César Muñoz
cesarmunoz.bsky.social
César Muñoz
@cesarmunoz.bsky.social
Diretor da Human Rights Watch no Brasil
Brazil director at Human Rights Watch
Fossil-fuel production and use are driving the climate crisis and harming the health and livelihoods of local communities.

The governments that are meeting meeting at #COP30 should adopt roadmaps detailing concrete actions and timelines to phase out fossil fuels.
As #COP30 comes to a close, we remind governments of their international obligations to address climate change as well as to respect and protect environmental defenders' basic rights.

Hear more from environmental defenders at #COP30 ⤵️
November 21, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Organized crime has an increasing role in environmental destruction in the Amazon.

I explained its devastating impact on the rainforest and on Indigenous people and local communities in the International Risk Podcast.

Listen to it here:
theinternationalriskpodcast.com/episode-279-...
November 19, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Mientras el mundo busca soluciones a la crisis climática en la #COP30 en Brasil, su Congreso está considerando propuestas que la agravarían.

Esas medidas podrían tener un impacto muy grave en la Amazonía, ecosistema crucial para el clima del planeta.

Más detalles:
www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
Brazil: Don’t Strip Protection of Environment, Defenders
Brazil’s Congress should reject proposals to dismantle environmental licensing requirements and to revoke a plan to protect human rights defenders.
www.hrw.org
November 19, 2025 at 1:57 PM
As the world comes together to tackle the climate crisis at #COP30 in Brazil, its Congress is considering proposals that would exacerbate it.

Those measures could have severe impact on the Amazon rainforest, which is critical for global climate.

New @hrw.org piece:

www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
Brazil: Don’t Strip Protection of Environment, Defenders
Brazil’s Congress should reject proposals to dismantle environmental licensing requirements and to revoke a plan to protect human rights defenders.
www.hrw.org
November 19, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Enquanto o mundo se reúne para enfrentar a crise climática na #COP30, o Congresso está considerando propostas que a agravariam.

Os legisladores deveriam proteger direitos básicos, que estão ameaçados pela degradação ambiental e pelo aquecimento global.

Saiba mais:
www.hrw.org/pt/news/2025...
Brasil: Não enfraqueça a proteção ao meio ambiente e aos seus defensores
O Congresso deveria rejeitar tentativas de desmantelar o licenciamento ambiental e de suspender o Plano Nacional de Proteção aos Defensores dos Direitos Humanos.
www.hrw.org
November 19, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Los gobiernos que albergaron la cumbre climática de la ONU (COP) los últimos 3 años prohibieron las manifestaciones.

Hoy miles de personas marcharon en Belém exigiendo acción urgente contra el cambio climático y para proteger los derechos fundamentales.

Fue emocionante estar allí.

#COP30
November 15, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Governos repressivos que sediaram a cúpula do clima da ONU (COP) não permitiram manifestações por 3 anos.

Hoje, milhares de pessoas marcharam em Belém exigindo ações urgentes para combater as mudanças climáticas e proteger os direitos fundamentais.

Foi emocionante estar lá.
November 15, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Repressive governments that hosted the UN climate summit, COP, didn't allow street demonstrations for the last 3 years.

Today thousands of people marched in Brazil, a democracy, calling for urgent action to tackle climate change and protect basic rights.

It was thrilling to be there. #COP30
November 15, 2025 at 8:52 PM
La policía no siguió pasos clave para investigar las 121 muertes ocurridas durante un operativo en Río de Janeiro esta semana. No preservó ni analizó el lugar de los tiroteos, ni mantuvo la cadena de custodia de pruebas.

Nuevo informe de @hrw:
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
Brazil: Serious Investigative Failures in Deadly Rio Raid
Rio de Janeiro police have failed to take crucial investigative steps to determine the circumstances of the killing of at least 121 people, including four police officers, during a raid in low-income,...
www.hrw.org
November 1, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Police have failed to take crucial steps to investigate 121 killings during a raid in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Police didn´t preserve crime scenes and the chain of custody of evidence.

