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We demand justice for Marielle Franco
MATT WILLGRESS introduces an open letter by No Coup in Brazil in protest at the murder of a Brazilian rights activist
Marielle Franco in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on January 9 2018
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Statement of the World Peace Council
WE reproduce below an open letter signed by 100 prominent figures from across British society demanding justice for Marielle Franco, a prominent Brazilian progressive leader and rights advocate who was assassinated on March 14.
Across Brazil, and the world, people have been outraged at this tragedy and pledged their solidarity with those struggling for justice for Marielle.
In Britain we must do all we can to further raise awareness of this case and build the international pressure for justice and for an end to the deepening criminalisation of activists, government opponents and low-income people in Brazil.
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