Defenders on the frontline in Brazil
9 March 2006
Three years after the report, Front Line: Human Rights defenders in Brazil 1997-2001, Brazillan human rights organisations Justiça Global and Terra de Direitos have released a second report entlitled, On the Front Line: Human Rights Defenders in Brazil 2002 - 2005.
This second national report exposes the continuing threats, persecution,criminalization, and murders to which human rights defenders in Brazil are subjected to, and also denounces the Brazilian government's incompetence and inefficiency in dealing with the issue.