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Brazil’s Supreme Court Threatens Bolsonaro With Imprisonment Over Social Media Breach

The ultimatum underscores the judiciary’s intensifying clampdown through stricter movement controls, digital censorship.

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Jair Bolsonaro zeigt am Montag seine Fußfessel. Weil er sich dazu vor einer Kamera äußerte, soll er nun in Haft.
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Overview

  • Judge Alexandre de Moraes gave Bolsonaro 24 hours to explain a video showing him wearing his electronic ankle monitor and denouncing the court or face immediate detention.
  • The court’s sweeping injunction bars Bolsonaro from direct social-media posts and prohibits third parties from sharing interviews or videos featuring him.
  • Bolsonaro preemptively canceled a planned live interview to avoid risking further breaches of his speech restrictions.
  • He remains under house arrest measures with a nightly curfew and electronic monitoring as his coup-plot trial advances.
  • The U.S. government revoked Moraes’ visa and threatened steep import tariffs in protest of Brazil’s judicial actions.