Brazil - One journalist, two bloggers murdered in Brazilian Black November

Reporters without borders

After last month's murders of two independent bloggers and a radio presenter in the space of 11 days in northeastern Brazil, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the country's justice system to combat impunity for crimes of violence against news providers and to reinforce their protection. All three of November's victims were killed in the same way, by masked gunmen on motorcycles. Israel Gonçalves Silva, 37, was killed on 10 November in Lagoa de Itaenga, in Pernambuco state. A Radio (...)

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