{"id":60619,"date":"2024-09-02T16:28:36","date_gmt":"2024-09-02T15:28:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/?p=60619"},"modified":"2024-09-02T18:31:12","modified_gmt":"2024-09-02T17:31:12","slug":"top-human-rights-body-called-on-to-intervene-against-brazils-extreme-censorship-of-x","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/news\/brazil-censorship-at-top-human-rights-body","title":{"rendered":"Top human rights body called on to intervene against Brazil\u2019s \u201cextreme\u201d censorship of \u201cX\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"60619\" class=\"elementor elementor-60619\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5edc595e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5edc595e\" 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-25dc113b\" data-id=\"25dc113b\" 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-74bdb8ee elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"74bdb8ee\" 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><span class=\"TextRun SCXW103991762 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW103991762 BCX0\">Social media platform <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW103991762 BCX0\">\u201cX\u201d suspended from use in Brazil<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW103991762 BCX0\">in unprecedented state <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW103991762 BCX0\">clampdown on free speech<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW103991762 BCX0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW103991762 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/li><li><strong>ADF International calls on Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to intervene <\/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-7272de8c elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-featured-image elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7272de8c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-featured-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=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Elon-Musk-1024x683-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-19583\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Elon-Musk-1024x683-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Elon-Musk-1024x683-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Elon-Musk-1024x683-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" 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-3f3e5a8e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3f3e5a8e\" 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><strong><span class=\"TextRun SCXW226256893 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW226256893 BCX0\">WASHINGTON, DC (<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW226256893 BCX0\">2 September<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW226256893 BCX0\"> 2024) <\/span><\/span><\/strong><span class=\"TextRun SCXW226256893 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW226256893 BCX0\">\u2013 <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW226256893 BCX0\">In light of the unfolding censorship crisis in Brazil, <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW226256893 BCX0\">legal <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW226256893 BCX0\">advocacy organization<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW226256893 BCX0\"> ADF International ha<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW226256893 BCX0\">s<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW226256893 BCX0\">called on <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW226256893 BCX0\">the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW226256893 BCX0\">urgently <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW226256893 BCX0\">intervene<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW226256893 BCX0\"> to protect freedom of speech<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW226256893 BCX0\">.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW226256893 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\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-266e15eb elementor-blockquote--skin-border elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"266e15eb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span style=\"color: #AF272F\">\u201cThe state of censorship in Brazil is severe and worsening to an extreme degree, <\/span>positioning the country as among the worst for restrictions on speech in the Americas.\"\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">- Tom\u00e1s Henriquez, ADF International\u2019s director of legal advocacy for Latin America <\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba19467 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ba19467\" 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><span data-contrast=\"none\">On Friday, Justice Alexandre de Moraes of the Brazilian Supreme Court ordered the \u201c<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">immediate, complete and total suspension of X\u2019s operations<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201d in the country after the platform refused to comply with government orders to shut down accounts which it had singled out for censorship.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The decision imposes a daily fine of R$50,000 (\u00a36,800 \/ almost $9,000) on individuals and companies that attempt to continue using X via a virtual private network (VPN).<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The same Justice has also issued an order to freeze the assets of the company Starlink, a satellite internet provider. The company is a subsidiary of SpaceX, an entirely different company in which Elon Musk is a minority shareholder, following X\u2019s refusal to comply with the censorship orders.<\/span><\/p><p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">On Monday 2 September, the Brazilian Supreme Court upheld the decision to ban \u00abX\u00bb nationwide, further suspending the right to free speech online.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Appealing to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to uphold freedom of expression, lawyers from free speech-supporting legal advocacy group ADF International petitioned the body \u2013 which has jurisdiction over Brazil under the American Convention on Human Rights\u2013 to intervene in the \u201c<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">dire\u201d <\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">situation:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201c<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">The blocking of X in the country is symptomatic of an endemic problem&#8230;it 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=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Musk\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1830064557240324218\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">thanked<\/a>\u00a0ADF International for its intervention.