Group urges Brazil to address policing and human rights concerns

Group urges Brazil to address policing and human rights concerns

Following it findings in World Report 2026, Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Wednesday urged Brazilian authorities to address state corruption and implement policies to prevent police abuses. The report detailed instances of police brutality against civilians and how “public security strategies based on unchecked use of lethal force by police have failed again and again to make Brazilian neighborhoods safer.” The group contended that civilian human r…