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Amnesty Criticizes Plan to Demolish Slum Homes in Brazil for Olympics

HeadlineApr 26, 2011

Amnesty International is criticizing Brazil’s plans to demolish the homes of many residents living in the slums, or favelas, of Rio de Janeiro ahead of the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympic Games. Amnesty International Secretary General Salil Shetty is in Brazil this week.

Salil Shetty, Amnesty International Secretary General: “Everybody fully understands that some degree of movement might be inevitable when you’re undergoing such a major project, but the issue really is as to whether the fair process is being followed. So, I mean, these people have been given houses, apartments, 50 kilometers away from their place of livelihood, or compensations which are really a pittance. And the communities are not really involved.”

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