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2014 FIFA World Cup
  • Music Monday – Top Summer Playlists and More It's the end summer and before the season starts to chill, we're taking a look back at our Music Monday top summer playlists. WITNESS September 8, 2014
  • Media Roundup on Protests, Police Brutality and Brazil’s World Cup Following the close of the World Cup, we pull together a list of select English-language news coverage on protests, police brutality and video in Brazil published during the tournament. WITNESS July 22, 2014
  • Brazil’s Urban Occupations Demand Their Government Recognize Housing as a Human Right Activists in Brazil have been occupying land and abandoned buildings for more than 20 years. They use multiple tactics including legal action to try to win legal deeds to land and property and pressing the government to recognize the right to housing for all. WITNESS July 12, 2014
  • Citizen Videos Capturing Police Violence at Protests in Brazil Used as Evidence Citizen video has become a critical resource in the struggle to ensure rights and in cases to prosecute police violence in Brazilian cities. WITNESS July 10, 2014
  • Human Rights Video From Israel and Palestine, Brazil, Syria An American teen describes being beaten in Jerusalem, Brazilian activists question police conduct, and an update on police abuse in South Africa. WITNESS July 9, 2014
  • World Cup Final Four Not the End for Human Rights Defenders As the World Cup comes to a close, a new campaign highlights the courageous and critical work of Human Rights Defenders from the nations represented at the tournament. WITNESS July 8, 2014
  • World Cup Futebol and Freedom of Expression in Brazil: An Update Videos curated by the Human Rights Channel highlight the reality of discontent surrounding the World Cup, and the ongoing threats to civil and economic rights during the large-scale sporting event. WITNESS July 3, 2014
  • Human Rights Video Weekly: Brazil, Kenya and Sri Lanka This week, in addition to videos documenting crack downs on the World Cup protests, we bring you footage from local media reports on violence in Kenya and Sri Lanka. Finally, we bring you an update on the rising tensions between Israel and Palestine instigated by a massive search for three missing seminary students. WITNESS June 17, 2014
  • What We’re Reading: World Cup 2014 Editon The country may love the beautiful game but hosting the World Cup has activists protesting human rights abuse and inequalities in Brazil. WITNESS June 13, 2014
  • Call for Videos on Police Violence During World Cup Protests As protestors in Brazil take to the streets during the World Cup, WITNESS has created a collaborative database to track ongoing police violence. Priscila Néri June 12, 2014
  • Access to Transportation Denied in Many of Brazil’s World Cup Cities While the country invested large amounts of money into the mega sporting event, critics say it did not do the same for the nation's transportation infrastructure. WITNESS June 9, 2014
  • Music Monday – #FIFAGoHome Edition Hashtags like #FifaGoHome may express Brazilians strong dislike for FIFA and their government's behavior, but that doesn't mean that they don't love football and that they won't be keeping score as the World Cup kicks off this week. WITNESS June 9, 2014
  • 3 Years After a Forced Eviction, Only Empty Promises and Rubble Where Homes Once Stood In addition to the Santos family, 93 others are evicted from a community in Rio de Janeiro for an infrastructure project ahead of the 2014 World Cup, however three years after the eviction the project remains unrealized. WITNESS June 4, 2014
  • Peace for Whom? Life Inside Rio’s Occupied Maré Favela The Maré favela complex is home to 130,000 people and an army pacification force who are there to protect the residents according to the Brazilian government. But unease and reports of abuse abound. WITNESS May 8, 2014
  • Police Occupation of Brazil’s Favelas The controversial death of a young Brazilian dancer sparked protests in one of Rio's favelas, bringing attention to police violence faced by favela residents. WITNESS May 6, 2014

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