Tag: The intercept

• Saturday, February 8th 2020 - 11:29 UTC

  Freedom of expression and cybercrime case controversy in Brazilian court

  

  A Brazilian judge indicted six people accused of hacking the phones of prosecutors in the country’s biggest corruption case on Thursday but held off “for now” on accepting cybercrimes charges against U.S. journalist Glenn Greenwald.

• Wednesday, January 22nd 2020 - 09:39 UTC

  Brazilian officials seeking to charge US journalist for allegedly hacking phones

  

  Brazilian authorities are seeking to bring charges against Glenn Greenwald, the journalist who published Edward Snowden's intelligence agency leaks. Greenwald has been accused of “helping guiding and encouraging” a criminal group that hacked into the phones of Brazilian officials.

• Saturday, September 21st 2019 - 13:30 UTC

  Brazil fears Chinese invasion, says website

  

  Top secret documents drafted by Brazilian military, backed by President Jair Bolsonaro, indicate that the Amazon is under threat of Chinese penetration, according to a report published Friday by the site The Intercept, accessed by the Italian news agency ANSA.

• Wednesday, July 31st 2019 - 10:53 UTC

  Journalists organization question Bolsonaro's remarks regarding The Intercept Brazil

  

  The Committee to Protect Journalists on Tuesday condemned Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's remarks that Glenn Greenwald, the co-founder and editor of The Intercept Brasil, could “do jail time” and suggesting that he had married a Brazilian citizen to avoid deportation, as reported by a local outlet.

• Tuesday, July 9th 2019 - 09:59 UTC

  Moro considered releasing Odebrecht's bribes confession in Venezuela to harm president Maduro

  

  Brazilian justice minister Sergio Moro considered releasing construction giant Odebrecht's confession to paying bribes in Venezuela to harm the country's president Nicolas Maduro, The Intercept investigative website reported on Sunday.

• Monday, July 1st 2019 - 09:54 UTC

  Massive rallies on Sunday in support of Brazilian Minister of Justice

  

  Thousands protested in Brazil on Sunday in support of Justice Minister Sergio Moro, who is battling claims he conspired with prosecutors on his anti-corruption drive to keep former leader Lula da Silva from another presidential run.

• Monday, June 10th 2019 - 09:55 UTC

  Brazil’s Lava Jato: Recordings questioned impartiality from Sergio Moro and prosecutors in sentencing Lula da Silva

  

  The Intercept Brazil investigation media published private conversations between public agents who participated in the Lava Jato operation in Brazil and questioned the impartiality of the investigation, which led to the imprisonment of former President Lula da Silva.