Judge orders release of detained protesters, says country’s democracy seeing ‘sad days’ Wednesday, September 7, 2016 Alleged police violence in anti-Temer protests to be investigatedBRASILIA — Brazil’s attorney general’s office (MPF) yesterday launched an investigation to determine whether security forces violated human rights during street protests against President Michel Temer that took place over the weekend in the cities of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. The decision followed complaints made by the Never Torture Again Group and the Union of São Paulo Lawyers claiming “excessive use of violence” and “arbitrary arrests” during the demonstrations, the MPF said in a statement. Previous to the MPF’s announcement, the opposition Workers’ Party (PT) of Temer’s predecessor, impeached president Dilma Rousseff, announced that it was going to denounce the security forces’ violence before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (CIDH). The youths were arrested before the demonstration took place, in which — according to the organizers — around 100,000 people took part calling for Temer’s resignation and the holding of fresh elections. The youths were accused by the police and São Paulo governor Geraldo Alckmin of planning disturbances.

Source: Bueno Aires Herald September 07, 2016 16:41 UTC