"It was born a year and a half ago, it is a very premature death. Amnesty International expected to achieve financial sustainability in a short period of time, but on paper, nowadays, that is impossible", said Victor Hugo Carmo.

In statements to the Lusa agency, the director pointed out as "a stigma" for the end of Humanista "the lack of online promotion and dissemination" of the magazine that, in June, will be on the shelves for the sixth and last time.

"Being a 'premium' product, a magazine with 156 pages, quarterly, deserved to be disseminated and promoted and we did not have that component. Unfortunately, the management of Amnesty International decided not to continue, to the regret of those involved", he pointed out.

The alert for the end of the magazine was given by journalists who saw their work awarded by the National Plan for Ethics in Sport (PNED), at the gala of the Association of Sports Journalists (CNID), which took place this Monday, in Viseu.

Sara Dias Oliveira and Maria João Gala were the authors of 'Silence is also racism', which won the first prize for sports or generalist press and, in the same category, in second place was 'Traffickers of dreams', by Simão Freitas, Tomás Guerreiro and Paulo Pimenta, both reports published in Humanista.

Contacted by the Lusa agency, Victor Hugo Carmo acknowledged that Humanista "was more than a magazine, it was also a tool to raise awareness of Human Rights issues" in Portugal.

"It is a magazine and a tool that is no longer available to draw attention to several issues that concern and alert to Human Rights in Portugal, through examples and testimonies of victims of violations of these rights", he lamented.

In this sense, Victor Hugo Carmo defended that "it is an incalculable loss in the publishing world" and in Amnesty International itself, "because there is no equal" in this non-governmental organization (NGO).

"Everything that is related to Human Rights has to do with activism and the magazine was exactly the bridge between activism and journalism", defended the director, since "no other media outlet worked in this area".

This is because, "it allowed for research work to be carried out and cases related to human rights violations and pressing issues in Portugal that need to be addressed to be revealed".

This official reinforced that the publication "is practically like a book, with reports, in-depth work, photographs, illustrations and a very attractive artistic aspect" but that, "unfortunately, it did not have the promotion it deserved and should have".

"The magazine lived on collaborators, a total of 80, from journalists, photojournalists, illustrators and infographic designers. Good professionals who made Humanista win eight awards in just one year", stressed Victor Hugo Carmo.

The latest edition will be dedicated to housing, with "a photographic narrative by nine photojournalists" and, previously, they dedicated themselves to topics such as climate change, religious freedom, freedom of expression in the workplace, the 50th anniversary of April 25 and human rights in sport.

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