Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Naomi Campbell, others demand Investigation into Killing of Brazilian Activist Marielle Franco
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Activist Marielle Franco, who fought for the rights of Afro-Brazilians, LGBT people, and women, was 2 weeks ago shot 4 times in the head.
Marielle Franco, a 38-year-old gay black woman, had before her death, been a tireless activist against police violence, and had regularly spoken up for the poor.
She had been on her way back from a gathering of young black activists when the 9 bullets were fired into the car. She was killed alongside her driver, Anderson Pedro Gomes.
39 prominent people, made up of activists, journalists, writers, actors, including Nigerians Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Ayo Obe, have called for an independent investigation into her killing.
Photo Credit: Joey G. Mueller
Shortly before her death, Marielle asks: “How many others will have to die before this war will end?”
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We call for justice for Marielle Franco and the daughter and the partner she leaves behind, and for an end to the killings and criminalisation of activists, government opponents and low-income people in Brazil.
Ava DuVernay Film-maker Rev Jesse Jackson Civil rights activist Anielle Silva Sister of Marielle Franco Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Author Arundhati Roy Author Angela Davis Distinguished professor emerita, University of California, Santa Cruz Janelle Monáe Singer and actress Edward Snowden Whistleblower and president of the Freedom of Press Foundation Shami Chakrabarti UK shadow attorney general Naomi Campbell Model and activist Ta-Nehisi Coates Author and journalist Noam Chomsky Professor emeritus of linguistics at MIT, political theorist Patrisse Cullors Co-founder of Black Lives Matter, LGBT activist David Miranda First LGBT Rio city councillor, PSOL Glenn Greenwald Journalist Bertha Zúñiga Cáceres Daughter of the late Berta Cáceres, general coordinator of the Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous Organisations of Honduras (COPINH) Wagner Moura Brazilian actor and director Luciana Genro Founder of PSOL, former presidential candidate, Brazil Marcelo Freixo Rio state representative, PSOL, Defence of Human Rights & Citizenship chair Linda Sarsour National co-chair of the Women’s March on Washington, former executive director of the Arab American Association of New York Ayo Obe President of Nigeria’s Civil Liberties Organisation Baltasar Garzón International human rights lawyer Thandie Newton Actress and activist Celso Amorim Former Brazilian foreign minister Danny Glover Actor, film director, and activist Naomi Klein Author and journalist Gael García Bernal Actor and director Shaun King Journalist and civil rights activist Pamela Anderson Actress and activist Alfonso Cuarón Film-maker Opal Tometi Co-Founder of Black Lives Matter, executive director at Black Alliance for Just Immigration Oliver Stone Film-maker Yanis Varoufakis Former Greek finance minister Viggo Mortensen Actor Renata Avila Guatemalan human rights lawyer Owen Jones Journalist Slavoj Žižek Philosopher, Birkbeck Institute for Humanities Chris Williamson Labour MP
