Free Lula movement

The International Committee of Solidarity in Defence of Lula and Democracy in Brazil (Portuguese: Comitê Internacional de Solidariedade a Lula preso no Brasil), also known as the Free Lula Movement (Portuguese: Movimento Lula Livre), is a political and social movement composed of several Brazilian entities that advocates the release of the ex-President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, known as Lula, from prison. Lula was convicted of money laundering and passive corruption, defined in Brazilian criminal law as the receipt of a bribe by a civil servant or government official. In 2017 he was sentenced to nine years and six months in prison by judge Sérgio Moro.[2] On February 6, 2019, in other trial he was sentenced to 12 years and 11 months of imprisonment for the crimes of passive corruption and money laundering in the process that deals with the receipt of undue advantages through reforms made at a site in Atibaia and paid by Odebrecht and Schahin as counterpart for the conclusion of overburdened contracts with Petrobras.[3]

Free Lula Movement
O Comitê de Solidariedade Internacional em Defesa de Lula
Formation2018 (2018)
Professional title
International Committee of Solidarity in Defence of Lula and Democracy in Brazil
HeadquartersSão Paulo[1]
Location
Key people
Websitecomitelulalivre.org

However, leaked cellphone chats published by The Intercept suggest Sérgio Moro, now justice minister, steered the case against Lula.[4]

The movement includes trade union leaders from more than 50 countries.[5] The support has also came from Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, the Nobel laureate of Argentina,[6] José Pepe Mujica, the former president of Uruguay,[7] Danny Glover, a UN goodwill Ambassador,[8] Noam Chomsky,[9][10][11][12] in addition to foreign leftist leaders, such as Michelle Bachelet from Chile and François Hollande from France, as well as the Bolivian leader Evo Morales and U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders.[13]

Supporters

References
  1. "Lula : c'est la démocratie qu'on veut emprisonner ! | MJCF | Mouvement Jeunes Communistes de France". MJCF | Mouvement Jeunes Communistes de France (in French). 2018-04-05. Retrieved 2018-06-12.
  2. "Lula é condenado a nove anos de prisão". Veja (in Portuguese). Grupo Abril. 12 July 2017. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
  3. "Lula é condenado a 12 anos e 11 meses de prisão no caso do sítio de Atibaia". noticias.uol.com.br (in Portuguese). Uol. 5 March 2019. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  4. Phillips, Dom (10 June 2019). "Brazil reels at claims judge who jailed Lula collaborated with prosecutors". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  5. "Free Lula!". IndustriALL. Retrieved 2018-06-12.
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  7. "teleSUR English". telesurtv.net.
  8. "Actor Danny Glover Joins Free Lula Occupiers in Brazil". Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  9. "Chomsky: Lula Is the Most Important Political Prisoner in the World". prensa-latina.cu. Retrieved 2019-04-29.
  10. Chomsky, Noam (2018-10-02). "Chomsky: 'eu recém visitei Lula, o mais proeminente preso político da atualidade'". The Intercept. Retrieved 2019-01-25.
  11. "Noam Chomsky Visits Brazil's Former President Lula in Prison". Democracy Now!. Retrieved 2019-04-29.
  12. "Noam Chomsky Blasts Julian Assange's 'Scandalous' Arrest, Calls It Deeply Disturbing On Many Levels". The Inquisitr. 2019-04-13. Retrieved 2019-04-29.
  13. Darlington, Shasta (2018-08-05). "As 'Lula' Sits in Brazil Jail, Party Nominates Him for President". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331.
  14. Fox, Michael (2018-04-19). "Lula May Be in Jail, but Brazil's Occupy Movement Won't Let Hope Die". The Nation. ISSN 0027-8378. Retrieved 2018-06-12.
  15. "Friends of the MST raises funds for the Free Lula Encampment | Friends of the MST". www.mstbrazil.org. Retrieved 2018-06-12.
  16. "Protestors across the world demand freedom for Lula". UNI Global Union. Retrieved 2018-06-12.
  17. "Bulletin 79 – People's Committee for the Defense of Lula and Democracy – PT na Câmara". ptnacamara.org.br (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2018-06-12.
  18. "UNI stands in support of democracy and former President Lula in Brazil". UNI Global Union. Retrieved 2018-06-12.
  19. "Brazilian trade union movement repudiates order of imprisonment against Lula". PSI Public Services International. 6 April 2018. Retrieved 2019-02-11.
  20. "União Brasileira de Mulheres". portalctb.org.br (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2018-06-12. Retrieved 2018-06-12. (in Portuguese)
  21. "Foro de São Paulo CUT, CSA y CSI lanzan manifiesto en defensa de Lula". forodesaopaulo.org (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2018-06-12.
  22. "'Free Lula' Campaign Goes Global As Supporters Try to Sway Court". Bloomberg.com. 2018-04-18. Retrieved 2018-06-12.
  23. "teleSUR English". telesurtv.net. Retrieved 2018-06-12.
  24. "Actor Danny Glover Joins Free Lula Occupiers in Brazil". Institute of the Black World 21st Century. 2018-06-02. Retrieved 2018-06-08.
  25. "Manifestações de apoio e contra Lula e Dilma são realizadas em Manaus". Amazonas (in Portuguese). 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2018-06-12.


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