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Knife-wielding man briefly holds TV Globo reporter hostage in Brazil
June 11, 2020 4:19 PM EDT
Rio de Janeiro, June 11, 2020 — Brazilian authorities must thoroughly investigate the recent attack on TV Globo and take measures to ensure journalists’ safety, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.
Yesterday afternoon, an unidentified man broke into the Rio de Janeiro headquarters of TV Globo, Brazil’s biggest privately owned news and entertainment broadcaster, and briefly took reporter Marina Araújo hostage, according to news reports and a statement emailed to CPJ by the Rio de Janeiro military police.
According to a statement by the company, the man demanded to speak to Renata Vasconcellos, who hosts the “Jornal Nacional” news program. TV Globo’s private security guards then called the military police, who negotiated Araújo’s release soon thereafter, according to that statement.
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The Rio de Janeiro civil police press office told CPJ in an email that the man, whose name was not released, was arrested for the crime of “false imprisonment.” If charged and convicted, he could face up to three years in prison under Article 148 of the Brazilian Penal Code.
More:
https://cpj.org/2020/06/knife-wielding-man-briefly-holds-tv-globo-reporter-hostage-in-brazil/
