Cause of death Death by firearm Occupation Radio journalist Known for Radio talk show host | Nationality Brazilian Employer Radio Liberdade FM | |
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Died 7 August 2015, Camocim, Ceará, Brazil | ||
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Gleydson Carvalho, (25 April 1982 – 7 August 2015), a Brazilian radio talk show host and journalist for Radio Liberdade FM in Camocim, Ceará, Brazil. Carvalho was known for his attacks on local government corruption. He was shot in the head and chest multiple times while on air.
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Personal
Gleydson Carvalho was a Brazilian born on 25 April 1982. He was known to be the Radio DJ that commonly spoke of political corruption during his show. Carvalho was well known for his long-standing campaign against government corruption. Gleydson worked in Camocim, Ceará, Brazil. This is where he was later assassinated on 7 August 2015.
Career
Gleydson Carvalho was a radio talk show host for Radio Liberdade FM. Carvalho was known for having strong political views while on the air and had received many death threats. His career was made by the amount of political views and opinions he put into his show. Gleydson Carvalho was so popular he had his own show at lunchtime.
Death
Carvalho was assassinated during a live broadcast. This broadcast took place at the Radio Liberdade FM in the Brazilian state of Ceará. According to the media, the assassins overpowered the receptionist before gaining entry to Gleydson Carvalho's recording studio. The intruders stated that they would like to place and ad. After gaining entry the assassins shot Carvalho five times (3 times in the head and twice in the chest). Carvalho died as he was taken to a nearby hospital. The killers fled on a white motorbike, but it was not long until the authorities found them.
The last that has been heard for the arrest of these killers is that they had two suspects in connection of the killing. These suspects may or may not have been linked to the assassination of Gleydson Carvalho. These people are Francisco Carneiro Portela ad Gisele Sousa do Nascmiento. The two men that remain at large are Tiago Lemos da Silva and Jefferson nicknames "Dudu".
Context
Gleydson Carvalho was the fourth journalist killed in Brazil in 2015. In early March 2015, Gerardo Ceferino Servian Coronel was also fatally shot. He too was a radio journalist. Evany José Metzker was decapitated May 2015. Lastly, Djalma Santos da Conceicao was found tortured. CPJ reports that at least 16 journalists have been killed since 2011, ranking Brazil eleventh on the CPJ's 2014 Global Impunity Index.
Impact
Gleydson Carvalho was well known for his long-standing, vocal reporting about government corruption. When Carvalho was killed it had created an uproar. Human rights groups in Brazil were outside of major urban centers around the country. Without Carvalho's knowing, he got these groups to fight for the journalist's lives that had been taken from them because of their jobs.
Reactions
Irina Bokova, the director-general of UNESCO, said, "Journalists are the voices of the people and when violence is used to silence one of them, society as a whole suffers. I call on the authorities to investigate this crime and bring its perpetrators to court to be punished in keeping with Brazil’s legal provisions."
A statement from Committee to Protect Journalists said, "Authorities must take action to combat a press freedom crisis that is violating the right of all Brazilians to be informed, not to mention ending journalists' lives."