Tag: Press

IAPA Calls on Brazil Courts to Stop Press Censorship

Brazil’s Supreme Court has been urged by the Inter American Press Association (IAPA) to ...

Brazil’s Right to Information Bill Still Far from International Standard

An amended version of the Brazilian draft Bill on Access to Information has been ...

Press Freedom Gets Better, But It’s Still Dangerous to Be a Reporter in Brazil

The world ranking for freedom of press in 175 countries as reported by French ...

Brazil’s Right to Information Bill Still Very Imperfect, Says Article 19

International freedom of press organization Article 19 has published its analysis on the long-awaited ...

In Brazil the Press Doesn’t Get Any Respect

Two reporters from the comedy show CQC (Custe o que Custar – Whatever the ...

Brazilian Newspapers Are Dying an Inglorious Death

The end of the diploma requirement to be a professional journalist in Brazil is ...

After 21-Year Wait Brazil Congress to Pass Regulation on Right to Information

The President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, sent last week the long-awaited ...

Brazil Abolishes 42-year-old Press Law Adopted During Dictatorship

Brazil's Supreme Court voted by seven votes to four to end a repressive press ...

Brazil Fines Press for Political Interview Labeled as Propaganda

The reaction of Paris-based freedom-of-press organization Reporters Without Borders (RSF) to the news that ...

Evangelical Media Empire in Brazil Goes to Court to Intimidate Press

International human rights organization Article 19 has strongly condemned the wave of civil defamation ...