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U.N. Human Rights Council: Justice for Brazilian Human Defender Killing
February 27, 2026
GENEVA, Switzerland, Feb. 27 -- The United Nations Human Rights Council issued the following statement:

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Justice for Brazilian Human Defender killing

We welcome the Brazilian Supreme Court's conviction yesterday in the emblematic case of five people, including two former lawmakers and a former police commissioner, for their roles in the 2018 murder of Rio de Janeiro councillor and human rights defender Marielle Franco, and her driver Anderson Gome . . .

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