Tag: Alexandre de Moraes

• Saturday, March 19th 2022 - 09:44 UTC

  Brazilian judge bans Telegram app nationwide

  

  Brazilian Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Alexandre De Moraes Friday ordered the smart telephone application Telegram banned nationwide, claiming it did not help authorities fight the so-called spread of “fake news.”

• Sunday, February 27th 2022 - 14:09 UTC

  Blogger’s Telegram channels banned in Brazil as per STF ruling

  

  Brazilian Federal Supreme Court Justice Alexandre De Moraes has ordered the communications and social media application Telegram to expel Bolsonarist influencer Allan dos Santos from the platform or face a 48-hour ban in addition to a fine.

• Wednesday, January 12th 2022 - 19:53 UTC

  Bolsonaro says STF judges biased

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Wednesday said two Supreme Federal Court (STF) were taking sides ahead of this year's elections and favoring leftwing contender and former head of state Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

• Wednesday, November 24th 2021 - 05:19 UTC

  Brazil's STF rules in favor of Bolsonaro holding social media accounts

  

  Brazil's Federal Supreme Court (STF) has ordered President Jair Bolsonaro's profiles on social media be kept active despite a motion from some Senators who wanted him banned for spreading what they said were “fake news” about the coronavirus.

• Friday, October 29th 2021 - 08:52 UTC

  Justice De Moraes fears digital militias will spread fake news ahead of 2022 elections in Brazil

  

  Brazil's Federal Supreme Court (STF) Justice Alexandre de Moraes Thursday said: “digital militias” allegedly linked to President Jair Bolsonaro were planning to spread fake news ahead of the 2022 elections, it was reported.

• Saturday, September 11th 2021 - 09:34 UTC

  With mediation of ex president Temer, Bolsonaro tries to mend relations with the Supreme Court

  

  Justice Alexandre de Moraes, from the Brazilian Supreme Federal Tribunal, received on Friday the visit from Justice and Public Security minister Anderson Torres, following on the mediation from ex-president Michel Temer. The meeting was held in Sao Paulo and lasted four hours.

• Thursday, September 9th 2021 - 09:44 UTC

  Brazilian Supreme Judges react to Bolsonaro and call for his impeachment; markets plunge

  

  The leading index of Sao Paulo's stock exchange Bovespa dropped on Wednesday 3,78% to 113,413 points in reaction to Tuesday's “anti-democratic” speeches from Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro, and his attacks on the Federal Supreme Court, STF, precisely on Tuesday 7 September, Independence Day.

• Thursday, September 9th 2021 - 08:46 UTC

  STF Chief Justice vows to defend Brazil's highest court against any attack

  

  Brazil's Federal Superior Court (STF) Chief Justice Luiz Fux Wednesday replied to President Jair Bolsonaro's comments from Tuesday's Independence Day celebrations saying that disrespecting the Judiciary's decisions were a crime of responsibility that must be analyzed by Congress.

• Wednesday, September 8th 2021 - 09:40 UTC

  Bolsonaro speaks against STF Judge De Moraes during Brazil's Independence Day celebrations

  

  Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro insisted on his verbal onslaught against the Federal Supreme Court (STF) during Tuesday's politically motivated celebrations of National Independence Day.

• Wednesday, September 1st 2021 - 08:50 UTC

  Bolsonaro says STF waiting for the moment to arrest him

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Monday upped the ante in his feud with the country's Federal Supreme Court (STF) saying the body was “preparing the ground” to arrest him, under charges of being a threat to democracy.