Murderous Brazil
00:40 Monday 24 Dec 07
Brazil’s government has expressed its “unhappiness” that no senior police officers involved in Jean Charles de Menezes’s shooting will be disciplined. … the government would continue to support Mr de Menezes’s family, and to offer them every conceivable assistance. BBC
… so the Brazilians are unhappy. Big deal……
Brazil’s Police officers are frequently accused of murdering destitute minors http://pangaea.org/street_children
While the Committee notes that the right to life, survival and development is integrated into domestic legislation, it remains extremely concerned at the number of children murdered, as reported by the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions in Brazil in her 2004 report, which stated that the perpetrators of those crimes are mainly military policemen or former policemen
The Committee expresses its grave concern at the significant number of street children and the vulnerability of these children to extrajudicial killings, various forms of violence, including torture, sexual abuse and exploitation, and at the lack of a systematic and comprehensive strategy to address the situation and protect these children, and the very poor registration of missing children by the police.
UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, Brazil 2004
police officers are paid to eliminate innocent children without responsible and effective actions by the federal government to prevent these atrocities. Link
With the above – and none are offered “every conceivable assistance” – plus lots of other abuse and violence then I think our Govt has every right to not give a flying one for whatever those Brazilian murder-abetting politicians think.
