Re: Jean Charles de Menezes

Well according to the obnoxious Amnesty International:
FEDERATIVE REPUBLIC OF BRAZIL
Head of state and government: Fernando Henríque Cardoso
Death penalty: abolitionist for ordinary crimes
International Criminal Court: ratified

Thousands of people were killed in confrontations with the police, often in
situations described by the authorities as ?resistance followed by death?.
Police were responsible for numerous killings in circumstances suggesting
extrajudicial executions. Torture and ill-treatment continued to be
widespread and systematic in police stations, prisons and juvenile detention
centres. In some cases police reportedly used torture as a method of
extortion. Mechanisms put in place by the authorities to encourage
complaints did not result in notable increases in prosecutions or
convictions of torturers. Conditions in prisons continued to deteriorate as
a result of overcrowding, long-term neglect and corruption. Many cases of
deaths in custody were recorded at the hands of police and prison guards,
but more often as the result of inter-prisoner violence committed with the
acquiescence or neglect of the relevant authorities. Human rights defenders
continued to be intimidated, threatened, attacked and even killed,
especially those denouncing organized crime, impunity and corruption. Land
and environmental activists, as well as indigenous peoples fighting for land
rights were also threatened, attacked and killed by police or those acting
with the acquiescence of the authorities.


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Come on you Londoners - let's get this whole thing in perspective - don't
let these pots call our kettles black, and get away with it!
John the West Ham fan
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"Harry Stowcrat" <harrystowcrat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Therefore who is the old guy cuddling the mother? Is he Menezes father or
> DaSilva's?????
> Is DaSilva a cousin, introduced as the brother for more impact on us?
> How many innocent people died in police custody in Brazil in 2004?
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> Harry the Aristocrat
> "housetrained" <housetrained@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> How come his brother is introduced to us as DaSilva. Is one of them a
>> false name? Was he a Half-brother? Why no info given. So much mystery
>> surrounds the whole thing. Was the dead man a CIA agent? etc. etc.
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>> John the West Ham fan
>> housetrained@xxxxxxxxxxx
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>> "Simon" <***@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>> Was he here ilegally?
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>>> I seem to have missed that bit!?
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