Two Brazilian journalists working undercover to investigate paramilitary activity in Rio de Janeiro's slums claim they were abducted and tortured by armed men who identified themselves as police. The reporter and photographer reported in their newspaper O Dia that they were beaten and given electric shock treatment. Aziz Filho, secretary general of the local journalists union, called it a "barbarous" attack on freedom of the press and democracy. (Via Boston Globe)
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