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| A Brazilian judge has ordered the arrest of the former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, whose appeal to avoid prison on corruption charges was earlier denied by the supreme court. | A Brazilian judge has ordered the arrest of the former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, whose appeal to avoid prison on corruption charges was earlier denied by the supreme court. |
| The arrest warrant, ordered on Thursday evening by Sergio Moro, who leads Brazil’s mammoth Car Wash investigation, stipulates that Lula must hand himself in by 5pm local time to federal police in the southern city of Curitiba, though it is also understood that he can hand himself in at the São Paulo branch. | The arrest warrant, ordered on Thursday evening by Sergio Moro, who leads Brazil’s mammoth Car Wash investigation, stipulates that Lula must hand himself in by 5pm local time to federal police in the southern city of Curitiba, though it is also understood that he can hand himself in at the São Paulo branch. |
| Lula’s defence team issued a note saying they had filed a request to the UN human rights committee requesting interim measures to block the arrest warrant, alleging bias and the violation of the right to presumption of innocence. | Lula’s defence team issued a note saying they had filed a request to the UN human rights committee requesting interim measures to block the arrest warrant, alleging bias and the violation of the right to presumption of innocence. |
| They said Lula’s case had been judged far quicker than any other in the Car Wash investigation. | They said Lula’s case had been judged far quicker than any other in the Car Wash investigation. |
| On Friday morning, Brazil’s daily newspaper Folha de São Paulo reported that Lula would not hand himself in. He is staying at a metalworkers’ union HQ in the Sāo Bernardo do Campo area of São Paulo, accompanied by growing groups of supporters. | On Friday morning, Brazil’s daily newspaper Folha de São Paulo reported that Lula would not hand himself in. He is staying at a metalworkers’ union HQ in the Sāo Bernardo do Campo area of São Paulo, accompanied by growing groups of supporters. |
| The once wildly popular president leads opinion polls for Brazil’s election in October and maintains that the conviction is designed to keep him off the ballot. | The once wildly popular president leads opinion polls for Brazil’s election in October and maintains that the conviction is designed to keep him off the ballot. |
| Lula’s detractors celebrated the decision at the supreme court as a victory against corruption and impunity, while his supporters condemned it as an attack on Brazil’s democracy. | Lula’s detractors celebrated the decision at the supreme court as a victory against corruption and impunity, while his supporters condemned it as an attack on Brazil’s democracy. |
| The night before the decision on Wednesday, a Brazilian general appeared to threaten the supreme court on Twitter, which shook many in a country that had a military dictatorship for more than 20 years. | The night before the decision on Wednesday, a Brazilian general appeared to threaten the supreme court on Twitter, which shook many in a country that had a military dictatorship for more than 20 years. |
| Lula left office in 2010 with record high approval ratings of more than 80%, having presided over a growing economy fed by a commodities boom, and implemented social policies that lifted millions of people out of poverty. | Lula left office in 2010 with record high approval ratings of more than 80%, having presided over a growing economy fed by a commodities boom, and implemented social policies that lifted millions of people out of poverty. |
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