Hands Off Cain
BRAZIL·DEATH PENALTY·OCTOBER 9, 2003·1 MIN READ

A Brazilian man shot dead after testifying before a...

A Brazilian man shot dead after testifying before a UN envoy on police-sanctioned death squads in Brazil, became the second such witness killed in two weeks, police said

A Brazilian man shot dead after testifying before a UN envoy on police-sanctioned death squads in Brazil, became the second such witness killed in two weeks, police said. The killing came a day after Asma Jahangir, UN special rapporteur on extra-judicial executions, said Brazilian police were involved in summary killings and urged a UN investigation.
— SOURCES
  • (Sources: Agence France Presse, 09/10/2003)