"The June 2022 murders of British journalist Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira, a Brazilian expert on the Amazon’s Indigenous, drew the world’s attention to the risk runs by those who shed light on rights violations in the Brazilian Amazon. But press freedom is violated every day in this region, and in a variety of ways […]
"Journalist Rogério Florentino, from Cuiabá (capital of the state of Mato Grosso), is being targeted by abusive legal actions intended to harm the work of the press. Florentino is facing a criminal complaint filed by businessman Pedro Eugenio Gomes Procópio da Silva, owner of two mining companies operating in the city, Ofir Intermediações de Cuiabá […]
"The ICFJ [International Center for Journalists], in partnership with Meta and different Brazilian media associations, is launching the Acelerando Negócios Digitais [Accelerating Digital Business] program, which aims to contribute to the improvement of business models and financial sustainability of digital and traditional news outlets (of various sizes and locations) serving Brazilian audiences. The program also […]
"The National Secretary of Justice, Augusto Arruda Botelho, informed Abraji on Tues. (Jan. 24, 2023) that the murder of British journalist Dom Phillips will be included in the cases monitored by the recently announced National Observatory on Violence Against Journalists. (...) On Mon. (Jan. 23, 2023), the Federal Police informed that the investigation into the […]
"Ueslei Marcelino, from the Reuters Agency, said 'it was the biggest frustration I've had in my professional life' and the 'feeling of having been robbed of a historic record' is much greater than the physical pain. 'I went 24 hours without sleep, thinking about the historic images that were stolen from me.' When he arrived, […]
“The Brazilian Association of Investigative Journalism (Abraji, by its Portuguese acronym) and the Association of Educational Journalists (Jeduca) condemn the invasion of the buildings of the National Congress, the Planalto and the Supreme Federal Court (STF) in Brasilia by criminals this Sun. Jan. 8, 2023. They also condemn the attacks on journalists who were simply […]
"Upon taking office as Minister of the Department of Social Communication on Tues. aft., Jan. 3, 2023, Paulo Pimenta said that journalists will have complete freedom to act under the administration of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. He also announced that he will promote a debate to discuss the role of Brazil's Public Communication […]
"From Oct. 30, 2022 to Jan. 1, 2023, there were 70 cases of physical aggressions, offenses, obstruction of work, digital harassment, among other types of attacks on journalists that were recorded. The monitoring was carried out by the Brazilian Association of Investigative Journalism (Abraji, by its Portuguese acronym) in partnership with the National Federation of […]
"Ruben Villar, alias 'Colombia,' who is a suspect in the double murder of Indigenous affairs expert Bruno Pereira and journalist Dom Phillips, was arrested again by the Federal Police on Tues. Dec. 20. He was considered a fugitive by the Federal Court because he failed to comply with the conditions imposed by the granting of […]
"The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MRE, for its acronym in Portuguese) has opened a probe to investigate the alleged leak of information to a Brazilian journalist who has covered the ministry's work at the United Nations for at least 20 years. Diplomats received an instruction from the MRE inquiring about their relations with UOL columnist […]