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Thais Linhares, who was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1970, make literature, cartoon, and comics. 

She started her career in 1988, at the age of 17, working at a comic book studio, an advertising agency, and for a big publisher.

Also specialized in Human Rights at the Federal University of Brasília – UNB, and got a Master in Communication at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, ECO-UFRJ. Outstanding awards: the one from the Secretary of Culture of the State of Rio de Janeiro – SEC-RJ for a script for an animated feature movie; the Jabuti Prize, the highest award in literature in Brazil for my illustration work; the White Ravens Catalog from the Munich Library; Neide Castanha Human Rights Award, for those dedicated to defending the rights of children and adolescents through culture; Article 19 Award (Anti-racist cartoon, 2019) and the Odyssée for Foreign Artist Residency – ACCR: Cultural Centers of France (2020).

We are lives, not numbers.

The accidental death of children in the midst of security actions is seen as an unimportant colla
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The State against the People

In Brazil and in countries where social inequality prevails, the poor are considered unworthy of

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Prison pigeon

Constant denunciations of human rights violations in the Prison System reveal weaknesses in the p
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Favela, Slum, Banlieue

On the urban fringes, favelas are home to workers and a source of art and political activism.
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Sea Goddess

Mother of fish, goddess of the sea, queen of waves, the Orisha Yemanjá commands the luck of sailo
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Mother Africa

The image of a black wet-nurse feeding a white baby while her own child has to wait is symbolic i
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Marielle Franco

Marielle Franco, a young Brazilian politician, who was a human rights defender, was murdered by p
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Bolsonaro's 'So What ?'

The promoter of harmful behavior, against the use of protective masks, against vaccination, and p
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