Between 31 January and 2 February, organizations and social movements who work for the Campaign in Defence of the Cerrado came together in Brasilia (DF) to evaluate activities undertaken in 2017 and construct a strategic agenda for 2018. Given the scenario of setbacks, it was determined that activities should focus on strengthening the campaign, through: […]
The political crisis is increasingly determined by conservatism, and political activity by citizens is repressed, often with violence, by the authorities, declares Brot für die Welt A new index disseminated on Wednesday 31 January places Brazil amongst countries in which the operation of civil society and the exercise of individual liberties – such as the […]
From 28 January to 1 February the National Meeting for Trainers of the new legal framework to access public funds by civil society organizations, known as MROSC (Law 13019/2014), will be held in Salvador. The aim of the meeting is to bring together people running activities for the training, dissemination and systematization of MROSC so […]
But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream (Amos 5:24) CESE has repeatedly expressed itself during the political moments when Brazilian democracy has been threatened. The historical struggle for the defence and effectiveness of Human Rights has been a structural element within its own history and now, with the radicalization of neoliberalism in Brazil and the […]
On the afternoon of Friday, 26 January, an agreement was signed between the Brazilian Collective of the World Social Forum (WSF), represented by the Ecumenical Coordination of Service (Coordenadoria Ecumênica de Serviço: CESE), and the Federal University of Bahia (Universidade Federal da Bahia: UFBA) at the university Rector’s Office. The partnership began in 2017, when […]
The two principal focal points of the 2nd Seminar on Religious Intolerance and the Secular State, held on 26 January at the headquarters of the Office of the State Public Prosecutor in Salvador, were to reflect on the criminalization of non-hegemonic religions and to propose a model of tolerance based on harmony. More than 600 […]
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