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Moïse case: parliamentarians call for progress on refugee laws and rigor in investigations

The deputies and senators of the human rights commissions of the National Congress concluded the legislative report of the official visit they made to Rio de Janeiro on the Moïse case.

Among the measures, they will file a request in the legislature for a change in ordinances and decrees to change the rules for the entry and stay of refugees in Brazil. They will also “protocol indication to the executive power, suggesting the revision of the processes of updating and acceptance of the diploma of the foreigner, so that the refugees have priority or another form of facilitated to have their processes analyzed”.

The parliamentarians will also ask the Attorney General’s Office in the Federal District for information on the adoption of criminal and administrative measures against Sérgio Camargo, president of the Palmares Foundation. In a post on social media, he said that Moïse was a ‘bum killed by stronger bums’. THE CNN sought out the Palmares Foundation and am awaiting a response.

They will also ask the city of Rio for information on the transfer of emergency aid to the Congolese’s family and on the completion of the process of granting the kiosk to Moïse’s family members. They will also monitor the measures taken by the Public Ministry and the governor of the state of Rio aimed at ensuring the safety of Moïse’s family.

The congressmen emphasize in the document that “a month after the brutal beating of Moïse, the full video has not yet been made available to the family, it is not yet known whether the continuation of the investigations will hold the other authors responsible, including in the modalities of intellectual authorship or commission by omission. ”. They will accompany the investigations of the crime.

“Activities don’t stop here. The complaint of 3 people does not end the case, since there are indications of the involvement of other actors. We will continue to monitor and collect responses from the competent authorities. Moïse’s death makes it even more urgent to advance legislation and apply existing laws aimed at refugees in Brazil,” said federal deputy Carlos Veras, president of the Chamber’s Commission on Human Rights and Minorities (CDHM).

Finally, the Public Ministry of Labor (MPT) will also be asked for information on the inspection of working conditions in kiosks on the edge of Rio.

The report was led by the Commission on Human Rights and Minorities of the Chamber of Deputies (CDHM) and by the Commission on Human Rights and Participatory Legislation of the Federal Senate. It also had the endorsement of Brazilian political parties and a representative agency of the United Nations (UN). The document will be forwarded to the Presidencies of the two houses and all the bodies mentioned in them will receive official letters for them to take the requested measures.

Moïse Kabagambe, 24, was beaten to death at a kiosk in the city of Rio de Janeiro on January 24 this year. The Congolese man worked at the establishment and was assaulted by at least three men, after asking for payment of late fees for services rendered, according to the victim’s relatives.

Justice accepted, this Tuesday (22), the complaint of the Public Ministry of Rio de Janeiro for the death of Moïse.

Source: CNN Brasil

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