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Newspaper attacked

JANUARY 13, 2006 Posted: January 20, 2006 Mogi News ATTACKED Unidentified assailants hurled a percussion grenade at the premises of the daily newspaper Mogi News in the city of Mogi das Cruzes, state of São Paulo. No injuries or damage were reported.

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Radio Rage in Brazil’s Northeast

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Radio Rage in Brazil’s Northeast: Audio Slideshow

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In Brazil, a disputed court order bans coverage of spy case

New York, December 13, 2005—The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the latest example of judicial censorship in Brazil, where a São Paulo court has ordered the daily Folha de S.Paulo to stop publishing reports about a criminal case. A Federal District Court judge ordered the São Paulo-based newspaper to stop publishing reports about a pending…

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Top Brazilian journalist held hostage by punitive lawsuitsAward winner cannot attend presentation; CPJ seeks changes

Belém, Brazil, November 15, 2005—A leading Brazilian journalist being honored by the Committee to Protect Journalists with a prestigious International Press Freedom Award cannot attend the presentation this month because a series of punitive criminal lawsuits has made him a virtual hostage in his Amazonian hometown. “It’s crucial for me to stay in Belém to…

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CPJ Update

CPJ Update October 17, 2005 News from the Committee to Protect Journalists Return to front page | See previous Updates

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Arson attack on newspaper and two radio stations

New York, September 12, 2005 – The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns yesterday’s arson attack on the offices of daily Diário de Marília and sister radio stations Diário FM and Dirceu AM in the city of Marilia, in the state of São Paulo. José Ursílio, Diário de Marília’s editor in chief, declined to speculate who…

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BRAZIL

SEPTEMBER 11, 2005 October 17, 2005 Diário de MaríliaDiário FM Dirceu AM ATTACKED Arsonists attacked the offices of daily Diário de Marília and sister radio stations Diário FM and Dirceu AM in the city of Marilia, in the state of São Paulo.

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Photojournalist attacked

AUGUST 10, 2005 Posted September 8, 2005 Wladimir de Souza, Diário de S.Paulo ATTACKED Souza, a photojournalist who works for the São Paulo-based daily Diário de S.Paulo, was attacked by a police officer.Souza was covering the detention of an alleged drug dealer by the police’s Narcotics Investigation Department (DENARC), when he was attacked by a…

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BRAZIL

JULY 28, 2005 Posted August 30, 2005 Ancelmo Gois, O Globo LEGAL ACTION Gois, a well-known columnist with the Rio de Janeiro daily O Globo, faced prosecution after his column revealed a dispute between two local judges.In a February 27, 2004 column titled “Clash of Titans,” Gois wrote that Judge Francisco José de Asevedo had…

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