From Frei Beto and others on March 7, 2021
Photo: Bill Hackwell
Brazil screams for help.
Brazilian women and Brazilian men committed to life are being held hostage by the genocidal Jair Bolsonaro, who holds the presidency of Brazil, along with a gang of fanatics driven by fascist irrationality.
This man without humanity denies science, life, protection of the environment and compassion. Hatred of others is his reason for exercising power.
Brazil today suffers from the intentional collapse of the health system. The neglect of vaccination and basic preventive measures, the encouragement of crowd-gathering and breaking confinement, combined with the total absence of a health policy, create the ideal environment for new mutations of the virus and endanger all of humanity. We watch in horror the systematic extermination of our people, especially the poor, quilombolas (communities of former slaves) and indigenous peoples.
We have become an “open-air gas chamber”.
Bolsonaro’s monstrous genocidal government has gone from being just a threat to Brazil to becoming a truly global threat.
We appeal to our national institutions – STF (Supreme Court), OAB (Organization of Brazilian Lawyers), the National Congress, CNBB (the National Conference of Brazilian Bishops) – and to the United Nations. We urge the International Criminal Court (ICC) to condemn the genocidal policy of this government that threatens civilization.
Life above all else!
To sign onto to this call: