WPF stands in full solidarity with Gisele Kümpel, a sports journalist, who experienced sexual harassment involving the mascot of Internacional de Porto Alegre — a prominent football club — during a match against Gremio.

WPF stands resolutely in support of Alana Rocha, who was subjected to open detention for eight months, community service in lieu of a fine, and ordered to pay 12,000 reais in moral damages following a defamation case in Bahia, Brazil.

In a verdict that strikes at the very heart of press freedom and justice, Brazilian journalist Schirlei Alves was unjustly sentenced to one year of open detention and fined over $80,000.

After reporting persistent sexual harassment she faced from a station director at Record News, television presenter Rhiza Castro was fired by the network.

Hackers break into Andreza Matais’ government portal account broken into and threaten to expose her fiscal data.

During a live broadcast for RJ2 on InterTV, a man attempted to kiss journalist Bianca Chaboudet.

Journalist Tai Nalon, the executive director of fact-checking agency Aos Fatos, is being targeted with a criminalization attempt.

A military police officer aimed a rifle at journalist Danielle Zampollo as she investigated killings after a police operation in Baixada Santista.

Journalist Suellen Araújo receives death threats and online harassment following a social media post by state secretary Alexandre Ramalho.

A civil court has ordered Juliana Dal Piva to pay damages to lawyer Frederick Wassef for making public threatening messages he sent her.

TV reporter Laura França and other journalists were attacked with explosive devices while reporting a police demonstration

Journalist and columnist Juliana Dal Piva was threatened by President Jair Bolsonaro’s lawyer Frederick Wassef after a podcast was aired in which the president's corruption was exposed. The Coalition For Women In Journalism (CFWIJ) condemns the threats against the journalist. We demand Brazilian authorities to conduct a swift investigation into the threat messages and ensure journalist’s safety.

Patricia Campos, a columnist, and correspondent for Brazillian daily newspaper Folha de S. Paulo, won her libel case against President Jair Bolsonaro. In February 2020, the President insinuated that Patricia used sex to uncover unfavorable information about him. The judge said in his verdict of March 16 that the allegations damaged the journalist’s integrity. President Bolsonaro was ordered to pay $3500 in compensation to Patricia Campos. The journalist won a similar case on February 18, 2021, against the son of President Bolsonaro, Eduardo Bolsonaro. CFWIJ welcomes the court’s decision and hopes this will set a precedent for people who intimidate journalists and tarnish their reputation.

Patricia Campos, a columnist and correspondent, for the Brazilian daily newspaper Folha de S. Paulo, won her libel case against President Bolsonaro's son on February 18. Eduardo Bolsonaro had accused the journalist of seducing a source to acquire compromising information about his father. The judge ordered Eduardo Bolsonaro to pay damages amounting to $5600 for slandering the journalist and questioning her professional ethics. CFWIJ welcomes the decision and hopes it will set a precedent to end the pervasive harassment against women journalists in Brazil.