"Journalism exists to ask questions—especially of those in power. When those questions are met with lawsuits, content removals and attempts at intimidation, we are no longer dealing with an ordinary conflict between the press and public officials. We are facing a threat to freedom of expression and society’s right to information.
This is precisely what a group of journalists from Alagoas claims to be facing at the hands of the former mayor of Maceió and current state president of the PSDB [Brazilian Social Democratic Party, in English], João Henrique Caldas—known as JHC.
In recent months, media professionals who published reports, analyses or commentary regarding the R$ 117 million investment by the Maceió Public Servants' Pension Institute (Iprev) in Banco Master have become targets of lawsuits and requests for content removal."
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Translated with AI assistance and edited by LJR staff.
