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Spate of recent journalists’ deaths highlights ongoing danger

The recent deaths of four journalists in four countries over four days illustrates not only the continuing danger that journalists face across the globe, but the need to protect their safety and fundamental rights and end impunity for crimes against them, the International Press Institute (IPI) said today. Journalists died in Brazil and Ukraine, respectively, on […]

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IPI urges Brazil to implement journalist safety measures

The International Press Institute (IPI) today urged Brazil to implement safety measures for journalists amid reports that at least 36 were attacked between June 12 and July 13 while covering protests against the World Cup. The Brazilian Association of Investigative Journalists (ABRAJI) told IPI that almost 90 percent of the attacks – which included 17 […]

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As World Cup continues, so do attacks against press in Brazil

The International Press Institute (IPI) today called on the Brazilian government to implement measures approved by the country’s Human Rights Secretariat to promote the safety of journalists covering protests currently taking place in various cities across Brazil. At least 19 Brazilian and international journalists were attacked in Brazil between June 12, the day the ongoing […]

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Brazilian editor murdered near Rio de Janeiro

The murder on Monday of a newspaper editor in a suburb of Rio de Janeiro may have been an attempt to silence the paper’s “combative” reporting, Brazilian police investigators said yesterday, according to media reports. José Roberto Ornelas de Lemos was shot 44 times while drinking at a local bar in Nova Iguaçu, the second-largest […]

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