After a violent action against the residents in the process ofeviction in the area known as Pinheirinho in Sao Jose dos Campos / SP, led by the Military Police, which began last Sunday, now is the time of the press suffer the horrifyingconsequences of the action. According to journalists at the scene, the police is organizing and leading groups to performcoverage.
The press only has access to which is determined by the police, in addition, professionals can not interview the residents whowere removed from the urban occupation and are housed at City Hall.
For the Union of Professional Journalists in the State of Sao Paulo Military Police’s stance sets up a clear action of restriction of freedom of the press. “This tactic has as objective themanipulation of information, because there is only one version of events since the residents can not be heard,” says the president of the Union of Professional Journalists in the State of São Paulo,José Augusto Camargo (Guto).
The former inhabitants of Pinheirinho are also being forced to use numbers and wristbands to be controlled by the police andthey are without news of her belongings – a real psychological massacre.
