In an interview with CNN, the executive director of Amnesty International in Brazil, Jurema Pinto Werneck, said that one of the current concerns of the organization is that “institutions know that racism is influencing their mechanisms”.
Werneck spoke to CNN amid the repercussions of the murder of yet another black person in Brazil – the case of Congolese Moïse Kabagambe.
She also recalled the case of Durval Teófilo Filho, murdered by a Navy sergeant inside the condominium where they both lived. Today, the Justice of Rio maintained the arrest of the soldier.
“What strikes me is that at this moment, the 21st century, 2022, we are seeing this [casos de assassinato envolvendo racismo] yet,” he reflected.
The executive director pointed out that Brazil is one of the countries where most black people are killed.
In December last year, a survey by the Security Observatories Network pointed out that, in at least six Brazilian states, one black person is killed every four hours in police actions.
According to the study, Rio de Janeiro is the state where the most blacks are killed in police operations.
Werneck pointed out that, just this week, the Federal Supreme Court (STF) determined that the state government of Rio should create a plan to reduce the lethality of police operations in communities.
“People who live in favelas, people who are black, the social movement have solutions. You have to sit at the table and work, but work with the firm purpose of, nothing more, nothing less, to comply with the law”, concluded the expert.
Source: CNN Brasil
