JOURNALISM IN THE AMERICAS

Since July 31, O Estado de S. Paulo has not been allowed to publish stories involving the son of former president and current Senate leader José Sarney. In an interview with the paper, Supreme Federal Court justice Celso Mello denounced state censorship, calling it an unconstitutional legacy of authoritarianism, Consultor Jurídico reports.

Without referring specifically to the paper’s case, the judge said “censorship is the very antithesis of the great principles that sustain a democratic regime.”