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Rio de Janeiro, Feb 11 (EFE), (Camera: Alex Mirkhan/Janaína Quinet).- "They have expelled priests, have broken sacred objects and people even died," Babalawo (Yoruba priest) Ivanir dos Santos said regarding the current situation in Brazil, where attacks on Afro-Brazilian religious cults doubled in 2019.Drug traffickers who proclaim themselves evangelicals are the ones responsible for these attacks since they considered minority religions an affront to their God.In 2019 Brazil registered over 200 attacks against Afro-Brazilian religions, such as Umbanda and Candomble, which means an increase of 100% in relation to 2018, according to the Commission for Combating Religious Intolerance (CCIR).FOOTAGE OF MINORITY RELIGIONS IN BRAZIL. SOUNDBITES OF:-ERIS PAULA CARVALHO ROCHA, POSTULANT TO A PRIEST IN THE UMBANDA TEMPLE:"There are people who know how to differentiate religion and how to respect that difference, but there are other people who, unfortunately, do not know how to respect."-CHRISTINA VITAL, A SOCIOLOGIST AT THE FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY AND AUTHOR OF THE BOOK "ORAÇAO DO TRAFICANTE "(DRUG TRAFFICKER'S PRAYER): "When they are on a criminal activity they start recognising that religiosity as a protection network and as a source of inspiration for when the moment of departure comes."-IVANIR DOS SANTOS, YORUBA PRIEST:"Intolerance has spread throughout the social sphere, education, work environments, neighbours’ relationships..."
Sao Paulo, Sep 16 (EFE).- Standout Afro-Brazilian gymnast Angelo Assumpcao says he put up with years of racist jokes and insults at his club before finally deciding enough was enough.(CAMERA: Wallace Carvalho)
Indonesia executes four people, three of them foreigners, as part of the country's zero tolerance on drug offences. Julie Noce reports.
U.S. police seize nearly 1400 pounds of marijuana they say drug traffickers brought into the country via a tunnel that ran between a house in the U.S. and a restaurant in Mexico. Rough Cut (no reporter narration)
Two Australian drug-smuggling group ringleaders, along with one Nigerian and four other drug convicts could possibly be executed by firing squad as soon as Tuesday.
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