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Amnesty: Rio police involved in 'homicide' ahead of Olympic Games
http://www.dw.com/en/amnesty-rio-police-involved-in-homicide-ahead-of-olympic-games/a-18623596Brazilian police have killed over 1,500 people in the past five years in Rio de Janeiro ahead of the 2016 Olympic Games, Amnesty International has said. The rights group added that the deaths are rarely investigated.
Amnesty: Rio police involved in 'homicide' ahead of Olympic Games
Shamil Shams
03.08.2015
Police in Rio were following a "shoot first, ask questions later" policy as extra-judicial murders soared in the city, according to Amnesty International's report released Monday called "You killed my son: Killings by military police in Rio de Janeiro."
The human rights watchdog said its report covered statistics and analyses ahead of the Rio Olympic Games, which are due to take place next year.
There is "strong evidence" that 1,519 homicides, nearly 16 percent of the total killings, "took place at the hands of on-duty police officers," AI said in its report.
"Rio de Janeiro is a tale of two cities. On the one hand, the glitz and glamour designed to impress the world and on the other, a city marked by repressive police interventions that are decimating a significant part of a generation of young, black and poor men," said Atila Roque, AI's Brazil director.