Authorities should ensure a thorough, independent investigation.

New from @hrw.org:
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
Brazil: Serious Investigative Failures in Deadly Rio Raid
Rio de Janeiro police have failed to take crucial investigative steps to determine the circumstances of the killing of at least 121 people, including four police officers, during a raid in low-income,...
www.hrw.org
November 1, 2025 at 1:37 AM
A polícia do Rio de Janeiro não adotou medidas investigatórias cruciais para determinar as circunstâncias das 121 mortes durante a operação desta semana. Não houve preservação do local, nem perícia ou cadeia de custódia rigorosa das provas.

Novo relatório da @hrw.org:
www.hrw.org/pt/news/2025...
Brasil: graves falhas na investigação da operação policial mais letal do Rio de Janeiro
A polícia do Rio de Janeiro não adotou medidas investigatórias cruciais para determinar as circunstâncias da morte das pelo menos 121 pessoas, incluindo quatro policiais, mortas durante uma operação n...
www.hrw.org
November 1, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Reposted by César Muñoz
🇧🇷 Katastrophale Polizeirazzien in einkommensschwachen Vierteln von Rio de Janeiro haben mehr als 60 Menschenleben gefordert.

Die Staatsanwaltschaft sollte gründliche Ermittlungen zu den Todesfällen und Entscheidungen der Behörden von Rio durchführen, die zu dieser Tragödie geführt haben👇
October 30, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Brazilian authorities should conduct a thorough, independent investigation into the decisions and planning that led to a disastrous police operation that resulted in the killing of more than 100 people, including police officers.
An anti-drug police operation in low-income neighborhoods of Rio de Janeiro has resulted in more than 100 killings.

Rio authorities’ decisions leading to such a disastrous operation should be investigated. Families of victims deserve truth and justice.
October 30, 2025 at 8:19 PM
"Una operación policial exitosa es la que termina con la detención de los sospechosos. Eso no es lo que ha pasado aquí. Esto es un baño de sangre, una enorme tragedia".

Mis comentarios para Deutsche Welle sobre el operativo que dejó más de 130 muertos en Río de Janeiro.

www.dw.com/es/masacre-e...
Masacre en Río: "Esto es un baño de sangre, una tragedia" – DW – 29/10/2025
Más de 130 muertos dejó un operativo policial de magnitudes nunca antes vistas en Río de Janeiro. Expertos cuestionan los métodos y la eficacia de la acción y piden investigar lo sucedido.
www.dw.com
October 29, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Reposted by César Muñoz
🇧🇷 @cesarmunoz.bsky.social nannte die Ereignisse vom Dienstag in Rio de Janeiro eine „riesige Tragödie“ und ein „Desaster“. Muñoz forderte: „Die Staatsanwaltschaft muss eigene Ermittlungen aufnehmen und die Umstände jedes Todesfalls aufklären.“

www.welt.de/vermischtes/...
Rio de Janeiro: „Riesige Tragödie“ – 64 Tote und 81 Festnahmen bei extrem gewalttätiger Drogen-Razzia - WELT
Es war die größte und gewalttätigste Razzia gegen die organisierte Drogenkartelle von Rio de Janeiro. Viele Tote und Verletzte auf beiden Seiten, zahlreiche Verletzte. Human Rights Watch spricht von e...
www.welt.de
October 29, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Disastrous police raids in low-income neighborhoods in Rio de Janeiro resulted in the killing of more than 60 residents and police.

Prosecutors should lead thorough investigations into the deaths and the decisions by Rio authorities that led to this tragedy.
apnews.com/article/braz...
Huge Brazilian raid on Rio gang leaves at least 60 people dead and 81 under arrest
About 2,500 Brazilian police and soldiers have launched a massive raid on a criminal gang in Rio de Janeiro and arrested 81 suspects while sparking shootouts that left at least 60 suspects dead.
apnews.com
October 28, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Una operación policial desastrosa en barrios pobres de Río de Janeiro causó la muerte de más de 60 habitantes y policías.

