Tuesday, July 19, 2016
Latin American Director at Open Society Foundations Comments on Rio Olympics Human Rights Abuses
Major sporting events like the Olympics often lead to major human rights violations, and the situation unfolding ahead of the Summer Games next month in Rio de Janeiro is shaping up as a depressing replay, human rights activists warn.
Pedro Abramovay, who worked for the Brazilian government until 2011, said legal and constitutional procedures were swept aside repeatedly as event preparation was used as an excuse to coerce citizens.
“These events are a factory of corruption and inequality,” said Mr. Abramovay, who now works for Open Society Foundations...