The state secretary
of Housing of Pernambuco, Bruno Lisboa, canceled the meeting scheduled for
January 21 with members of the Movement of Homeless Workers (MTST). After not
being received by the secretary, members of the MTST tried to enter the
building of the State Housing Company (Cehab), in Recife to protest.
Cehab's office
called the police. A military police group was deployed to contain the
demonstrators. The group was received by the Military Police with rubber bullets
and tear gas bombs. A protester and a police officer were injured. About 20
people were detained.
According to
lawyer Ivan Moraes, "members of the Movement of the Homeless Workers of
Pernambuco suffered violations of rights and were victims of police
aggression". In his Facebook page, he defends that Governor Paulo Câmara open a channel for dialogue and debate the social use of the land that is idle and belongs to the State of Pernambuco, next to the Terminal do Barro, in Recife.
The movement
for decent housing has been growing in Brazil. The group that demonstrated in
Recife is formed by citizens who lost their shacks in a fire in the Happy
Family community occurred on 2016. Many families have lost everything.
The Federal
Constitution of Brazil guarantees every citizen the right to decent housing,
and since 1948, with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a dignified
dwelling has become a universal and fundamental right for people's lives. To
decent housing, and since 1948, with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,
a dignified dwelling has become a universal and fundamental right for people's
lives.
Today, MTST is one of the most important political groups in Brazil. Its growth since the 1990s is undeniable, largely because of the growing fight for rights in the country and scary growth in housing prices, many of them virtually impossible for ordinary Brazilians.
Today, MTST is one of the most important political groups in Brazil. Its growth since the 1990s is undeniable, largely because of the growing fight for rights in the country and scary growth in housing prices, many of them virtually impossible for ordinary Brazilians.
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