"On the eve of the fourth month since the execution of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira, a team from the Union of Indigenous Peoples of the Javari Valley (Univaja) found, on Wed., Sept. 28, the satellite communication device used by the English journalist executed on June 5, along with Bruno Pereira. In addition to the […]
"A report by fact-checking agency Aos Fatos revealed that Secom [Special Secretariat for Social Communication of the Brazilian Presidency] paid 3.2 million reais [more than U.S. $590,000] to Brazil's public communication company [EBC], between January and May of this year, to broadcast events in which Bolsonaro disseminated at least 287 false and misleading statements. The […]
"The Court of Justice of the Federal District and Territories ordered the withdrawal of the air of two UOL feature stories on the use of cash for the purchase of real estate by the family of President Jair Bolsonaro. The decision, by Judge Demetrius Gomes Cavalcanti, heeded the appeal filed by the defense of Senator […]
"The Brazilian Association of Investigative Journalism (Abraji, by its Portuguese acronym) and 12 other organizations announced this Wed. Sep. 21, the call for an act in defense of press professionals and democracy. The event is a response to the escalation of threats, aggressions, physical and virtual attacks, and attempts of censorship and intimidation against journalists. […]
"Judge Paulo Rogerio Santos Pinheiro, of the 43rd Civil Court of the Court of Justice of São Paulo (TJSP), Brazil, ordered federal congresswoman Carla Zambelli to remove two posts on Twitter in which she attacks journalist Vera Magalhaes. The decision was published on Saturday (Sept. 17), but on Monday morning (Sep. 19) the comments were […]
"The undersigned organizations address Brazilian society to express their indignation and revolt over a new attack against Vera Magalhães, host of the program Roda Viva, of TV Cultura, and columnist for the newspaper O Globo and CBN radio. Magalhães was harassed and verbally assaulted on Tues. night on Sept. 13, by Sao Paulo state deputy […]
"The Brazilian Association of Investigative Journalism (Abraji, for its acronym in Portuguese) has registered, in the last two weeks, 13 cases of press freedom violations in the country. There are already 330 alerts in 2022, according to the monitoring of attacks on journalists and communicators carried out by the organization in partnership with the international […]
"Jânio Freitas de Souza and Otávio da Costa Oliveira, arrested by the Brazilian Federal Police a month ago for involvement in the murder of English journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous activist Bruno Pereira, had government contracts during the administration of Mayor Dênis Linder Rojas de Paiva (União Brasil) of Atalaia do Norte, Amazonas state. Otávio […]
"The second week of the election campaign was marked by an explosion of insults against journalists and news outlets on social media. The sabatinas with presidential candidates on Jornal Nacional mobilized hundreds of thousands of attacks against TV Globo,. Also, an aggressive speech by President Jair Bolsonaro against journalist Vera Magalhães during the first televised […]
"A committee of Empresa Brasileira de Comunicação (EBC, by its Portuguese acronym) employees released on Tues. Aug. 30th a report that points out that this public communication company has been the target of editorial interference and censorship by the government of Jair Bolsonaro. According to the report, from August last year to July this year, […]
The Brazilian president, Jair Bolsonaro, offended this Sun. Aug. 28 a female journalist during the first debate between the candidates, ahead of the October presidential election. Bolsonaro accused journalist Vera Magalhaes of "lying" and "taking sides" for a question she asked and, in an ironic tone, told her that he believes the journalist has "some […]
"The year 2022 has been violent for press professionals in Brazil. In the first seven months, 66 serious aggressions were registered, which involve episodes of physical violence, destruction of equipment, threats and murders. This number represents an increase of 69.2% compared to the same period in 2021, which had 39 cases. The data are from […]