US EditionBrazil Holds Women’s Day Marches Following Alleged Copacabana Gang Rape
Protests nationwide followed the alleged gang rape case in Copacabana, highlighting a 4.7% rise in femicides in Brazil in 2025, activists and officials said.
- Sunday's demonstrations nationwide for International Women's Day protested gender-based violence, driven by outrage over the alleged gang rape of a 17-year-old in Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro.
- Rising violence set the backdrop, with the Brazilian Forum on Public Safety reporting 1,568 femicides in 2025 and President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's administration enacting protective measures after last year's high-profile cases.
- A Mar. 4 police statement said the victim was invited by a classmate, locked in a room and sexually assaulted, while security footage circulated and four young men face pretrial detention as a fifth suspect, a minor, turned himself in on Friday.
- Earlier this week authorities introduced emergency measures including a national task force to execute approximately 1,000 arrest warrants, an electronic tracking system for individuals with protective orders and 52 mobile units to assist women, and a state undersecretary was dismissed Wednesday.
- Women’s groups and activists, including Tatianny Araújo, denounced the case as security-camera footage circulated, with at least 15 protests planned nationwide for International Women’s Day.
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Women's Day marches in Brazil decry gender-based violence, fueled by alleged gang rape in Copacabana
Sunday's marches in Brazil for International Women's Day served as a rallying cry against gender-based violence, fueled by the latest case to outrage the country involving the alleged gang rape of a 17-year-old girl in Copacabana.
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Women’s Day marches in Brazil decry gender-based violence, fueled by alleged gang rape in Copacabana
Marches across Brazil for International Women’s Day are serving as a rallying cry against rising violence against women after the alleged gang rape of a 17-year-old in Rio de Janeiro.
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