Murder attempt on journalist, arson attack on blogger’s car in Rio de Janeiro state

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Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls for exhaustive and transparent investigations to ensure that a shooting attack on a journalist in Magé, a municipality in Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro state, on 17 August, and an arson attack on a blogger’s car in Magé on 8 August do not go unpunished. The authorities must also protect these journalists, RSF says.

“They tried to silence me but, thank God, I’m still here,” said Vinícius Lourenço, the founder and editor of the

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