[Unofficial translation by Business & Human Rights Resource Centre of article about the digital attack to the site of Repórter Brasil. Original article in Portuguese can be read here. Summary in Portuguese can be read here]

 “Repórter Brasil website attacked”, 21 September 2015

The website of Repórter Brasil - an organization of journalists, educators and social scientists, which fights against forced labour and promotes human rights – has been hacked. A series of investigative news articles which denounced important economic sectors has been changed or had parts of it deleted. The origins of the attack and its objectives are being investigated and relevant authorities have been informed... The digital attack is one more step in a campaign against the work of Repórter Brasil and its journalists. Lawsuits have also been pursued against the organization for publicizing operations to rescue workers from slave-like working conditions, as part of its mission to inform...