"Reporters Without Borders (RSF, for its acronym in French) hails the progress in the investigation into journalist Romano dos Anjos’s abduction and torture in October 2020 in Roraima state, in northern Brazil, which has led to the arrest of Roraima state assembly representative Jalser Renier. The judicial system must now clearly identify everyone involved in this shocking case, and issue exemplary punishments, RSF says.
Renier was formally charged on 1 October with masterminding the abduction. The police officer in charge of the investigation, João Luiz Evangelista, said he had hard evidence proving that the abduction was 'carried out directly by the military police in association with the Roraima legislative assembly and under the orders of Jalser Renier, the assembly’s speaker at the time.'"
