"Abraji considers the escalation of judicial decisions determining the removal of content in cases filed by the president of the Chamber, Arthur Lira , against journalists and press outlets as an attack on journalistic work. The situation worsened this week, with a monocratic decision by Minister Alexandre de Moraes, of the Supreme Federal Court (STF, […]
“A reporting team from [Brazil's] TV Record was shot at by criminals in Belford Roxo, in Baixada Fluminense [in the state of Rio de Janeiro], on Tuesday afternoon [June 11]. Reporter Monique Bittencourt and cameraman Thiago Bessa were in a reporting vehicle that was attacked near the community of Castelar. Both were injured, not seriously, […]
"In the two years since the murders of journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous affairs expert Bruno Pereira, the Coalition in Defense of Journalism, of which Abraji is a part, demands speedy justice and State action in the case and the growing violence against journalists and defenders of the environment. Dom Phillips, a British reporter, and […]
"The Dom Phillips Institute was launched on June 2, in honor of the British journalist who was murdered in Vale do Javari, in the Brazilian Amazon, in June 2022, together with Indigenous affairs expert Bruno Pereira. Several UN bodies called for investigating the crime and combating illegal actions on Indigenous lands. [...] According to Alessandra […]
"Registration is now open for the 19th Abraji International Congress of Investigative Journalism, the largest gathering of journalists in the country and one of the most important in Latin America. The event will be held from July 11 - 14, in São Paulo, at the Álvaro Alvim campus of ESPM. The activities of the Congress […]
"Judicial harassment that compromises freedom of expression constitutes the filing of numerous lawsuits regarding the same facts, in different districts, with the intention or effect of constraining a journalist or press organization, making their defense difficult or making it excessively onerous. This is the understanding of [Brazil's] Supreme Federal Court, which decided this Wednesday (May […]
“[Investigative journalism organization] Agência Pública has been targeted by a disinformation campaign allegedly led by federal congressman Eduardo Bolsonaro and other allies since it published the report ‘U.S. Republicans and Bolsonaro's son collaborate to punish Brazil on allegations regarding free speech,’ on April 11, 2024. [...] After publication, Eduardo Bolsonaro and former anchor of [far-right […]
"The world of sport, especially [Brazilian] sports journalism, suffered a severe blow between the night of this Wednesday (May 15) and the morning of this Thursday (May 16). In less than 24 hours, three major references in the profession passed away. Washington Rodrigues, or Apolinho, aged 87, Antero Grecco, aged 69, and Silvio Luiz, aged […]
"The Amazon is often a hostile territory for those who fight for freedom of the press and the right to access information. Illegal economies, groups outside the law, political interference and the lack of structure and resources are challenges for journalists, communicators, environmental activists and human rights defenders working in the region. These professionals are […]
"Ten press freedom organizations launched this Monday [May 6] the Coalition in Defense of Journalism during a session of the Senate Social Communication Council (CCS), in Brasília. The entities, including Abraji, have already been acting together to focus on journalists' defense issues in the last two years, when press freedom was under severe attack in […]
"The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomed a Brazilian court’s decision on Tuesday [April 23] to uphold the conviction of four men for the 2012 murder of journalist Valério Luiz de Oliveira. Oliveira was shot dead […] while leaving his offices at Rádio Jornal 820 AM […] in Goiânia, the capital of the central Brazilian state […]
"[Brazilian] Supreme Federal Court Minister Cármen Lúcia, in a definitive decision, overturned the determination of the Mato Grosso Court to seize the cell phones and computers of two journalists in the state. Alexandre Aprá and Enoch Cavalcanti had written and published reports and opinion articles about Orlando de Almeida Perri, from the Court of Justice […]