“The Local Organizing Committee is in charge of the mega event and bears shared responsibility over the security operations and consequent human rights violations committed by agents of the State in the context of the Olympics”, said Atila Roque, Amnesty International Brazil Director.
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A spokesperson last night said the view of the village remains the same and that athletes were happy with the accommodation.
In a meeting at the village, Paes apologized and acknowledged Australia’s “was the worst building”.
Australian officials said about 50 athletes were living in the village on Wednesday accompanied by nearly 100 additional staff members.
“These Olympic games are a marathon not a sprint and I’m sure that there are going to be other hurdles and obstacles that crop up in other areas and it’s just a matter of dealing with them as best as we can in good humour”.
On Wednesday, Brazilian labor inspectors said they would fine the Rio organizing committee almost $100,000 (about 315,000 reals) for hiring workers without proper contracts required by law. It brought in the workers as it races to address complaints over filth, poor plumbing and wiring at the Olympic Village ahead of the start of the Games on August 5. Since 2009, when Rio won the bid to host the Olympics, more than 2,600 people were killed by the police in the city. “The Brazilians will solve it”, Bach told reporters.
“The Brazilians will solve them, and you can already feel the Olympic energy here at the airport and in the city with all the smiling volunteers full of excitement”.
The metro line to carry visitors from the centre of Rio to the distant western neighbourhood of Barra da Tijuca where the Games will be held will only be inaugurated on Saturday by interim President Michel Temer.
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Russian drug cheats will be competing at next month’s Rio Olympics, runner Yulia Stepanova predicted in an interview with the BBC.
