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Calls of ‘flagrant human rights abuse’ as delegation prevented from visiting Lula
A young man holds an image of Brazil's former President Luiz Inacio ‘Lula’ da Silva that reads in Portuguese: ‘Free Lula’ outside the Supreme Court in Brasilia, Brazil, yesterday
BRAZILIAN authorities were accused of “flagrant violations of human rights” today after a delegation was prevented from visiting former president Luiz Inacio “Lula” da Silva in jail.
The group was refused entry after arriving in Curitiba in a visit organised by the Brazilian senate’s human rights commission.
Workers Party senator Joao Capiberibe slammed the decision. A delegation including former Uruguayan president Jose “Pepe” Mujica and Nobel prize-winner Adolfo Perez Esquivel was also turned away on the grounds that it was a “political visit.”
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