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Hyper-violence had become the norm. During 2017 there were 100 beheadings in the city. “For the smallest offence a guy can be killed”, said Roseno. “The codes are so subtle. We came across this guy who wanted to join the Red Command. But something went wrong with his initiation, and so they tortured and killed him. We found his body on a football p
... See moreRichard Lapper • Beef, Bible and bullets: Brazil in the age of Bolsonaro
In São Paulo there was a similar connection between former guerrillas and crime, although here the story was slightly different. During the 1980s, as the economy stagnated in the wake of the debt crisis of the early part of the decade, crime soared, with a number of locally based gangs vying for control of the drugs rackets. The result was a rapid
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La première logique procède de la volonté des pouvoirs publics de traiter les activistes comme des « ennemis politiques » et de leur réserver un traitement distinct, spécifique et discriminatoire. Dans ce cas, il s’agit de mobiliser des dispositifs policiers, judiciaires ou carcéraux adaptés à leur « dangerosité » et à leur « radicalité » supposées
... See moreVanessa Codaccioni • Répression: L'État face aux contestations politiques (Petite encyclopédie critique) (French Edition)
savagely tortured before being dispatched.”8 By the end of the intifada in 1993, almost 400 Palestinians had been murdered by other Palestinians—nearly as many as had been killed by Israeli defense forces.9 In an incredible display of chutzpah, some Palestinian spokesmen counted these murders when providing the media with a list of Palestinians kil
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La disparition des procès politiques traditionnels vient tout d’abord de la modification et de la dépolitisation du cadre judiciaire dans lequel se déroule les procès des activistes, dépolitisation que j’ai déjà évoquée : les infractions choisies sont non politiques et les juridictions de jugement ne sont pas spécialisées dans le jugement des milit
... See moreVanessa Codaccioni • Répression: L'État face aux contestations politiques (Petite encyclopédie critique) (French Edition)
Esos millones los amaban, en general, porque emprendían tareas que les parecían necesarias y que los gobiernos respetuosos de la ley no realizaban: aniquilar una guerrilla o dos, eliminar a todo rojo ateo defensor de los trabajadores, borrar del mundo a los judíos, esas cosas. El señor Nayib Bukele, el joven presidente de El Salvador, está en ese m
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