Freedom of Expression under attack in Brazil
Attorney General petitioned against law professor @conradohubner for 'defamation'
The academic and journalistic community have overwhelmingly backed Conrado
Thread below of this aberration +4
Offer your support #postegeraldarepublica
Attorney General petitioned against law professor @conradohubner for 'defamation'
The academic and journalistic community have overwhelmingly backed Conrado
Thread below of this aberration +4
Offer your support #postegeraldarepublica
2. @conradohubner is a leading scholar and now also a columnist in Brazil's leading daily, @folha
He's been a fierce and essential critic of not only the current government but also undemocratic institutional practices in general, including by the Supreme Court.
He's been a fierce and essential critic of not only the current government but also undemocratic institutional practices in general, including by the Supreme Court.
3. The Attorney General was nominated by Bolsonaro in 2019 reuters.com/article/us-bra… outside the three names suggested by members of the institution, breaching a norm that had been followed since redemocratization three decades ago.
4. The Attorney General is widely perceived as not only neglectful of his duties to oversee the legality of the president's conduct, but also as working as a shield to protect the president and his family against several accusations of misconduct. blogs.oglobo.globo.com/bernardo-mello…
5. Conrado simply criticised the Attorney General fiercely (a 'slave of the President", "the president's poodle") and argued that the Attroney General is therefore complicit in Bolsonaro's pandemic disaster, currently under investigation by Parliament. dw.com/en/explained-w…
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