Articles by Brazilian Association for Investigative Journalism
Reporter beaten up over corruption article
(ABRAJI/IFEX) – The Brazilian Association for Investigative Journalism (ABRAJI) and the Rio Grande do Sul State Professional Newspersons’ Union have both condemned the aggression suffered by Graciliano Rocha, a correspondent for the Brazilian newspaper “Folha de S. Paulo” in the city of Porto Alegre. ABRAJI calls the attack “an attempt against freedom of expression and […]
Electoral judge orders website to remove report on Worker’s Party candidate
(ABRAJI/IFEX) – Luiz Marinho, a former minister in Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s government and a Worker’s Party (Partido dos Trabalhadores, PT) candidate for re-election in the city of São Bernardo do Campo (São Paulo), has obtained a judicial injunction ordering the Folha Online website to remove a report from its digital archive. The report […]
Journalist reportedly targeted in bomb attack; bandits obstruct the circulation of newspapers in two more cities
(ABRAJI/IFEX) – Similar to the “Extra” newspaper case in the city of Rio de Janeiro on 28 September 2008, bandits have obstructed the circulation of newspapers containing reports related to electoral candidates in another two Brazilian cities. In addition, a journalist has suffered an attack with a homemade bomb in the northern part of the […]
Armed men buy 30,000 copies of newspaper to obstruct its circulation
(ABRAJI/IFEX) – On 28 September 2008, a group of armed men bought 30,000 copies of the “Extra” newspaper in the Baixada Fluminese region of Rio de Janeiro state, in order to stop the newspaper from reaching the public. The newspaper’s front page carried a story entitled, “Campaigning members of congress lie in order to safeguard […]
Court revokes imposition of fines on “Veja” and “Folha de São Paulo” for pre-election period interview with candidate
(ABRAJI/IFEX) – According to the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas, at least fourteen media outlets have been fined in 2008 by the electoral courts for publishing interviews with those seeking office in the upcoming municipal elections, scheduled for October, or in some cases, even just their photographs ( http://knightcenter2.communication.utexas.edu/?q=pt-br/blog ). Electoral judges deemed […]
Journalist and newspaper facing at least 28 separate lawsuits over critical article on church’s business empire
(ABRAJI/IFEX) – At least 28 members of the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God have filed individual lawsuits against journalist Elvira Lobato and the newspaper “Folha de S. Paulo”, for which she works. They say that they were insulted by her investigative report, entitled “Universal turns 30 with a business empire”, published on 15 […]