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NEWS FROM BRAZIL supplied by AGEN (Agencia Ecumencia de Noticias)
and Servico Brasileiro de Justica e Pax.
Number 82, June 3, 1993
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HUMAN RIGHTS
- Parallel Meeting during Iberian-American Conference to
Denounce Human Rights Violations.
The Continental Indigenous, Black and Grassroot Movement have
programmed a Latin American Organizations Meeting for the week of
the 11th to the 15th of July, in Salvador, Bahia, to coincide
with the meeting of Iberian-American Presidents, which will take
place at the same time and venue.
The object of the NGO and grassroot groups meeting is to:
highlight the situation of human rights on the continent, in face
of the neo-liberal policies being pursued by these governments;
denounce the constant violations of human rights in these
countries, especially in regard to indigenous, black and rural
communities; and prepare a document of human right violations,
demanding government action.
The Brazilian Committee delegated the following entities to
coordinate the preparations for the event: Pro-Central Grassroot
Movements; the Missionary Council for Indigenous Peoples (CIMI);
the Movement for Landless Rural Workers (MST); and the National
Department for Rural Workers (CUT).
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