Tribute Held in Brazil for the Murdered in the Penha Massacre

Featured image: Event held in Rio de Janeiro in tribute to those who fell in the Penha massacre. Source: AND

On October 28, families, residents and popular movements gathered in the Penha complex of Rio de Janeiro, to denounce the genocidal policies of the old State of Brazil and to remember and honor the ones murdered in the Penha massacre, carried out a year earlier in the Penha and Alemão complexes, A Nova Democracia (AND) reports.

The event took place in the São Lucas Square, where during “Operation Containment”, the bodies of those murdered were gathered. There were cultural presentations and speeches by mothers of the murdered. Among the banners displayed were “Cláudio Castro, terrorist murderer” (Cláudio Castro served as the governor in Rio de Janeiro during the massacre) and “Down with the murderous and terrorist Military Police, it is right to rebel!”

The event was organized by the Penha Front and there was participation by the Red Unity – Revolutionary Youth League (UV–LJR), Sepe Regional IV, Bonde do Mao, the Mothers of Manguinhos Movement and the Papo Reto Institute, among others.

You can read our previous article on the anniversary Penha massacre here: