Brazil: Fear for safety

Index Number: AMR 19/015/2008
Fecha de publicación: 5 noviembre 2008
Categorías: Brasil

Investigative journalist Luiz Carlos Barbon, who had reported on official corruption, was murdered in May 2007. Local military police officers have been arrested, and are awaiting trial for his murder. His wife, Katia Camargo, is being threatened by people linked to her husband's killers, some of whom are still at liberty. She and her children are in grave danger.