Brazil
CIA World Factbook
Country Overview
Targeted Groups | Perpetrators | Alert Status | Genocide Stage(s) |
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| Watch | Stage 5: Organization, Stage 6: Polarization |
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Brazilian police have disproportionately targeted black and brown Brazilians. President Jair Bolsonaro is also seeking to restrict the rights of the LGBTQ+ community who have experienced an environment of heightened homophobia and transphobia in addition to imprisonment, murder, and discrimination as a result of Bolsonaro's rhetoric. Bolsonaro's administration has also supported the use of the Amazon Rainforest for agriculture and mining which has lead to illegal seizures of indigenous land as well as threats and attacks on indigenous peoples.
Resources
Brazil’s Indigenous Land is Being Invaded
Blacks are eight out of 10 killed by police in Brazil, report shows
Brazil: Risk of bloodshed in the Amazon unless government protects Indigenous peoples from illegal land seizures and logging