Brazilian Association for Investigative Journalism

Journalist and cameraman Anderson Leandro da Silva was last seen on 10 October 2012 in Curitaba, Parana state, when he left the offices of Quem TV, the station he owns, headed for Quatro Barras, in the Curitaba metropolitan area.

André Caramante, reporter from Folha de S.Paulo, one of the major Brazilian newspapers, has left the newsroom after being threatened by retired police colonel Paulo Adriano Lopes Lucinda Telhada and people linked to him.

Journalist Décio Sá had worked for the newspaper “O Estado do Maranhão”, owned by the family of José Sarney, president of the Federal Senate, and ran a blog about politics.

Lucio Flavio Pinto was threatened by a local businessman after writing about him in “Jornal Pessoal”.

Claudio Dantas, who worts for Revista Istoé, was researching a story on the sudden enrichment of the governor of Brasilia’s family.

Cameraman Gelson Domingos died after being shot in the chest while covering a police operation in the slum of Antares, Santa Cruz, on the west side of Rio de Janeiro.

The text of the law was modified at the Chamber of Deputies and has waited for the approval by the Senate since May 2010.

Police have confirmed that the murder of Auro Ida was a “crime of passion” organised by his girlfriend’s ex-husband.