Brazil expects accreditation for Rio anti-doping lab by Olympics

The Rio de Janeiro anti-doping lab, which was suspended June 24 for “non-conformity” with global standards – one in a series of embarrassing setbacks in Brazil’s preparations for the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics – is now expected to be re-accredited by the World Anti-Doping Agency in time for the start of the Games, according to Brazil’s sports minister.

If the suspension were to remain in place, urine and blood samples from Olympic athletes during the Summer Games – which run August 5-21 – would have to be transported to other WADA-accredited labs around the world for analysis.

“Executing suspected criminals is not the answer”, said Maria Laura Canineu, Brazil director at Human Rights Watch.

CCTV America’s Lucrecia Franco in Rio has more. However, Wilkinson said police killings dropped from 2007 to 2013 after an effort to reduce crime in violent slums through the use of a new community police force.

“Welcome to Hell”, read the headline of a sign being held by state police officers earlier this week outside Rio’s main airport. These cases aren’t investigated, they are not prosecuted and people can get away with them. Autopsies in 20 cases showed the dead had been shot at close range, something not typical of shootouts.

The beginning of national security operations coincides with a government injection of some 900 million dollars to the state of Rio to help cover salaries and infrastructure costs It’s money officials are hoping will put a lid on rising crime and the local police revolt. The group also recommends increasing the number of prosecutors who investigate only police abuse and improving internal investigations within the police. “Police and firefighters don’t get paid, whoever comes to Rio de Janeiro will not be safe”.