Remembering assassinated Brazilian activists
Radcliffe Square
On the 14th of March, 2018, Ms Marielle Franco, a city councilwoman of the city of Rio de Janeiro, was assassinated. Ms Franco was returning from a round-table discussion on the empowerment of young black women when nine shots were fired at her car, killing Ms Franco and her driver, Mr Anderson Gomes. Two years later, their families and human rights activists around the world still await a response.
After Ms Franco, dozens of Brazilian activists have been assassinated, indicating a deterioration of democracy in Brazil. To commemorate the lives of Mr Gomes, Ms Franco and other recently killed Brazilian activists, the OUBS got together at Radcliffe Square on the 14th of March 2020 and read the following manifesto:
