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Backpacks representing victims of school attacks are displayed outside the National Congress in Brasilia to demand approval of Bill 2630, which seeks to regulate social media activity. The government of leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva recently announced a series of restrictions on social media in a bid to curb the "epidemic" of school attacks. In April, four children between four and seven years old were killed in a preschool in Blumenau, a city in southern Santa Catarina state, when a man carrying a hatchet stormed the facility. IMAGES
Sao Paulo (Brazil), 6 June (EFE). A black 18 to 30 year old man living in a favela is three times more likely to be killed in a police operation in Brazil, experts warn. Afro-Brazilians make up 55 percent of the population but represent over 75 percent of fatalities in police custody.FOOTAGE INCLUDES SOME ARCHIVE MATERIAL AND FOOTAGE SHOT BY CARLA SAMON VIA SKYPEFOOTAGE SHOWS FUNERAL OF AFRO-BRAZILIAN AND SOUNDBITE OF CÉSAR MUÑOZ, SENIOR RESEARCHER AT HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH (HRW) IN LATIN AMERICATRANSLATION:"Police violence is a chronic human rights problem in Brazil, which has worsened in recent years, but especially since Jair Bolsonaro took office as president with his speech saying that the police should kill more."
Police fight with protesters in Hong Kong, using batons and pepper spray as they try to clear demonstrators from the city's parliament after a massive crowds marched against plans to allow extraditions to China. IMAGES.
As 'yellow vest' protests against President Emmanuel Macron wane in mainland France, anti-fuel hike protesters continue to cripple the island of Réunion, where the movement has sparked violence and triggered a curfew in half the island's towns. IMAGES (COMPLETES VID1267196_EN°
Police fired tear gas and stun grenades Wednesday in confrontations with a crowd of at least 25,000 marching on Brazil's presidential palace to demand the resignation of embattled President Michel Temer and an end to austerity reforms. IMAGES
Two buses were set on fire in downtown Rio de Janeiro on Friday, after bodies were found near a group of shantytowns embroiled in ongoing gang violence. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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