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Since its presentation before parliament, the debate on the “Law on Control, Regulation, Performance and Financing of Non-Governmental and Related Organisations” has been stigmatising in nature, depicting civil society organisations as “enemies of the country.”
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) is creating a working group on the precautionary measures it requested from the Brazilian state in the murders of British journalist Dom Phillips and Brazilian indigenous specialist Bruno Araújo Pereira. Assisted by NGOs such as Reporters Without Borders (RSF), it will monitor the investigations into these murders and the adoption of better safety measures for journalists and environmental defenders in the Amazon.