Finding who ordered her death is key to the most important political cause of our time: stopping authoritarianism in Brazil
This Thursday will mark a year since my friend and colleague Marielle Franco was assassinated. The execution of an elected politician and human rights activist in the city of Rio de Janeiro highlighted just how tightly interwoven crime and politics have become in one of Brazil’s main cities.
According to the NGO Global Witness, more human rights activists are killed in Brazil than anywhere else in the world – and this at a time when our country is once again showing a decline in social indicators. At times like these, human rights defenders are figures we must treasure.
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