Brazil’s Supreme Court puts 70 more people on trial for the Jan. 8 riots
Brazil's highest legal body, the Federal Supreme Court (STF), has moved to trial an additional 70 individuals believed to have...
August 20, 2023Topic
political persecution brazil
Bolsonaro’s Lawyers Challenge Eight-Year Ban by Electoral Court
The legal team of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has appealed the decision by the Superior Electoral Tribunal (TSE) to...
August 8, 2023
Leading conservative newspaper speaks of unprecedented threat to freedom of expression in Brazil
Leading conservative newspaper warns of unprecedented threats to freedom of expression in Brazil. The media freedom debate intensifies. Expert coverage...
June 28, 2023
Radio owner arrested for allegedly supporting demonstrators traveling to Brasilia for January 8 Lula protests
The Federal Police has arrested Milton de Oliveira Júnior, a businessman and broadcaster, on accusations of financially supporting the transportation...
June 27, 2023
Opinion: why does Lula fear so much having the January 8 invasions in Brasilia properly investigated?
efforts the Lula government has made during these first months, few have been as frenzied as its relentless attack to...
March 16, 2023
Moraes fines Telegram for not blocking channel of conservative congressman Nikolas Ferreira
Justice Alexandre de Moraes of Brazil's STF (Federal Supreme Court) fined Telegram on Wednesday (Jan. 25) R$1.2 million (US$230,000) for...
January 26, 2023
Lula da Silva presses US and Interpol for the extradition of Bolsonarist journalist Allan dos Santos
The Brazilian Justice Ministry has contacted Interpol and the United States government to resume the extradition process of Bolsonarist
January 6, 2023
The comedians of “Hypocrites” channel had to flee Brazil to escape political persecution by Moraes
The comedians Paulo Souza and Bismark Fugazza, from the Hypocrites Channel, had to flee Brazil to avoid being arrested by...
December 26, 2022
Brazil’s Supreme Court case against journalist Allan dos Santos is ‘unconstitutional,’ says former judge
On Tuesday, former São Paulo State Court of Appeals judge Ivan Sartori said that the case against exiled journalist Allan...
November 23, 2022