Brazilian Supreme Court Breaks Source Confidentiality over Judge’s ‘Stalking’ Claims Against Journalist
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The case of the Maranhese journalist Luís Pablo, who had his source secrecy broken by publishing reports on the private use of a vehicle of the Maranhão Court of Justice by Minister Flávio Dino of the STF (Supremo Federal Court), generated a
The investigation that leads to suspicions of persecution of Minister Flávio Dino of the Supreme Federal Court (STF), and that motivated the breach of secrecy of the source of a journalist from Maranhão, has as context a political dispute in the state and a crack in the government in the elections this year. Dino ruled the Maranhão for eight years. With Carlos Brandão of vice, the current minister of the STF was elected in 2014, in a political a…
Brazilian Supreme Court breaks source confidentiality over judge’s ‘stalking’ claims against journalist
São Paulo, August 14, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists is deeply concerned that the Brazilian Supreme Federal Court has decided personal allegations are a reason to break source confidentiality, a right guaranteed by the Brazilian Constitution, in journalist Luís Pablo Conceição Almeida’s reporting. Brazilian Supreme Federal (STF) Judge Flávio Dino accused Luís Pablo of “stalking”...
Minister maintains that Flavio Dino's safety has been 'at real risk'
The most recent episode in this sense was the decision of Minister Alexandre de Moraes to arbitrarily order official actions against a journalist from Maranhão and the source who subsidized him to disclose information. The news only made public an immorality: when he goes to Maranhão, a state that ruled before being appointed by President Lula (PT) to the STF, also Minister Flávio Dino and his family wears an armored official car, handed over by…
The decision of Minister Alexandre de Moraes, of the Supreme Federal Court (STF), who authorized searches against a source of the Maranhese journalist Luís Pablo rekindled the debate on the limits of the judiciary's performance before the freedom of the press. The case involves Raimundo Cutrim, pointed out as a source of reports about Minister Flávio Dino, and provoked... The post Censorship? See cases in which the STF interfered in the journali…
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