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Brazil - 06 MAY 2009 Journalist harassed by security guards more...

Brazil - 01 MAY 2009 Victory as Federal Supreme Court repeals dictatorship-era press law more...

Brazil - 23 APR 2009 Journalists used as "human shields" in shoot-out more...

Brazil - 16 APR 2009 Journalist Rodrigo Oliveira threatened by police, prevented from reporting on incident at soccer game more...

Brazil - 14 APR 2009 Reporter Carly Falcão forced to delete footage of police attack on football fan more...

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BRAZIL: SUPREME COURT STRIKES DOWN ARCHAIC PRESS LAW Brazil's Supreme Court has made a "historic decision" to repeal the 1967 press law, which allowed for jail sentences for press offences, report the Associação Brasileira de Jornalismo Investigativo (ABRAJI), the Inter American Press Association (IAPA), ARTICLE 19 and Reporters Without Borders (RSF). FULL STORY

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TAKE ACTION! BRAZIL: IAPA LAUNCHES LETTER CAMPAIGN FOR SLAIN EDITOR

Brazilian NGOs Form Access-to-Information Network

UNESCO to Fund Brazilian Press Freedom Network

Brazilian Investigative Journalists Organise

Brazil: New Press Freedom Network Formed

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Attacks on the Press in 2008: Brazil Committee to Protect Journalists (February 2009) download...

World Report 2009: Brazil Human Rights Watch download...

SPEAKING OUT FOR FREE EXPRESSION 1987-2007 AND BEYOND: Brazil ARTICLE 19 download...