Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Judiciary
Power Level
State

POLICE BRUTALITY COMPLAINTS AGAINST THE MILITARY POLICE ARE NOT PROPERLY INVESTIGATED IN SÃO PAULO, SAYS REPORT

Theme(s)
Militarization, Public security
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Legitimation of violence and vigilantism
State
São Paulo

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here] and about police brutality in Brazil here [1] [2] and police burtality in São Paulo amid pandemic here [3] [4]

May 17 2021
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
State

YANONAMI INDIGENOUS PEOPLE SUFFER ATTACKS FROM WILDCAT MINERS FOR TEN DAYS AND DO NOT RECEIVE PROTECTION FROM RESPONSIBLE STATE BODIES

Theme(s)
Indigenous people, Security and Environment
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Attacks on pluralism and minorities
State
Roraima

Read more about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here] and check more information regarding the attacks suffered by the Yanomani people and their history [1] [2] [3]

May 20 2021
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
State

DIRECTOR OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND WATER RESOURCES INSTITUTE (‘IBAMA’) IN THE STATE OF BAHIA IS QUESTIONED FOR CONFLICT OF INTERESTS

Theme(s)
Administration, Environment
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Decrease of control and/ or centralization of power
State
Bahia

Read more about this episode here – in Portuguese [find out here] and remind previous episode of conflict of interests involving Bolsonaro [find out here] [find out here]

May 21 2021
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Judiciary
Power Level
State

CIVIL POLICE OF THE STATE OF RIO DE JANEIRO IMPOSES SECRECY TO ALL DOCUMENTS RELATED TO POLICE OPERATIONS THAT TOOK PLACE SINCE JUNE 2020, INCLUDING JACAREZINHO RAID, WHICH RESULTED IN 28 DEATHS

Theme(s)
Public security, Transparency
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Decrease of control and/ or centralization of power
State
Rio de Janeiro

Read more about this episode [1] and check more information regarding the Jacarezinho raid [2]

May 24 2021
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Legislative
Power Level
State

STATE DEPUTY ANNOUNCES BILL TO EXTINGUISH RIO DE JANEIRO STATE UNIVERSITY (‘UERJ’)

Theme(s)
Academic freedom, Education, Political positioning
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies
State
Rio de Janeiro

Read more about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here] [1] and check more information regarding the dismantling of the education system under Bolsonaro administration [2]

May 26 2021
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
State

MILITARY POLICE OFFICERS INTIMIDATE CYCLIST WITHOUT APPARENT REASON IN THE STATE OF GOIÁS

Theme(s)
Prisons, Public security
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Curtailment of fundamental rights
State
Goiás

Read more about Brazilian police brutality and racism here [1] [2] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

May 29 2021
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
State

MILITARY POLICE REPRESS MANIFESTATION IN RECIFE, CAPITAL OF THE STATE OF PERNAMBUCO, HIT TWO WITH RUBBER BULLETS AND COUNCILWOMAN WITH PEPPER-SPRAY

Theme(s)
Armed Forces, Civil society participation
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Legitimation of violence and vigilantism
State
Pernambuco

Read more about the protests on May 29th all around the country [1] and about the police violent reactions here [2]

May 29 2021
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
State

MILITARY POLICE ARRESTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHER FOR CARRYING ‘BOLSONARO IS GENOCIDAL’ STICKER IN HIS CAR IN THE STATE OF GOIÁS

Theme(s)
Dictatorship and memory, Political positioning
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies
State
Goiás

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here] and about repression of Bolsonaro Administration critics, especially by the use of the National Security Law, here [1]. Also remind past occasions when Bolsonaro administration used this law against criticism [find out here] [find out here] [find out here]

May 31 2021
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
State

STATE OF PARANÁ GROUPS TAKE ATLANTIC FOREST LAW TO SUPERIOR COURT OF JUSTICE (‘STJ’) IN ATTEMPT TO BYPASS IT

Theme(s)
Environment, Power conflicts
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Decrease of control and/ or centralization of power
State
Paraná

Read more about the Atlantic Forest Law here [1]. Read more about the attempt to sidestep it in order to apply Brazil’s Forest Code – which is less protective of the Atlantic Forest – and other attacks on the environmental laws here [2]

Jun 02 2021
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
State

SECURITY GUARDS OF RIO DE JANEIRO STATE GOVERNOR ASSAULT JOURNALIST

Theme(s)
Press, Public security
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Legitimation of violence and vigilantism
State
Rio de Janeiro

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here] and about attacks on the press here [1]

Jun 03 2021
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