Tag: Supreme Federal Court (STF)

• Saturday, February 21st 2026 - 02:21 UTC

  Brazil’s top prosecutor opposes Bolsonaro house arrest

  

  Brazil’s Prosecutor-General Paulo Gonet filed an opinion on Friday with the Supreme Federal Court (STF) opposing a request for former President Jair Bolsonaro to serve his sentence under house arrest, arguing that the facility where he is held has adequate medical support.

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• Tuesday, December 23rd 2025 - 11:33 UTC

  Brazil: General Augusto Heleno granted house arrest

  

  Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Alexandre de Moraes granted house arrest to General Augusto Heleno, the Minister of Institutional Security (GSI) under former President Jair Bolsonaro, who was among those convicted for the Jan. 8, 2023, coup attempt.

• Monday, September 29th 2025 - 22:09 UTC

  Fachin becomes Brazilian STF's new Chief Justice

  

  Edson Fachin became the Brazilian Supreme Federal Court's (STF) new Chief Justice for the next two years on Monday during a ceremony at the main Courthouse Building in Brasilia. Alexandre De Moraes was sworn in as Deputy Chief Justice. Fachin will also serve as head of the National Council of Justice (CNJ) until 2027.

• Monday, June 10th 2024 - 09:26 UTC

  Brazil: STF signs agreement to fight fake news

  

  Brazil’s Federal Supreme Court (STF) last week signed an agreement with companies such as YouTube, Google, Microsoft, Kwai, TikTok, and Meta to tackle online disinformation, Agencia Brasil reported. The initiative seeks to promote educational and awareness-raising activities regarding the negative impacts of these practices.

• Thursday, March 14th 2024 - 10:40 UTC

  Brazil: Non-pregnant mothers in same-sex unions entitled to “paternity” leave

  

  Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF) ruled that non-pregnant women in same-sex unions are entitled to “paternity” leave, Agencia Brasil reported Wednesday. The rationale is to be applied to all similar cases, it was also determined.

• Thursday, February 8th 2024 - 10:49 UTC

  Brazil's STF launches corruption probe against Transparency International

  

  Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice António Dias Toffoli has launched a corruption probe against the Non-Government Organization (NGO) Transparency International after it sided with Deltan Dallagnol to create a foundation with the money from fines paid by companies that admitted to bribes to win contracts with the state-run oil company Petrobras.

• Friday, February 2nd 2024 - 10:27 UTC

  Brazil: STF judge suspends heavy fine on Odebrecht

  

  Brazilian Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice José António Dias Toffoli ordered a R$ 8.5 billion (about US$ 1.7 billion) corruption fine on Odebrecht suspended after raising doubts on the circumstances that led the company to accept such a collaboration agreement with the Prosecutor Office.

• Thursday, January 11th 2024 - 17:20 UTC

  Former STF Chief Justice to become Brazil's new Security and Justice Minister

  

  As Security and Justice Minister Flávio Dino is to leave his job to become a judge on Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF) next month, former STF Chief Justice Ricardo Lewandowski was announced as his successor after both of them met Wednesday with President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva at the Alvorada Palace.

• Saturday, September 23rd 2023 - 12:18 UTC

  Brazil's STF adjourns vote on decriminalizing abortion until face-to-face plenum

  

  Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF) decided in a virtual gathering Friday to pass judgment on the decriminalization of abortion up to the 12th week of pregnancy during an on-site plenary session at a date yet to be determined, Agência Brasil reported.

• Friday, September 15th 2023 - 10:27 UTC

  Three Jan. 8 rioters given prison sentences by Brazil's STF

  

  Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF) Thursday handed down prison sentences to three defendants involved in the Jan. 8 riots in Brasilia during which the headquarters of the country's three branches of government were ransacked, Agencia Brasil reported