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Brazil’s former president positioned underneath home arrest after social media publish

By Editorial Board Published August 5, 2025 3 Min Read
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Brazil’s former president positioned underneath home arrest after social media publish

Brazil’s former president has been put underneath home arrest whereas he’s on trial for allegedly plotting to stage a coup.

On Monday, the nation’s Supreme Courtroom ordered Jair Bolsonaro to stay at dwelling and for police to grab all of the cellphones in his property after he broke authorized restrictions that cease him utilizing social media.

Prosecutors accuse the right-wing politician of heading a felony organisation that plotted to overturn the 2022 election and kill President Lula and a Supreme Courtroom justice.

He’s additionally accused of utilizing social media to encourage Donald Trump to intrude in his case.

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A demonstrator wears a Bolsonaro masks throughout a protest in opposition to Donald Trump’s tariffs on Brazilian merchandise on 1 August. File pic: Reuters

‘Flagrant disrespect’

Below Monday’s new restrictions, guests authorised to see Bolsonaro won’t be allowed to document the politician or publish on his behalf.

The ruling got here after the 70-year-old used his sons’ social media channels to talk to supporters throughout a rally in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday.

Via his son’s cell phone, he advised protesters: “Good afternoon, Copacabana, good afternoon my Brazil, a hug to everyone, this is for our freedom.”

“The flagrant disrespect to the precautionary measures was so obvious that the defendant’s son, Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, decided to remove the posting in his Instagram profile, with the objective of hiding the legal transgression,” the choose wrote in his Monday ruling.

‘No limits!’

Bolsonaro’s legal professionals say he’ll enchantment the brand new restrictions and his phrases can not “be regarded as ignoring precautionary measures or as a criminal act”.

Flavio Bolsonaro claimed on X that Brazil “is officially in a dictatorship” after his father’s home arrest.

“The persecution of de Moraes against Bolsonaro has no limits!” the senator wrote.

Final week, Mr Trump used Bolsonaro’s trial, which he describes as a “witch hunt”, to justify imposing 50% tariffs on Brazil.

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Justice Alexandre de Moraes, who’s presiding over the trial, additionally had sanctions positioned on him by the US for allegedly suppressing freedom of expression and the continuing trial of Bolsonaro.

On Sunday, tens of 1000’s of Bolsonaro supporters took to the streets to plead for the previous president to be pardoned, together with tons of of others who’re on trial for destroying authorities buildings in Brasilia on 8 January 2023.

On that day, Bolsonaro supporters stormed the buildings that symbolise Brazil’s democracy, every week after Lula had taken workplace.

They rejected his election victory and urged the army to overthrow him.

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