bloody, hours-long gunbattle here echoed into Friday, with authorities saying the police mission killed two dozen criminals while residents and activists claimed human rights abuses. (Credit: Silvia Izquierdo/AP.)
Catholic activists in Brazil are demanding an independent investigation into the most lethal police operation in the history of Rio de Janeiro, which resulted in the deaths of 28 people.
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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – Monica Cunha felt she had to speak out. That’s why the activist joined a group of other mothers – all of whom lost children to Brazilian state violence over the past several years – to denounce the brutality of Rio de Janeiro’s most lethal police operation on record.
“We’re disgusted,” said Cunha, who still lives with the scars of losing her son in a police raid 15 years ago, about the violence in Jacarezinho favela last week. “Not in 15 years have I seen a protest on this scale for the killings of teenagers. These boys are human; they have a name and surname. We’re saying no to these killings.”
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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – Monica Cunha felt she had to talk. The activist therefore joined another group of mothers all of whom had been lost in recent years as a result of violence by the Brazilian state to denounce the brutality of Rio de Janeiro. the deadliest police operation in the register.
“We are disgusted,” said Cunha, who is still living with the scars of losing his son in a police raid 15 years ago after the violence in Jacarezinho’s favela last week. “I haven’t seen any protests on this scale in 15 years over teen murders. These boys are human beings; they have a name and a surname. We say no to these killings. “
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