Sentences with phrase «criminalization of social movements»

They expressed concerns about the escalating violence on Brazilian streets and how this is being used as an excuse to fast track the approval of bills within the Brazilian Congress which restrain Brazilian democratic rights and tend to increase the criminalization of social movements.
Several Human Rights organizations working in Brazil — including Amnesty, Conectas and Article 19 — have raised serious concerns about the escalating violence and how it is being used as an excuse towards an increased criminalization of social movements.

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She uses empirical research conducted in Bolivia, Sweden, the US, India, and Canada to explore and theorize shifting conditions and strategies of social change, including the criminalization of dissent, new approaches to law by social movements, and broader theoretical questions about the transformative potential of law.
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