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Brazilian Public Prosecutor's Office seeks payment from Universal Church for alleged judicial harassment of journalist

“The Federal Public Prosecutor's Office of Brazil is seeking payment of 5 million reais [US$867,000] from the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God for damages to the justice system, to access to justice and to freedom of expression and press, promoted through judicial harassment against journalist João Paulo Cuenca. According to a civil investigation […]

Brazilian journalist's widow granted lifetime pension 50 years after his murder

"Clarice Herzog, a publicist and widow of journalist Vladimir Herzog, has been awarded a lifetime pension due to her husband's murder by the Brazilian state during the military dictatorship 50 years ago. According to a preliminary ruling by the Federal Court, Clarice will receive nearly R$35,000 (US $6,075) per month. Judge Anderson Santos da Silva […]

Journalist shot dead in front of house in interior São Paulo, Brazil

"A 61-year-old journalist was shot dead on Saturday (Jan. 25) in Potim, a city in São Paulo with 21,000 inhabitants located in the Paraíba Valley. The criminals fled and had not been identified as of Monday (Jan. 27). According to the police , Geraldinho, as he was known in the city, was arriving home with […]

Brazilian journalist’s accounts frozen to pay damages to Paraná judge

“Journalist Marcelo Auler had his bank accounts frozen and emptied on the 14th of this month after being ordered to pay damages to Judge Márcia Regina Hernandez de Lima of the 3rd Family Court of Pinhais (PR). The judgment stemmed from articles published in 2018 on the Blog do Marcelo Auler and in the Jornal […]

Brazilian police remove officer who spoke of 'annihilating' journalist

"The SSP-SP (São Paulo Public Security Secretariat) reported this Thursday (Jan 2, 2025) that civil police officer Arcenio Scribone Junior, who spoke of 'annihilating' GloboNews journalist Natuza Nery, was removed from operational activities. The case, investigated by the Internal Affairs Division of the Civil Police of São Paulo, took place in a supermarket in the […]

Women journalists were main victims of attacks on press during 2024 elections in Brazil

A report released by the Coalition in Defense of Journalism, a group made up of 11 Brazilian civil society organizations, exposed the main challenges faced by the press and journalists during 2024 municipal elections in Brazil. The study, carried out in partnership with Labic at the Federal University of Espírito Santo and ITS Rio, analyzed […]

Police demand The Intercept Brasil reveal sources of reporting

"The Civil Police of Santa Catarina [in Brazil] is demanding The Intercept Brasil reveal the sources of its reporting on the Mari Ferrer case, written by reporter Schirlei Alves in 2020. The text reported on humiliations suffered in court by influencer Mariana Ferrer, who declared that she was a victim of rape in 2018. The […]

Journalist arrested on suspicion of blackmailing interviewees in Brazil

"A 40-year-old freelance journalist was arrested this Tuesday (Dec. 3), in Mato Grosso, suspected of extorting people he was interviewing. [...] According to authorities, the journalist used his work as a tool to obtain illicit gains, compromising professional ethics and trust in journalistic practices." Read original article (in Portuguese)

Latin American organizations report obstacles to press freedom to IACHR

"A group of 25 civil society organizations from seven Latin American countries (Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico and Nicaragua) presented a report to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) on trends in indirect censorship of freedom of expression in the region. At the hearing “Affectations on the Right to Freedom of Expression […]

Journalistic archive of 'Diario de Pernambuco' designated as cultural heritage of Brazil

"Nearing it's 200th anniversary, [Brazilian] newspaper Diario de Pernambuco has had its journalistic collection recognized as cultural heritage of Brazil by Law 15,027 of 2024. The law was sanctioned by the President of the Republic, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and published in the Diário Oficial da União (DOU) this Tuesday (Nov. 19). Founded in […]

Brazilian journalist suffers death threat after publishing article about business

"Abraji vehemently repudiates death threats against journalist Paula Litaiff, CEO of Revista e Agência Cenarium, from Manaus, [Brazil,] and her family due to articles published on the news portal. In a complaint to the police on Wednesday afternoon , Nov. 13, Litaiff presented prints of threats made in a WhatsApp group of Amazonian journalists who […]

Fans at Copa do Brasil final throw explosives on field and injure photographer

“Explosives thrown by fans of the soccer team Atlético-MG onto the field of the MRV Arena [in Belo Horizonte, Brazil] hit photojournalists covering Sunday's [Nov. 10] Brazil Cup final. One of the explosives erupted near photographer Nuremberg José Maria  just after a goal by the team Flamengo. The photographer suffered three broken fingers, ruptured tendons […]