{"id":66598,"date":"2024-12-20T16:26:07","date_gmt":"2024-12-20T15:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/?p=66598"},"modified":"2025-06-13T14:24:46","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T12:24:46","slug":"brazilian-legislators-challenge-unlawful-state-censorship-at-international-body","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/news\/brazil-censorship-iachr","title":{"rendered":"Brazilian legislators challenge unlawful state censorship at international body"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"66598\" class=\"elementor elementor-66598\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-294e7fba elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"294e7fba\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5cd96205\" data-id=\"5cd96205\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1eea1654 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1eea1654\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><strong>Senator Eduardo Girao &amp; Members of the Chamber of Deputies Marcel Van Hattem, Adriana Ventura, Gilson Marques &amp; Ricardo Salles claim violations of their free speech rights following persistent state censorship in Brazil, including 39-day ban on X (Twitter) ahead of elections.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li><li><strong><span class=\"TextRun SCXW111673491 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW111673491 BCX0\">ADF International<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW111673491 BCX0\">, <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW111673491 BCX0\">representing<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW111673491 BCX0\">legislators <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW111673491 BCX0\">before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW111673491 BCX0\">petitions <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW111673491 BCX0\">international body to condemn <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW111673491 BCX0\">Brazilian <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW111673491 BCX0\">censorship<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW111673491 BCX0\"> and<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW111673491 BCX0\"> uphold free speech.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW111673491 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32f0484 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"32f0484\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Brazil-legislators-2-1024x682.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-66742\" alt=\"Freedom of speec\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Brazil-legislators-2-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Brazil-legislators-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Brazil-legislators-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Brazil-legislators-2-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Brazil-legislators-2.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c11f512 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c11f512\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Left to right: Senator Eduardo Girao, Members of the Chamber of Deputies Marcel Van Hattem, Adriana Ventura, Ricardo Salles and Gilson Marques.<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2431fc49 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2431fc49\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">WASHINGTON, DC<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> (20 December 2024) In light of the ongoing state-driven censorship crisis in Brazil, five Brazilian legislators, including Senator Eduardo Girao and members of the Chamber of Deputies Marcel Van Hattem, Adriana Ventura, Gilson Marques, and Ricardo Salles, are challenging the violations of their free speech rights before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, represented by ADF International. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Commission has jurisdiction over Brazil as a State Party to the American Convention on Human Rights. The American Convention robustly protects freedom of speech, including prohibitions on prior restraint (censoring expression <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">before<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> it has occurred) and special protections for political speech. Article 13 protects the \u201c<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">right to freedom of thought and expression\u201d <\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">which includes<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> \u201cthe freedom to seek, receive, and impart information and ideas of all kinds\u2026 through any other medium of one\u2019s choice\u2026 The exercise of the right\u2026shall not be subject to prior censorship\u2026 [and] may not be restricted by indirect methods or means, such as the abuse of government or private controls \u2026 or by any other means tending to impede the communication and circulation of ideas and opinions.<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The legislators claim violations of their rights under the Convention,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">including their freedom of expression and the equal protection of the law, as a result of <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">escalating state censorship, dating back to 2019, which recently reached a head with the X (formerly known as \u201cTwitter\u201d) ban.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In their legal challenge now filed with the Commission, the legislators note that state-sponsored censorship, including the 39-day ban of X, is <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cdisproportionate and of dubious legal basis\u201d<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> and <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201chas affected the conventional rights of the Victims in a direct, particular, and serious way.\u201d<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The petition goes on to say that the country\u2019s X blockade <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cviolated the rights of more than twenty million people in Brazil who are users of the platform, having prevented them from accessing the dissemination and reception of information during that time.\u201d<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/our-team\/julio-pohl\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Julio Pohl<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, ADF International\u2019s lead legal counsel on the case, stated: <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cThe world watched as Brazilian authorities blatantly clamped down on the free speech rights of over 20 million Brazilians by shutting down X ahead of the national elections. While the ban was eventually lifted, the fact remains that millions of Brazilians, including the five legislators now taking their case to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, were subjected to unlawful censorship during a critical time in their country. Censorship has no place in a free society, and it\u2019s time for the Commission to intervene and condemn the vast and ongoing violations of free speech being perpetrated by Brazilian authorities.\u201d<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ee68378 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"ee68378\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/S2IflOwNv9M?si=eMdnhSyOwOCCV2A0&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"> <div class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-container brlbs-cmpnt-content-blocker brlbs-cmpnt-with-individual-styles\" data-borlabs-cookie-content-blocker-id=\"youtube-content-blocker\" data-borlabs-cookie-content=\"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\"><div class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-cb-preset-c brlbs-cmpnt-cb-youtube\"> <div class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-cb-thumbnail\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/borlabs-cookie\/1\/yt_S2IflOwNv9M_hqdefault.jpg')\"><\/div> <div class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-cb-main\"> <div class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-cb-play-button\"><\/div> <div class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-cb-content\"> <p class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-cb-description\">Est\u00e1s viendo un contenido de marcador de posici\u00f3n de <strong>YouTube<\/strong>. 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This is a major violation of all Brazilians&#8216; free speech and expression rights. We can&#8217;t afford to lose Brazil to authoritarianism, which is why I am taking my case to the international level with the help of ADF International. These attempts to silence and censor cannot be allowed to stand.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/EduGiraoOficial\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Eduardo Girao<\/span><\/b><\/a><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, Senator for Brazil and party to the petition, stated: <\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cBrazil is facing a very serious censorship problem. While our constitution protects our rights to speak and express ourselves freely as citizens of Brazil, Brazilians throughout the country are afraid to share their beliefs for fear of persecution and punishment. 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The state has targeted conservative voices, including blocking pro-life messages during the 2022 election campaign, which contained views contrary to the pro-abortion position held by then-candidate Lula da Silva.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">On 30 August 2024, Justice Alexandre de Moraes of the Brazilian Supreme Court ordered the \u201c<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">immediate, complete and total suspension of X\u2019s operations<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201d in the country after the platform refused to comply with government orders to shut down accounts which it had singled out for censorship.\u202f\u202fThe ban was in effect for 39 days.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ADF International <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/news\/brazil-censorship-at-top-human-rights-body\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">petitioned<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> the Commission to urgently intervene, stating, \u201c<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The blocking of X in the country is symptomatic of an endemic problem\u2026it has dragged on for more than six years and has caused real damage to Brazilian democracy, producing a chilling effect on the majority of the population who, according to recent surveys, are afraid to express their opinions in public.\u201d<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Elon Musk\u202f<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1830064557240324218\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">thanked<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u202fADF International for its intervention.\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In September, over <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/news\/brazil-open-letter\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">100 global free speech advocates<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> \u2013 including former UK Prime Minister Liz Truss, journalist Michael Shellenberger, five US Attorneys General and Senior UK, US, European and Latin American politicians and professors united in an open letter to call for free speech to be restored in Brazil.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Even with the lifting of the X ban, the state of censorship in Brazil remains severe.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-486f47f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"486f47f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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Hattem, Adriana Ventura, Gilson Marques &amp; Ricardo Salles claim violations of their free speech rights following persistent state censorship in Brazil, including 39-day ban on X (Twitter) ahead of elections.\u00a0 ADF International, representing legislators before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, petitions international [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":66738,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"give_campaign_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[1131,63,64,1067],"class_list":["post-66598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-brazil","tag-censorship","tag-freedom-of-speech","tag-julio-pohl"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ 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