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Weekly Report - 12 July 2018 (WR-18-27)
BRAZIL: Judges go to war over Lula habeas corpus
Sunday 9 July will be remembered as a day of exceptional tragi-comedy for the Brazilian judiciary. A rapid succession of orders and counter-orders were issued in favour and against the release from prison of former President Lula da Silva (2003-2011). In the end Lula – a key player in this year’s election race – remained locked up in a Curitiba prison where he is serving a 12-year-and-one-month sentence on corruption charges. But he may have gained politically as a result of the day’s chaotic events.
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