Ordered by Brazil’s Prosecutor-General Augusto Aras, the move aims to ensure the safety of indigenous people and residents in Vale do Javari, as well as public officials working in the area.
Justice Luiz Fux said, “After a challenging year, democracy has won, as it convinced Brazilian of its important role in the exercise of its liberties and equality.”
Brazil’s Prosecutor-General Raquel Dodge described the belief that a jail sentence is to begin only after all appeal possibilities of a criminal convict are exhausted at higher courts—like the Superior Court of Justice and the Supreme Court—as “an exaggeration” and capable of
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