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><a style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-weight ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-letter-spacing ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-word-spacing ); background-color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ADFIntl\/status\/1830058151237828866\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full letter to the Commission here.\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/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-1a8c4d49 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1a8c4d49\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">State censorship of so-called \u201cpopulist\u201d views <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5647aa17 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5647aa17\" 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><span data-contrast=\"none\">The orders to censor online content are based on a pretext of combatting disinformation and fake news.<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"none\">Based on this pretext, the state has targeted conservative voices for censorship, including blocking pro-life messages during the 2022 election campaign, which contained a message contrary to the pro-abortion position held by then-candidate Lula da Silva.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\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-66274fa elementor-blockquote--skin-border elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"66274fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span style=\"color: #AF272F\">\"Under the guise of promoting democracy, and despite growing backlash from home and abroad,<\/span>  Brazilian authorities have created the most oppressive culture of censorship in the western hemisphere.\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">- Michael Shellenberger, journalist targeted for criminal investigation for reporting on the censorship efforts of Brazilian courts<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ecf1234 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ecf1234\" 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><span data-contrast=\"none\">Other targeted speech included repudiations of the Nicaraguan government\u2019s suppression of religious freedom and the concern it could happen in Brazil, and criticism of Lula\u2019s promotion of sexually explicit content in school curricula.\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-628ed462 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"628ed462\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\u201cThe most oppressive culture of censorship in the West\u201d <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38c6fb3a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"38c6fb3a\" 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><span data-contrast=\"none\">Various journalists and public figures including journalist, Paulo Figueiredo, and bestselling American author, Michael Shellenberger, have already been targeted with secret criminal investigations for reporting on the authoritarian drift of the Brazilian courts and their censorship efforts.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\"><span data-contrast=\"none\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jthenriquezc?lang=en-GB\">Tom\u00e1s Henriquez<\/a>, ADF International\u2019s Director of Legal Advocacy for Latin America, stated:<\/b><\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/span><br \/><\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201c<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">The state of censorship in Brazil is severe and worsening to an extreme degree, positioning the country as among the worst for restrictions on speech in the Americas. Intervention by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights is key because without free speech, all human rights are jeopardized. We are particularly concerned that the Brazilian state is targeting Christian expression, including pro-life views and other faith-based speech.\u00bb<\/span><\/i><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/shellenberger\"><span data-contrast=\"none\"><b>Michael Shellenberger<\/b><\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\"><b>, founder of Public, author, and professor, stated:<\/b><\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cI<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\"> am being criminally investigated by Brazilian authorities for exposing their attempts to censor. Brazil has reached a crisis point where a lone Supreme Court judge could wield his authority to shut down X in the country.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Under the guise of promoting democracy, and despite growing backlash from home and abroad, Brazilian authorities have created the most oppressive culture of censorship in the western hemisphere. It\u2019s not only bad policy and bad politics, it\u2019s a blatant violation of basic human rights for authorities to ban the speech of their own citizens. It\u2019s inconceivable that human beings should be censored and silenced by other human beings simply because they disagree with their speech. As the situation continues to deteriorate, my hope is that the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights will intervene rapidly in defense of the right of all to speak freely in Brazil\u201d.<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/marcelvanhattem\">Marcel van Hattem<\/a>, member of the Chamber of Deputies for Brazil, said:<\/b><\/span><\/p><p><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cThe attempts by Judge Alexandre de Moraes to censor and silence the people of Brazil simply cannot stand. Our constitution specifically prohibits all censorship and guarantees the right to freedom of expression; these are not only constitutionally-protected rights, but basic, human rights that should be guaranteed and preserved for all Brazilians. Censorship has no place in a free society, and I implore all who are able to join me in vehemently opposing these kinds of restrictions.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/i> <span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\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-45258adb elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"45258adb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-350d8e1e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"350d8e1e\" 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