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Afro-descendantBrazil

Brazil’s misguided public security policy: The systemic racism behind the deadliest massacre in Rio de Janeiro’s history

Rio de Janeiro, October 29, 2025.– The police operation carried out on October 28, 2025 in the Alemão and Penha complexes, in Rio de Janeiro, with 64 people officially...

Afro-descendantColombia

MUDE, a shelter threatened for defending the rights of black women and children in Palmira, Colombia

Two members of the Movimiento de mujeres unidas, diversas y emancipadas in this region of Valle del Cauca, on the Colombian Pacific coast, are calling on the authorities to...

Human mobilityCuba

“The struggle continues inside and outside Cuba”: José Daniel Ferrer, after his forced exile in the US

The leader of the Unión Patriótica de Cuba (UNPACU) arrived in Miami on October 13.

Human mobilityColombia

We condemn the attack against Venezuelan human rights defenders Yendri Velásquez and Luis Peche, an example of transnational repression

This act of violence reflects the growing vulnerability faced by human rights defenders in the region. Race and Equality urges states and international organizations to take urgent measures to...

Human rightsCuba

Race and Equality Condemns the Torture and Threats Against José Daniel Ferrer, Who Announced His Willingness To Go Into Forced Exile

The Cuban activist's statements highlight the continuation of a pattern of state repression that, in the last years, has forced numerous activists, human rights defenders, and independent journalists in...

Afro-descendant

Afro-descendant activists in the region condemn the effects of racism on Afro-descendant women

Five female leaders from Latin America and the Caribbean, along with Professor Justin Hansford, a member of the UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent, participated in the...

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