The home of the 2016 Summer Olympics, Rio, Brazil, is currently in the process of sweeping the area of street children. The means by which they are doing so is rather unclear, but in the past, the government has often times resorted to mass incarceration. Human rights activists are horrified by the recent revelations, as they state that the claim that all these children are being detained in order to keep tourists safe is unwarranted. The main argument that these activists bring up is that it violates basic human rights when the government detains people because they may commit a crime.
In general, this is just a really bad situation for Brazil to be in right now. They are currently in economic and political turmoil, along with the fact that they are second in the world in child homicides. The Brazilian government is clearly wary of possible international repercussions if the Olympics highlights the true troubles that their state is facing.
Kevin Oyakawa
http://www.rawstory.com/2016/04/police-sweep-away-brazils-street-children-ahead-of-olympics/
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