Lula announces that the UN will investigate his case.
In a video released on former President Lula's social media, lawyer Geoffrey Robertson reports that the UN Human Rights Commission has rejected a request from the Brazilian government to suspend the complaint alleging violations of Lula's fundamental rights in Judge Sérgio Moro's sentence in the Guarujá triplex case; "Last week, the Commission issued a decision rejecting the Brazilian government's attempt to halt the proceedings and stated that it would judge the merits of the case," he said; "Therefore, Brazil will have to defend itself internationally against allegations of violating Lula's right to the presumption of innocence and of subjecting him to an unfair trial before a biased judge."
247 - The official social media profile of former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva released a video on Wednesday, the 4th, in which lawyer Geoffrey Robertson announces that the United Nations (UN) will judge the merits of the complaint alleging violation of Lula's fundamental rights in Judge Sérgio Moro's sentence that condemned him to 9 years in prison, in the Guarujá triplex case.
"Last week, the [UN] Human Rights Commission issued a decision rejecting the Brazilian government's attempt to halt the proceedings and stated that it would rule on the merits of the case," Robertson said. "Therefore, Brazil will have to defend itself internationally against allegations of violating Lula's right to the presumption of innocence and of subjecting him to an unfair trial before a biased judge," the lawyer added.
Lula's first complaint was filed with the Committee in July 2016 by his lawyer, Geoffrey Robertson, and concerns the bias of Sérgio Moro in conducting the proceedings.
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