“Minister André Mendonça (Justice and Public Security) said that he will ask the Federal Police to open an investigation into the conduct of columnist Ruy Castro, of newspaper Folha de S.Paulo. He suggested that President Jair Bolsonaro should kill himself in the text "Trump's exit: kill yourself" (for subscribers), published this Sunday (Jan. 10, 2021). […]
"On December 12, Judge Cleni Serly Rauen Vieira, of the Santa Catarina state Court of Justice’s Third Civil Court, ordered independent news websites The Intercept Brasil and ND+, and Schirlei Alves, a freelance journalist who contributed to both outlets, to 'rectify' their reporting on a rape trial, according to news reports and the judge’s decision, […]
“The political and public health crises Brazilians faced in 2020 have made journalism stronger. Public agents’ erratic and irresponsible management of efforts against the spread of the coronavirus helped the press claim its role as a key player in defense of people’s lives. When it became clear that trustworthy information was a matter of life […]
"Organizations that defend journalism in the Mercosur region released a joint note calling for an end to judicial harassment of journalists investigating corruption. In the statement, the Brazilian Association of Investigative Journalism (Abraji, for its acronym in Portuguese), the Forum of Paraguayan Journalists (FOPEP), The Center for Archives and Access to Public Information in Uruguay […]
“Judge Rudson Marcos and prosecutor Thiago Carriço, from Santa Catarina, filed actions for moral damage against journalist Schirlei Alves, from First Look Media, the company that owns The Intercept Brasil, and the publisher Notícias do Dia, from the site Santa Catarina ND+ , which published reports on the case of the influencer Mariana Ferrer. [...] […]
"[Leonardo de Carvalho] Leal and his girlfriend of six years, Mayara Stelle -- both 22-year-old law students -- this year created a Twitter account with its stated mission to call out Brazilian websites for spreading 'hate speech and Fake News,' and torpedoing those sites’ advertising revenue... They also mustered a legion of enemies. Vitriol poured […]
Agência Pública and Canal Meio are launching the newsletter "O ano em que o WikiLeaks mudou o mundo" (The year WikiLeaks changed the world). This is a pop-up newsletter, which ends after a certain number of episodes. The first part of the story is sent when the reader signs up and the rest will be […]
"Eleven civil society organizations that are part of the Right to Access to Public Information Forum - coordinated by Transparency Brasil - published today (Dec. 10, 2020) a technical note with recommendations for improvements in the transparency of the Ministry of Health regarding data about the new coronavirus pandemic. The document will be forwarded to […]
"Editora Globo, which publishes the newspapers EXTRA and O Globo, repudiated a video in which Lieutenant Colonel Gabryela Dantas, spokesman for the Military Police, classified reporter Rafael Soares as the enemy of the corporation and even encouraged the population to publicize the recording . (...) In a post on Twitter, the Brazilian Association of Investigative […]
"The Civil Police of Rio de Janeiro summoned the anchors William Bonner and Renata Vasconcellos, from TV Globo’s (newscast) “Jornal Nacional,” to testify for the alleged crime of disobedience of the judicial decision in relation to publications involving the investigation of 'rachadinhas' (an illegal scheme in which employees of representatives’ offices shared their salaries with […]
“Judge Marília de Ávila e Silva Sampaio, of the 6th Special Civil Court of Brasilia, this Monday (November 30) dismissed the request for censorship in an action filed by federal deputy Bia Kicis (PSL-DF) against Aos Fatos. In addition to the retraction, the congresswoman demanded to remove from the air the report ‘Quoted for Health, […]
“Rubens Valente, a columnist for UOL, obtained a report on the behavior of 81‘ influencers ’- 44 of them journalists - on social media. The analysis was produced by BR + Comunicação at the request of the Ministry of Economy, which takes advantage of a contract established between the company and the Ministry of Science […]