The International Press Institute (IPI) today urged Brazilian police to thoroughly investigate the death of journalist Renato Machado Gonçalves, who was gunned down in front of his home Tuesday. Gonçalves was the co-owner of Radio Barra FM, a community station located in São João da Barra, in the north of Rio de Janeiro state. According […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today called on Brazilian authorities to fully investigate last Sunday’s killing of photojournalist Walgney Assis Carvalho. According to the news website em.com.br, Assis, who worked as a freelancer for the newspaper Vale de Arco, was shot while sitting in a fish restaurant in the town of Coronel Fabriciano, in the […]

At least 15 journalists have reportedly been physically attacked, injured, or detained over the past two weeks while covering anti-government protests in Brazil that grew out of anger over fare increases on public transportation. The International Press Institute (IPI) today called on Brazilian security forces to guarantee the safety of reporters covering the protests and […]

A radio director was killed and a radio employee wounded after a gunmen stormed their station in Brazil’s Rondônia state on Saturday. Claudio Moleiro de Souza is the sixth journalist to be killed in Brazil this year, according to the International Press Institute (IPI)’s Death Watch. That statistic makes Latin America’s largest country not only the region’s […]