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Brazil: Police aim gun at journalist during raid coverage

"The edition [of the Brazilian TV journalism program] Profissão Repórter [profession reporter] this Tuesday, Aug. 15 tackled the issue of police lethality. Reporter Danielle Zampollo went to the community of Prainha, in Guarujá [in the state of São Paulo], to find out more about the deaths in Operation Escudo, which has left 16 dead, 12 […]

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Brazil sees 8.6% reduction in news deserts by 2023, but local journalism needs encouragement

"The sixth edition of the Atlas da Notícia, the census carried out by Projor to map the presence of local journalism in Brazil, showed a game change regarding occupying news deserts in the country. For the first time since the survey began in 2017, the number of municipalities considered deserts is lower than the number […]

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Brazilian women journalists face sexual violence in their daily work, according to report

"In 2022, the year of one of the toughest elections in Brazil, the Brazilian Association of Investigative Journalism (Abraji, by its Portuguese acronym) registered 557 cases of aggression against press members, 26% involving some type – more or less explicit – of gender violence. Of this group, 5% were categorized as episodes of sexual violence, with […]

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Brazil: Political violence causes 34.2% increase in physical attacks on journalists

"The radicalization of the political landscape has seriously affected the press freedom situation and journalistic activity in Brazil. The number of serious assaults on journalists increased by 34.2% between Jan. 1 and May 15, 2023, compared to the same period last year. The so-called assault on the Three Powers Square in Brasília, on Jan. 8, […]

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Congresso em Foco news site withdraws interview of former wife of Brazil's congressman, following a court order

"Judge Jayder Ramos de Araújo, of the 10th Civil Court of Brasilia, ordered the removal of an interview with Julyenne Lins Rocha, ex-wife of the House of Representatives president, Congressman Arthur Lira, by [news website] Congresso em Foco. The decision, which was issued as a preliminary injunction, was in response to a request by Lira […]

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Brazilian congressman requests the removal of articles and interviews from YouTube that report on alleged corruption cases

"The speaker of the [Brazilian] House of Representatives, Deputy Arthur Lira (PP-AL party), filed a lawsuit before the 24th Civil Court of Brasília to remove YouTube videos from the ICL Notícias program, which contains articles, interviews and critical comments against him. The lawsuit mainly refers to content published on June 6, with comments on the […]

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Brazilian Public Ministry asks radio station to lose concession and pay millions in fine for 'disinformation'

"On the grounds that [the radio station] Jovem Pan aligned itself with the disinformation campaign that has been spreading throughout the country since 2022, the Federal Public Prosecutor's Office [MPF, by its Portuguese acronym] filed a public civil action requesting the cancellation of three broadcasting licenses granted to the station. According to the agency, the […]

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Son of Brazilian journalist Tim Lopes releases documentary about his father, 20 years after his murder

"Twenty years after the murder of journalist Tim Lopes, tortured and killed by members of drug trafficking gangs in Rio de Janeiro, [streaming platform] GloboPlay is launching a new documentary about his career, directed by his son Bruno Quintella. He had already directed another documentary with the aim of keeping his father's memory alive. The […]

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Brazilian court decision to uphold censorship against Aos Fatos agency is 'judicial harassment,' say organizations

"Jurists and journalism defense entities qualified this Monday [June 12] as a restriction on press freedom the decision by the Rio Grande do Sul Court of Justice (TJ-RS, by its Portuguese acronym) to maintain censorship against [the agency] Aos Fatos at the request of Jornal da Cidade Online - a site that is being investigated […]

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RSF registers 62 cases of press freedom violations in the Amazon in 10 months

"The Observatory of Press Freedom Violations in the Amazon of Reporters Without Borders (RSF) reported that there were 62 cases of press freedom violations in the region between July 2022 and May 2023. The data began to be compiled following the murders of British journalist Dom Phillips and indigenous activist Bruno Pereira in the municipality […]

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Judge censors The Intercept Brasil series on Parental Alienation Law, which separates women from their children

News site The Intercept Brasil faces a controversial court ruling this week that raises concerns about freedom of expression and press freedom in Brazil. Judge Flávia Gonçalves Moraes Bruno, from the 14th Civil Court of the Judicial District of Rio de Janeiro, ordered The Intercept to remove the entire series entitled "Em nome dos pais" […]

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Bolsonaro ordered to pay damages for attacks on journalists

"A São Paulo court confirmed on Thursday [May 25] a sentence against former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro (2019-2022), accused of causing collective moral damage to the the journalists' professional group. The 4th Chamber of Private Law of the Court of Justice upheld the decision of the first instance, which, in June 2022, ruled in favor […]