Lawyer of Brazilian President Sent Threatening Message to Journalist
Published: 16 July 2021
WRITTEN BY ISOBEL VAN HAGEN
Lawyer of Brazilian President Sent Threatening Message to Journalist
Published: 16 July 2021
WRITTEN BY ISOBEL VAN HAGEN
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) urged Brazilian officials and their representatives to refrain from harassing members of the press who cover them and rather encourage free reporting. The appeal came after President Jair Bolsonaro’s personal lawyer sent a lengthy and menacing message to a journalist reporting on alleged government corruption.
Frederick Wassef called Juliana Dal Piva “communist” or a “soldier of the angry left” earlier this month, and asked why she didn’t move to China, where “you would disappear and not even your body would be found.”
Wassef also accused Dal Piva of “attacking and trying to destroy Brazil’s president, his family and his lawyer” and called her “an enemy of the homeland.”
Dal Piva, a journalist with Brazilian news outlet UOL, had previously interviewed Wassef for a series of reports on alleged corruption involving the president and his family members. Wassef’s interview was included in an episode of Dal Piva’s podcast “The secret life of Jair,” she told CPJ in an interview.
More:
https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/14853-lawyer-of-brazilian-president-sent-threatening-message-to-journalist
Frederick Wassef, name that commie!
Brazil's own Joseph McCarthy?
