Tracking cases that protect freedom of expression, association, and assembly
Litigating Organization: Centro por la Justicia y el Derecho Internacional (CEJIL)
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Marielle Franco y Anderson Gomes Case
Marielle Franco was a Black, bisexual, and feminist woman and a renowned human rights defender, who served as a councilwoman in Rio de Janeiro. She was assassinated in March 2018, alongside her driver Anderson Gomes. While her murderers have been sentenced to decades in prison, the intellectual authors of the crime remain unconvicted, demonstrating a…