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CPJ welcomes conviction in 2013 murder of Brazilian photographer

August 20, 2015 5:09 PM ET

São Paulo, August 20, 2015--The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes the conviction and sentencing Wednesday of Alessandro Neves Augusto for the murder of Walgney Assis de Carvalho, a freelance photographer shot dead in Minas Gerais state in 2013, and urges...

The Road to Justice

October 28, 2014 12:00 AM ET

4. Steps That Work and Those That Don’t On May 3, 2011, CPJ representatives traveled to Pakistan to raise concerns about the increasing attacks against journalists there and the country’s high rate of impunity. It was a moment of drama:...

In Brazil, awakening 'Rodrigo Neto in each of us'

May 2, 2013 4:00 PM ET

One month after their colleague Rodrigo Neto was gunned down on the street after eating at a popular outdoor barbecue restaurant, the journalists of Vale do Aço, Brazil, were indignant. Denouncing a sluggish investigation and the possibility of police...

Another Vale do Aço journalist gunned down in Brazil

April 15, 2013 4:47 PM ET

New York, April 15, 2013--Brazilian authorities must bring to justice the assailants involved in the murder of a crime photographer on Sunday night, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Walgney Assis Carvalho was a freelance photographer who contributed to...

Journalist shot dead in Brazil, second in two weeks

March 8, 2013 4:32 PM ET

New York, March 8, 2013--Brazilian authorities must immediately investigate today's murder of a journalist and bring the perpetrators to justice, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today....