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HRD Attack

Leonardo Sakamoto

Incident date
1 Apr 2016
Date accuracy
Year and Month Correct
Male
Press; media
Intimidation & threats
Target: Individual
Location of Incident: Brazil
JBS Brazil Food & beverage

Sources

Journalist defamed through an ad on Google. Leonardo Sakamoto has been repeatedly receiving threats and aggressions. He is a renowned and committed human rights journalist and defender, director of the NGO Repórter Brasil, a leading Brazilian NGO to combat forced labour. Sakamoto has suffered once again defamation. This time, allegations are against JBS and 4Buzz. The companies are accused of disseminating a defamatory text against the journalist and activist through an ad at Google. The companies have denied the accusations. The activist alleges that the defamation has contributed to increasing the number of threats, physical and verbal aggressions.