Residents,including thousands of children, are victims of violence and evictions stemming from building projects for 2016 Games, and Exclusion Games report saysThe 2016 Olympics fill prompted widespread violations of children’s rights and other civil liberties,according to a novel dossier of alleged abuses compiled by academics and nongovernmental organisations.
Evictions, police violence and destitute labour conditions top a long list of problems linked to next years Games in Rio de Janeiro, and claim the coalition of activists led by the Comité Popular who are calling on the International Olympic Committee to pay greater heed to human rights.
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Source: theguardian.com