2 days before the election, Flávio signs a petition to the Inter-American Human Rights Commission in favor of a former advisor

Two days before the presidential election, candidate Flávio Bolsonaro (PL) signed this Friday (23) a petition to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights asking the body to pressure Brazil to review the trial that led to the conviction of former presidential advisor Filipe Martins, one of those arrested for an attempted coup.

Flávio, who is a lawyer, is one of the co-authors of the piece. Martins worked as an international advisor in Jair Bolsonaro's government and is imprisoned in Ponta Grossa (PR). He even received a visit from the PL candidate during the campaign.

"The purpose of this petition is to declare the international responsibility of the Federative Republic of Brazil for the violations of the American Convention committed against Filipe Garcia Martins Pereira throughout the criminal prosecution, trial and execution of the sentence in Criminal Action No. 2,693/DF, and to recommend the corresponding reparation and non-repetition measures", says the piece.

Among the points listed in the petition is the fact that Martins had his first arrest ordered by Minister Alexandre de Moraes, of the STF, in 2024, because there would be a risk of escape.

As an argument, Moraes used the alleged fact that Martins had traveled to the USA at the end of 2022 with Bolsonaro, ignoring evidence that the former advisor did not leave the country at the time.

The petition also states that Moraes behaved at the same time as an alleged victim, accuser and judge, within the scope of the fake news investigation. It also says that Martins did not have the right to a second appeal.

Another aspect highlighted in the piece is the inadequate conditions in which Martins finds himself imprisoned, in an overcrowded jail and in isolation.

The petition requests that Martins be transferred to home care and that the judgment be reviewed by a judicial body other than the one that convicted the former advisor — in this case, the First Panel of the Supreme Court.

The commission is the executive arm of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. The petitioners say that, if Brazil does not comply with the recommendations, they will sue the continental judicial body.