Paper short abstract:

This communication aims to reflect on issues of human rights, press freedom and the right to information in Cape Verde in the triennium 2010-2012, from conflicts between gangs and the police action.

Paper long abstract:

With the rise in street violence in the early 2000 and the construction of the political agenda of urban violence in 2010, Cape Verde becomes a police state, discussions and reports on human rights begin to be promoted, directly and indirectly, by national press. On the other hand, in online forums, comments began to appear in the press by criticizing the attitude of young people from violence, opening the discussion about press freedom and the right to information. Taking as an observation post the triennium 2010-2012, I intend from conflicts between gangs and the police action, to identify and understand the dynamics of the written press, offline and online, with regard to human rights issues, to the freedom of press and the right to information in Cape Verde.