15 June 2011
Edinaldo Figueira
Shooting
Edinaldo Figueira – who started the local O Serrano newspaper in Brazil's northern state of Rio Grande do Norte, maintained a blog about social issues and was president of a municipal chapter of the Workers’ Party (PT) – was killed on 15 June in the city of Serra do Mel by three gunmen.
Fellow bloggers reportedly indicated that they suspected the killing was linked to a survey Figueira published on his blog questioning the activities of city officials.
