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Valério Luiz Filho, son of murdered journalist Valério Luiz de Oliveira and a lawyer who was appeared in court in 2022 as an assistant to the prosecution in his father’s case, says the decision to uphold the conviction of four men for killing his father was a ‘historic day’ in the fight to end impunity for crimes. (Photo: O Popular)

Brazilian court upholds conviction of killers of journalist Valério Luiz de Oliveira

April 26, 2024 3:22 PM EDT

São Paulo, April 26, 2024—The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomed a Brazilian court’s decision on Tuesday to uphold the conviction of four men for the 2012 murder of journalist Valério Luiz de Oliveira. Oliveira was shot dead by an unidentified gunman on a motorcycle while leaving his offices at Rádio Jornal 820 AM, where he…