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Edinaldo Filgueira, also spelled Ednaldo, (ca. 1975 – 15 June 2011), a Brazilian blogger and journalist, editor, and owner of the newspaper and online ''Jornal o Serrano'' in Serra do Mel, Brazil, was assassinated by gunmen as he left work. Filgueira was also active in party politics.〔Committee to Protect Journalists. 2011. “Edinaldo Filgueira.” Retrieved September 21, 2011 (CPJ )〕 He was believed to have been killed for a blog post critical of local government.〔Roy Greenslade. 2011. "Greenslade Blog: Brazilian blogger murdered." The Guardian (UK), 24 June. Retrieved 14 November 2011 (The Guardian (UK) )〕 Filgueira was the third blogger worldwide to have been known to be killed for their blog publications. The others were Iranian blogger Omid Reza Mir Sayafi, who died while in an Iranian prison in March 2009, and Bahraini Zakariya Rashid Hassan al-Ashiri, who was killed while in Bahraini custody in April 2011 during the Arab Spring uprising. Filgueira was the first blogger known to have been assassinated.〔Curt Hopkins. 2011. "Brazilian blogger assasinated.[sic]" ReadWriteWeb, June 23. Retrieved 4 November 2011 from the Lexis-Nexis Database.〕 Filgueira is listed by the Freedom Forum Journalists Memorial at Newseum as a journalist who died during 2011.〔Newseum. "Freedom Forum Journalists Memorial: Journalists in Peril, Preliminary list of journalists who died in 2011 ." 2011. Retrieved 13 November 2011. (Newseum )〕 == Death == Edinaldo Filgueira, 36, was leaving his office at the Jornal o Serrano in Serra do Mel, Brazil on 15 June when he was gunned down by three men on motorcycles. Filgueira was shot six times and died at the scene.〔 While the Jornal o Serrano had previously been published from 2005 to 2009, it had only been restarted and in operation for a month and a half before Filgueira was assassinated.〔Edinaldo Filgueira. May 2011. "Todo fim é um recomeço or Every end is a beginning." Jornal o Serrano. Retrieved 11 November 2011 (Jornal o Serrano )〕 The gunmen were later arrested on July 2 and 3 and the Federal Police said those arrested are believed to be a part of gang of contract killers for hire.〔Committee to Protect Journalists. 2011. “Five suspects arrested in murder of Brazilian editor.” Retrieved September 21, 2011 (CPJ )〕〔Clarinha Glock. 2011. "Polícia busca mandantes do crime contra Edinaldo Filgueira." Proyecto Impunidad, July 11. Retrieved 13 November 2011. (Proyecto Impunidad )〕 Filgueira was not only the founder and editor of the Jornal o Serrano but a blogger and politician as well. Filgueira was also the regional director of the ruling Workers' Party (Brazil) in Serra de Mel.〔 In a blog post just days before his murder, Filgueira posted an opinion poll and an investigative report on the local govenrnment's finances. He received death threats in response to the blog a couple days before the murder. Police believe the publication had something to do with Filgueira's murder.〔Reporters Without Borders. 2011. “ Local blogger and politician gunned down near Rio Grande do Norte,motives unclear.” Retrieved September 21, 2011 (RSF )〕 His sister, Gilvaneide Filgueira, who also worked at the Jornal o Serrano, told authorities her brother had been threatened.〔Meio Norte. "Presidente municipal do PT, Edinaldo Filgueira, foi assassinado em Serra do Mel." 17 June 2011. Retrieved 13 November 2011 (meionorte.com )〕 All five suspects were arrested by 3 July 2011 with the Federal Police and the Ministry of Public Security of Rio Grande do Norte working together on the operation, which also linked the suspects to at least one earlier crime.〔〔〔 Also suspected in the murder of Jailton Galdino da Silva on 6 April, police arrested tthem in Natal, Mossley, and Serra do Mel and confiscated 8 guns, 4 rifles and ammunition.〔Tribuno do Norte. 2011. "Policia Prende Envolvidos No Assassinato de Edinaldo Filgueira." Mineiro, (Mineiro )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Edinaldo Filgueira」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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