Translation of "Afirmaram" in English

Eu sei que eles afirmaram em 2016 que eles iriam penalizar as pessoas que utilizavam pop-ups de saída

I know they stated in 2016 that they're going roll out a penalty for people use exit pop-ups

O Departamento de Justiça dos Estados Unidos e o FBI transformaram muçulmanos americanos em alvos das operações policiais abusivas de contraterrorismo por conta de sua identidade étnica e religiosa, afirmaram a Human Rights Watch e o Instituto de Direitos Humanos.

The US Justice Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have targeted American Muslims in abusive counterterrorism “sting operations” based on religious and ethnic identity, Human Rights Watch and Human Rights Institute said.