Amnesty International - MIXT Racism Beat It festival 2001

At the MIXT Racism Beat It festival, Amnesty International organized a campaign against torture in the Franco da Rocha youth prison in São Paulo, Brazil. The Brazilian football player Marco Marquinho (PSV, NL) was one of the participants of the campaign. During a control visit in the Franco da Rocha prison in March 2001 by forensic doctors, it appeared that 240 out of 302 prisoners showed wounds indicating ill-treatment or torture. Amnesty International appealed to the Brazilian government to protect these youths in prison against torture and to punish the offenders. At the festival visitors were appealed to protest against the torture of prisoners. For a Brazilian touch of the campaign, Marquinho and two colleagues gave a demonstration football technics, and salsa and capoeira demonstrations and workshops were organized.