Figures refer to the number of complaints received via the "Disque 100" hotline, a platform for the report of human rights violations, of which police violence is included.
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Brazil: number of police violence complaints 2011-2019
In 2019, there were almost *** thousand police violence complaints reported in Brazil through the 'Disque 100' hotline, down from over *** thousand complaints a year later. Between 2015 and 2018, the number of complaints in the Portuguese speaking country increased by more than ** percent, reaching in the latter year the highest figure in the displayed period. In the following year, São Paulo was the state with the largest share of complaints.
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