"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 […]
"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)
"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 […]
"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 […]
"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 […]
“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 […]
"Brazilian Federal Police concluded that the murder of Indigenous affairs activist Bruno Pereira and British journalist Dom Phillips, which occurred on June 5, 2022 in the Javari Valley, northern Amazonas, was due to surveillance activities [encouraged by Pereira] in the Amazon. The police also accused Rubén Dario da Silva Villar, known as 'Colombia,' as the […]
"Users of X, the former Twitter, reported on Wednesday, October 9, that they regained access to the platform. Access was restored after the National Telecommunications Agency, or Anatel for its initials in Portuguese, notified internet providers to lift the block, which had been imposed by order of the Supreme Federal Court. The unblocking occurred after […]
"The press has been a frequent target in this year's electoral campaign [in Brazil]. From the beginning of the electoral period, August 16, until Sept. 18, 38,008 online attacks were recorded, with 34,801 on X, 2,716 on Instagram, and 491 on TikTok. These figures are part of the monitoring conducted by the Coalition in Defense […]
"The public prosecutor's office has denounced state deputy Renato Machado as the person who ordered the death of journalist Robson Giorno in 2019. According to Gaeco [a unit against organized crime], Machado 'was the person who ordered the murder, planning, determining and directing the criminal activity'. There are also other accusations from the public prosecutor's […]
["The Brazilian federal government launched] an unprecedented initiative within the scope of public policies aimed at community communication: the Cultura Viva public call, of sponsorship in the form of cultural support for community radio stations. The unprecedented call was published today [Sept. 12] by Secom, the Social Communication Secretariat of the Presidency of the Republic, […]
"Abraji (Brazilian Association of Investigative Journalism) is concerned about the decision of Minister Alexandre de Moraes, of the Supreme Federal Court (STF, for its acronym in Portuguese), to prohibit the interview of Filipe Martins, former advisor to former president Jair Bolsonaro, to Folha from S.Paulo. Filipe Martins was imprisoned for six months, accused by the […]