Overview

• Demonstrations spanned all 26 states and the Federal District, with crowds chanting “No amnesty” in cities including São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Brasília.
• The Chamber of Deputies approved a measure making it harder to charge or arrest lawmakers and voted to fast-track an amnesty bill for January 8 defendants, sending both to the Senate.
• The so-called Shielding Bill would require lawmakers, voting by secret ballot, to authorize charges or arrests of their peers, a move critics call self-protection.
• President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said he will veto an amnesty, and both measures face a difficult path in the Senate.
• Bolsonaro was sentenced on September 11 to 27 years and three months for attempting to overturn the 2022 election, a verdict he denies, as polling shows the country split over jailing him.