#BlackLivesMatter #VidasNegras Importam - NY Solidarity with Brazil
Coalizão Negra por Direitos - Brazilian Black Coalition for rights, and the Defend Democracy in Brazil Committee New York, along with #BoicoteInternacionalCarrefour & FIBRA stand in solidarity with the family of João Alberto Silveira de Freitas, a black man, a customer, who was assassinated with extreme brutalization by 2 security guards and with a few others bystanders in #Carrefourfacilities in the city of Porto Alegre, in the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
This was a crime perpetrated by their security guards and filmed live by another customer.
This all happened on Nov 19, the eve of Brazil's holiday Black Consciousness Day, Nov 20, when Marches were planned for Brazil's major cities.
Dozens of protests erupted
More information and to sign the petition: coalizaonegrapordireitos.org.br
#joaoalbertosilveirafreitas #justiçaporbeto#vidasnegrasimportam #blacklivesmatter @justiceforgeorgenyc
Protest in #NewYork today, Sunday, November 22, 1pm, at Union Square
Twitter @Brazildemocracy
MORE INFORMATION:
After the brutal assassination of Joao Alberto Oliveira Freitas in Rio Grande do Sul on the eve of Black Consciouness Day in Brazil, we quickly formed an international network, many of which groups or individuals were already part of FIBRA, the International Front of Brazilians for Democracy and Against the Coup, abroad, in coordination with the Brazilian Black Coalition for Rights - Colaizão Negra por Direitos no Brasil -- to internationalize the solidarity campaign with #VidasNegrasImprotan and #BlackLivesMatter and to further the campaign to #boycottCarrefour until there is justice #justiçaporBeto
A letter was drafted by a network of international supporters and will be sent translated to French and delivered to the Carrefour headquarters, as well as the Brazilian headquarters.
Here’s the link to the New York event:
Please consider signing the call for boycott:
https://coalizaonegrapordireitos.org.br/boicote-carrefour/
The legal actions that the Coalition started are here:
In solidarity,
DDB-NY
