In an interview with TeleSur, former president of Brazil Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, pointed out as a priority to restore democracy, and reaffirmed: “I will fight to restore democracy in Brazil.”
Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was released today after serving 580 days in political prison in the Superintendence of the Federal Police of Curitiba, capital of the southern state of Parana.
Cuba’s President Miguel Diaz-Canel ratified on Twitter this Tuesday the claim for the immediate release of former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, victim of a political and judicial conspiracy that keeps him in prison more than a year ago on false charges.
The title of Honorary Citizen of Paris awarded to former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who has been serving political prison since April last year, illuminates the kingdom of darkness in Brazil, former Chancellor Celso Amorim said.
Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel, talked on Tuesday with Spanish journalist and intellectual Ignacio Ramonet, who is visiting the island.
Following the judicial vote held by the political prison of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, the Workers’ Party of Brazil claims the fight only ends with the former president free and the sentence annulled.
Former Brazilian Chancellor Celso Amorim said that without the freedom of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, there is no real democracy in Brazil.
The American Association of Jurists acknowledged in a statement former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as a political prisoner, and joins the international campaign for his immediate release.
The Supreme Court of Brazil will review a new recourse to the defense of former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, sentenced to 12 years in prison on charges of passive corruption and money laundering.
