RSF writes to Dilma Rousseff asking for an end to murders and impunity against media personnel

Monday, June 1st 2015 - 23:00 UTC

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Appalled by the brutal murders of two Brazilian journalists in the space of a few days, Reporters Without Borders has written to President Dilma Roussef asking her to end the prevailing impunity for crimes of violence against media personnel in her country. Read full article

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ChrisR
DumbAss will be as impotent to do anything about this as she is at running the country.
Jun 02nd, 2015 - 07:34 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Hepatia
This method of media censorship is favored by the extreme right in Brazil. It needs to be addressed!
Jun 03rd, 2015 - 02:06 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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GeoffWard2
“At first I thought I was fighting to save rubber trees,
then I thought I was fighting to save the Amazon rainforest.
Now I realise I am fighting for humanity.”

—Chico Mendes (1944-88)

We fight our fights and people die - Djalma Santos da Conceicao, radio journalist with RCA FM, Bahia, Brasil.
Jun 03rd, 2015 - 09:09 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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yankeeboy
2. I've never heard Dilma or Lula be called extreme right.

Hep you have something wrong with you.
Jun 03rd, 2015 - 06:24 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Jack Bauer
@2 hippy
you must be brain-dead........how do you manage to read “extreme right” into the murder of all these journalists ?
It proves you understand f*ck all about what you read.
But are you going to tell us, or are you going to slink back into your insignificance and keep quiet , as always ??
Jun 03rd, 2015 - 08:44 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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