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Weekly Report - 13 November 2014 (WR-14-45)
BRAZIL: More off-duty police killings
There are many arresting statistics in the latest edition of Brazil's public safety annual, compiled by the think-tank Fórum Brasileiro de Segurança Pública (FBSP), and published on 11 November. A Brazilian is killed every 10 minutes, according to FBSP statistics: an annual total of 50,806 in 2013. While this represents a rise in the absolute number of deaths on 2012, it is progress, of sorts. The murder rate, as measured per 100,000 of the population, fell slightly, from 25.9 in 2012 to 25.2 in 2013. But above 10 per 100,000, the United Nations (UN) considers the level of violence to be “epidemic”. Still, arguably the most striking aspect of the report relates to Brazil’s police force.
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