Marielle Franco murder: Brazilian authorities under global pressure to find killers
by Dom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro from World news | The Guardian on (#3JW56)
- Letter calls for an investigation by an independent commission
- Open letter by activists, writers, journalists, actors and politicians
As pressure grows on the authorities in Brazil to find the killers of Rio de Janeiro councillor Marielle Franco, an open letter by international activists, writers, journalists, film-makers, politicians and actors has called for an investigation of her murder by an independent commission.
Franco and her driver were shot dead on 14 March, in a targeted assassination which unleashed a wave of anger across Brazil, and provoked urgent debate on the country's racism, violence and impunity.
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