Political Prisoner of Brazil’s Jan. 8 Protest Dies

Published on November 27, 2023

Commentary The world needs to know that Brazil today has more than 1,000 political prisoners who face harsher sentences than those of rapists, drug traffickers, and murderers. Peacefully protesting against a controversial government is now a serious crime in the country, with sentences of up to 15 years or more. There is now the confirmed death of one of these political prisoners. Clérison Pereira da Cunha, a businessman who lived in Brasília, was arrested during the Jan. 8 protests when he took refuge in the federal legislative building to protect himself from tear gas and rubber bullet fire. Arrested for being in the wrong place at the wrong time....

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