Media under attack during and after the presidential election Published at 31.03.2023 Country Brazil Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI women indigenous groups harassment positive CS development attack on journalist protest criminal defamation public vilification non state actors Read more
Brazil: anti-democratic demonstrations following presidential election Published at 21.12.2022 Country Brazil Category Latest Developments Tags: internet restriction harassment HRD killing public vilification violent protest censorship non state actors political interference women indigenous groups environmental rights religious groups attack on journalist land rights youth protest disruption attack on HRD intimidation negative court ruling protest Read more
Brazil: Anger at government inaction after Indigenous advocate and international correspondent are killed in the Amazon Published at 13.07.2022 Country Brazil Category Latest Developments Tags: access to info. law public vilification LGBTI intimidation harassment killing of journalist women positive court ruling HRD killing non state actors criminal defamation censorship indigenous groups minority groups attack on journalist negative court ruling protest extractive industries political interference journalist detained environmental rights land rights Read more
Brazil: shocking violence on HRDs and journalists continues Published at 26.04.2022 Country Brazil Category Latest Developments Tags: youth attack on HRD intimidation enabling law harassment HRD killing killing of journalist censorship environmental rights access to info. law private sector land rights non state actors women indigenous groups refugees and migrants attack on journalist protest extractive industries restrictive law Read more
Brazil: environmental and land defenders killed, journalists attacked and pandemic data blackout Published at 18.01.2022 Country Brazil Category Latest Developments Tags: youth attack on HRD harassment land rights HRD killing criminal defamation non state actors women indigenous groups minority groups positive CS development attack on journalist protest internet restriction restrictive law enabling law HRD threatened environmental rights Read more
Brasil: espaço cívico em disputa em meio ao retrocesso democrático Published at 23.08.2021 Country Brazil Category Latest Developments Tags: criminal defamation enabling law censorship attack on journalist positive court ruling HRD prosecuted women negative court ruling indigenous groups protest disruption intimidation harassment release of HRDs environmental rights HRD detained protest excessive force positive CS development Read more
Brazil’s civic space in dispute amid democratic backsliding Published at 19.08.2021 Country Brazil Category Latest Developments Tags: protest women indigenous groups enabling law release of HRDs positive CS development protest disruption HRD prosecuted intimidation harassment HRD detained excessive force attack on journalist criminal defamation negative court ruling censorship environmental rights positive court ruling Read more
Uso da Lei de Segurança Nacional para silenciar críticos no Brasil Published at 24.05.2021 Country Brazil Category Latest Developments Tags: youth office raid attack on HRD intimidation land rights HRD detained HRD killing internet restriction killing of journalist access to info. law private sector extractive industries non state actors positive court ruling restrictive law LGBTI protestor(s) detained women indigenous groups HRD prosecuted positive CS development attack on journalist protest environmental rights Read more
Dictatorship-era National Security Law used to intimidate critics in Brazil Published at 11.05.2021 Country Brazil Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI women office raid attack on HRD HRD killing intimidation youth killing of journalist HRD detained access to info. law private sector non state actors positive court ruling indigenous groups positive CS development environmental rights attack on journalist land rights protest internet restriction extractive industries restrictive law protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Closing civic space in Brazil: censorship, harassment and attacks on journalists and activists Published at 18.12.2020 Country Brazil Category Latest Developments Tags: protest violent protest intimidation harassment HRD detained political interference HRD killing excessive force enforced disappearance censorship HRD prosecuted non state actors women environmental rights indigenous groups minority groups land rights positive CS development attack on journalist negative court ruling Read more
Pandemic in Brazil aggravates democratic backslide Published at 25.08.2020 Country Brazil Category Latest Developments Tags: self censorship protest disruption intimidation surveillance restrictive law harassment protest HRD killing women political interference excessive force non state actors attack on journalist criminal defamation extractive industries indigenous groups public vilification positive court ruling protestor(s) detained killing of journalist labour rights prevention of protest internet restriction LGBTI minority groups Read more
Journalists under assault in Brazil with judicial harassment, smear campaigns and vilification Published at 28.03.2020 Country Brazil Category Latest Developments Tags: protest land rights public vilification killing of journalist positive court ruling protest disruption political interference women intimidation harassment journalist detained attack on journalist excessive force protestor(s) detained Read more
