Poor families occupy abandoned land to build houses but are repressed by the police

We need your support and solidarity in this struggle here in Brazil.
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*Poor families occupy abandoned land to build houses but are repressed by
the police*

http://ocupacaoelianasilva.blogspot.com.br/

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In the first hours of the last April 21st, at about 300 families, organized
by the movement MLB (Movement of Struggle in Districts, Villages and
Slums), and claiming the constitutional right of access to decent housing
for the people, occupied a large area in the city of Belo Horizonte, Minas
Gerais, Brazil, since the occupied land didn't fulfill any social function
- as it should, according to the Brazilian constitution - in the last 30
years.

Although this area was used before by drug traffickers to sell drugs and to
hide corpses of people they killed, the police showed up three hours after
the beginning of the occupation trying to intimidate the families.

Even a helicopter was used by the repressive apparatus. Many policemen had
guns in their hands. The lawyers of the occupation dissuaded them of using
violence against poor workers, children, elderly and women, since the
movement was pacific.

Although the occupied land is public and, as such, should fulfill a social
function, the authorities said the land will be reintegrated to the state
and the families dislodged, what will be done through violence.

For this reason, and to avoid a new bloodbath as recently happened in
another occupation, the Pinheirinho, the MLB and the families urge for
international support and solidarity, since a judicial battle will be
fought in the next days, which will decide the lives of these 300 families.

This is the official website of the occupation (news, pictures and videos):
http://ocupacaoelianasilva.blogspot.com.br/

You can contact the movement through these channels:

Phone:
+55 (31) 9133-0983
+55 (31) 9331-4477
+55 (31) 9716-5356

E-mail: [email protected]

Thank you,
*MLB - Movimento de Luta nos Bairros, Vilas e Favelas*


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