La fiscalía debe investigar las circunstancias de cada muerte, así como las decisiones de las autoridades que llevaron a esta tragedia.
www.diarioderivera.com.ar/2025/10/28/v...
October 28, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Uma operação que resulta na morte de mais de 60 moradores e policiais é uma enorme tragédia.

O Ministério Público deve apurar cada morte e as decisões do comando da polícia e das autoridades do Rio que levaram a uma operação que foi um desastre. 1/4
www1.folha.uol.com.br/cotidiano/20...
October 28, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Illegal cattle ranching has caused widespread deforestation and human rights abuses of Indigenous people and small farmers in Brazil´s Amazon.

A new @hrw.org report shows illegal farms sold cattle to direct suppliers of JBS, the world´s largest meat company. 1/5
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
October 15, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Reposted by César Muñoz
Today, @hrw.org released the 1st major report on tax, documenting how policies that favor the rich drove Sri Lanka into economic crisis & starved its public education system. UN tax treaty negotiations are historic chance to address a root cause. www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
Sri Lanka: Ruinous Tax Policies Stoke Inequality
Sri Lanka’s tax policies played a driving role in the country’s devastating 2022 economic crisis and have contributed to the chronic underfunding of education and other public services.
www.hrw.org
October 15, 2025 at 7:28 AM
In 2024, the EU exported to Brazil 15,000 metric tons of pesticides that were banned in the EU because of links to cancer and other serious diseases.
@hrw.org and 14 other organizations call on the EU to stop those exports.
Brazil should prohibit harmful pesticides.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
The EU’s Double Standard on Toxic Pesticides
Fifteen organizations including Human Rights Watch sent letters to European Union officials and lawmakers this week pressing the European Commission to follow through on its commitments to stop the ex...
www.hrw.org
October 10, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Dois projetos de lei do Rio enfraqueceriam seriamente a perícia, que é essencial para levar os responsáveis por crimes à justiça.

O governador Cláudio Castro deveria vetar essas propostas e promover a qualidade e a independência dos órgãos periciais.
www.hrw.org/pt/news/2025...
Brasil: Projeto de lei do Rio de Janeiro incentivará letalidade policial
O governador do estado do Rio de Janeiro deveria vetar as disposições de um novo projeto de lei que daria à Polícia Civil um incentivo econômico para matar suspeitos e enfraqueceria a perícia criminal...
www.hrw.org
October 2, 2025 at 9:17 PM
La legislatura de Río de Janeiro ha creado una prima para policías que maten a sospechosos durante redadas.
La policía de ese estado brasileño mató a casi dos personas al día en 2024, el 86% negras.
La prima incita disparar en vez de arrestar.
El gobernador debe vetarla.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
Brazil: Rio de Janeiro Bill Will Encourage Police Shootings
The governor of the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro should veto provisions in a new bill that would give civil police an economic incentive to kill suspects and would weaken forensic analysis, Human...
www.hrw.org
October 2, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Lawmakers in Rio de Janeiro have approved a bonus for police who kill suspects during raids.

Rio police killed almost 2 people per day in 2024—86% of them Black.

The bonus will spur officers to shoot instead of seeking arrests.

The governor should veto it.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
Brazil: Rio de Janeiro Bill Will Encourage Police Shootings
The governor of the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro should veto provisions in a new bill that would give civil police an economic incentive to kill suspects and would weaken forensic analysis, Human...
www.hrw.org
October 2, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Trump’s order to law enforcement to investigate perceived opponents of his administration is a serious threat to human rights and democratic institutions.

"It fabricates a nonexistent plot as a pretext to suppress speech and ideas,” said Federico Borello, from @hrw.org.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/09...
US: Trump Targets Opponents in Sweeping Memorandum
United States President Donald Trump’s September 25, 2025, memorandum directing law enforcement to investigate a sprawling, imaginary conspiracy to foment political violence in the United States is a ...
www.hrw.org
September 29, 2025 at 2:58 PM