“Release: The Industrial and Harbor Complex of Suape (CIPS) is denounced for corruption and human rights violations”, 28 May 2015

The area…occupied by the CIPS…[Industrial and Harbor Complex of Suape]…is one of the most valuable areas of the metropolitan cost line, also...where severe violations of fundamental human rights take place, victimizing local population…subjected to severe social and environmental injustices…[A]bout 25 thousand people have…seen...some level of violence, going from coercion to truculent expulsions from their homes, with death threats. Those actions have been systematically taken by the CIPS, a State owned company at Pernambuco…[In]…2014,…residents along with… Forum Suape - Social and Environmental Space…had a meeting conference with…[the]…president of the Pernambuco sectional for the Lawyer’s Association Order Brazil…There were too many examples of forced eviction; contamination of water sources; destruction of family crops and local forms of subsistance; water contamination along with false promises of monetary compensation for their losses and coercion of local dewelers to sign documents without the chance of consulting a lawyer or even knowing their rights…[I]n May 2015, a lawyer and member of “Forum Suape – Social and Environmental Space”…has reaffirmed those denounces by delivering interviews at a local blog…the Forum Suape Social Environmental Space and its members are extremely concerned...[with]...the inertia of governmental bodies and...the safety of Dr. Conceição Lacerda,...[and]...demand: Broad...coverage from communications means on this matter; International community and national organizations...to position themselves in support to this cause; Public organisms from Brasil to have a clear position and support such denounces...Criminal action against coercive actions and threats perpetrated towards Dr. Conceição Lacerda...As well as the accountability of the Company Suape for the crime of violation of domicile of the lawyer. Criminal measures and immediate cessation of coercive actions and violence against communities in rural areas surrounding the industrial area and port of Suape, be they fishermen and / or farmers.