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Brazil Justice Minister presents Democracy Package
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Brazil Justice Minister presents Democracy Package

Brazil’s Minister of Justice and Public Safety Flávio Dino presented Thursday (Jan. 26) to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva the proposals to toughen the legislation on crimes against the democratic state of law. The initiative called Democracy Package is a reaction to the terrorist acts that took place on January 8, in Brasilia.The package includes several projects that are being discussed so that "at the beginning of the legislative period, President Lula can talk to the other powers and see the destiny of the projects that were elaborated here," Dino said in an interview to the press.Next week there will be the opening of the Judicial year at the Supreme Court and the Legislative year, in the National Congress, with the inauguration of the elected and reelected members of the Hous...
Justice Minister: Federal Police investigate genocide against Yanomami
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Justice Minister: Federal Police investigate genocide against Yanomami

Brazil’s Minister of Justice and Public Security Flavio Dino confirmed Wednesday (Jan. 25) the opening of a Federal Police inquiry on the crime of genocide against the Yanomami indigenous people in the northern state of Roraima. During recent years the ethnic group has struggled under a health crisis, with deaths caused by malnutrition and the proliferation of diseases such as malaria.“We have a law on genocide in Brazil, which is very old, sanctioned by Juscelino Kubitschek in 1956. This law is still in force and covers various types of genocide practices, involving not just killing, but also violating physical and mental integrity, as well as actions and omissions that lead to the extermination of a given ethnic group. Based on what I saw, on what society saw, I have no doubt there was...