RSF tallied 580 attacks against media in Brazil in 2020
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President Jair Bolsonaro poses for the presidential photographer during a visit to an institution, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, 15 December 2020, Miguel Schincariol/Getty Images Reporters Without Borders (RSF) provides a quantified assessment of press freedom violations in 2020 and looks back at some of the most significant episodes in a year in which constant harassment by President Bolsonaro and his immediate circle poisoned the environment for journalists.
This statement was originally published on rsf.org on 25 January 2021.
In the latest of its series of reports on attacks against the media under President Jair Bolsonaro, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) provides a quantified assessment of press freedom violations in 2020 and looks back at some of the most significant episodes in a year in which constant harassment by the president and his immediate circle pois