"A journalist and a blogger were targets of attacks in Magé, Baixada Fluminense, and the police do not rule out that the case has a political character. The most recent attack took place on Tuesday (Aug. 17). Journalist Vinicius Lourenço only escaped because the car is armored. Four shots were fired, one at the driver's […]
"Since August 12th, [Brazilian magazine] piauí has been prohibited from publishing a report on developments of the case of Marcius Melhem, the comedian accused of sexually harassing at least eight women, all of them work colleagues. ... On the 12th, Judge Tula Corrêa de Mello, from the 20th Criminal Court of Rio de Janeiro, accepted […]
"President Jair Bolsonaro is blocking those who criticize him on social media, according to information from Human Rights Watch. The non-governmental organization (NGO) says it has identified 176 blocked accounts, mostly on Twitter, including those of journalists, congressmen and influencers. Profiles of media outlets and NGOs are also on the list. 'It prevents blocked people […]
"The Federal Police stated to the Superior Electoral Court that the 'bolsonarista' channels on social networks work with the objective of 'diminishing the border between what is true and what is a lie' and use as a strategy attacks on traditional media outlets (newspapers, radio, TV, etc.) This method was also applied in the campaign […]
"Abraji's 16th International Investigative Journalism Congress will last seven days (August 23-29). There are 70 hours of workshops, lectures and debates that will be available for 30 days on the event platform. For the second year in a row, due to the health and economic crisis, registration is free. But participants are invited to donate […]
"Journalist Reinaldo Galhardo gave a statement this Thursday (Aug. 12, 2021), at the station of the 2nd Police District of Sorocaba, in the interior of São Paulo, about the aggressions he suffered in a demonstration in favor of President Jair Bolsonaro (no party) and for the printed vote. The owner of site Station News Sorocabahad […]
"The bust of radio host Gleydson Carvalho, who was killed in 2015 while hosting a radio show, was vandalized in Martinópole [Brazil] for at least two consecutive days. The statue was hit with axes and tied to a rope to be brought down by a 4x4 vehicle. [...] Radio broadcaster Gleydson Carvalho was murdered on […]
"In 2020 alone, in the midst of the health crisis, Jair Bolsonaro issued 1,682 false or misleading statements, an average of 4.3 per day, contributing to the increase in cases of disease contamination, deaths and causing an information crisis in Brazil. In the previous year, there were around 500 declarations of this type. The data […]
"Registration for the largest journalism meeting in Latin America is now open. Abraji's 16th International Congress of Investigative Journalism will be held virtually, for seven days, from Aug 23, 2021 to Aug 29, 2021. Due to health and economic crises, registration will be free for the second year in a row. Click here to register." […]
"An international study released this Tuesday (July 20, 2021) demonstrates a colossal increase in attacks on the press in Brazil and Latin America. The Voces del Sur (VdS) network, of which the Brazilian Association of Investigative Journalism (Abraji) and 12 other organizations in the region are part, released the third edition of the Sombra Report. […]
"The state representative of Ceará André Fernandes was sentenced to compensate journalist Patrícia Campos Mello, from Folha de S. Paulo, R$50 thousand (about US $9,500) for misogynist attacks directed at the press professional. The decision, in the first level, was handed down on Monday (July 19) by judge Vitor Frederico Kümpel, of the 27th Court of […]
"The Voces del Sur (VDS) network presented the Shadow Report 2020 that compiles alerts related to violations of freedom of expression, freedom of the press and access to information that occurred in 13 Latin American countries: Argentina , Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela. [...] The regional results […]