"Inter-American court convicts Brazil for humanrights violations", 14 March 2024

...The court convicted Brazil for the 2000 murder of Antonio Tavares Pereira, a member of the left-wing Landless Workers Movement (MST). Mr. Pereira was shot and killed by a police officer in the southern city of Campo Largo during a protest for land reform. Another 184 people were injured in the confrontation.

The IACHR concluded that the Brazilian state violated the rights to peaceful assembly and freedom of expression by blocking the demonstrators, unlawfully murdered Mr. Pereira, and used disproportionate force and failed to protect people (including children) by using tear gas, rubber bullets, and other weapons against the crowd of demonstrators. The state also “omitted to carry out a complete and exhaustive analysis on the necessity and proportionality” of the police’s actions.

The ruling, issued in November 2023, orders Brazil to provide medical and psychological assistance to the family of the late Mr. Pereira and to hold a public ceremony to recognize its international responsibility for the case. Brazil must also pay USD 80,000 in compensation to Mr. Pereira’s family...