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Urgent solidarity, in defense of Pinheirinho,\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
No to repossession,
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\nNo more intimidation and repression.<\/strong>
\nIn the early hours of January 05, 2012, residents of the Pinheirinho Community [1] in S\u00e3o Jos\u00e9 dos Campos, S\u00e3o Paulo State, Brazil, were surprised at 05:30 in the morning when a huge police operation was implemented leaving everyone perplexed. On the grounds that they were seeking for drugs, weapons and possible fugitives from justice, the police imposed the panic in the community.
\nResidents have been living a routinely panic since Judge Marcia Faria Mathey Loureiro determined the land\u2019s repossession to the bankrupt estate \u201cSelecta\u201d whose proprietor is the mega real estate speculator, Naji Nahas. It is at best strange the judge’s decision, since the community\u2019s legalization and the transformation of the area into a district were underway and well advanced at the appropriate government offices, after all, about two thousand families live there for eight years.
\nDespite the official statement of search and seizure, the real purpose behind this huge police operation held within Pinheirinho Community is to intimidate the community and to find pretexts to justify a coward action for eviction from the land.
\nWe repudiate the Judge Marcia Faria Mathey Loureiro\u2019s decision and we also repudiate such an intimidating attitude of the public security agencies. We express our solidarity towards the Pinheirinho community and demand that S\u00e3o Paulo state Governor, Mr. Alckmin, responsible for public security in the state, does not authorize any action aimed at the eviction from a land where working men and women struggle to have a home. By doing so the Governor will avoid what may come to be a real tragedy.
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