The newspaper Estado de S. Paulo hides interview with UN legal expert favorable to Lula.
The newspaper's correspondent in Geneva published an interview with the vice-president of the UN Human Rights Committee in another publication. She reiterated Brazil's obligation to respect the rights of the former president.
Da Current Brazil Network - The site JotA publication specializing in legal issues published a lengthy interview yesterday with the Vice-President of the UN Human Rights Committee, Sarah Cleveland. Read more. here review of the interview published by Rebuildables, and here the full text, in Jota.
The interviewee emphasizes that it is not the role of the UN agency to intervene in the electoral politics of nations, much less in the results of elections. Rather, its role is to ensure compliance with international treaties to which nations are signatories. "We have no interest in the electoral outcome, only in the right to participate," Sarah stressed.
On Thursday, Sarah gave an interview to journalist Jamil Chade. Chade is a correspondent for the newspaper. The State of S. Paul In Geneva, Switzerland, the vice-president of the council reiterated to the journalist that the UN ruling requires the Brazilian state to guarantee Lula's right to be a candidate.
The legal expert reiterates that the precautionary measures issued by the Committee are not recommendations. "They are legally binding and impose an international legal obligation on Brazil to comply with them." In other words, it requires Brazil to "take all necessary measures" so that Lula can exercise his political rights from prison, as a candidate. And that the country act to ensure the right of the Workers' Party member to run for elections until all pending appeals against his conviction are completed in a fair procedure.
Sarah Cleveland's interview with Jamil Chade has been published by Swissinfo.ch – a Swiss digital news website published in 10 languages. And it can be read here.But it was not published by The State of S. PaulCould this be another episode of censorship by the Brazilian press regarding the international repercussions of the persecution of Lula?
The former president's official website mocks the São Paulo newspaper – "Publish, Estadão!" – which dedicates daily reports and editorials to discrediting the former president. In the editorial this Thursday (23), for example, the newspaper praises an article in which Fernando Henrique Cardoso criticizes, in Financial Times"The way Lula da Silva chose to defend himself before the world."
O Estadão The article speaks of the "Lula-PT machine of agitation and propaganda" that has long "worked to convince public opinion abroad that Dilma's impeachment and Lula's imprisonment were part of a coup intended to reverse the progress of the PT governments." The newspaper owners' text concludes: "It was indeed necessary for someone of FHC's stature, internationally recognized as a statesman, to publicly express his most vehement repudiation of this campaign of disinformation and bad faith."
If Lula's defense and communication structure is a "Lulopetista agitation and propaganda machine," then what is the daily arsenal of radio and television stations, newspapers, magazines, and online portals belonging to the Marinho, Mesquita, Civita, Frias, and Saad families' companies used to deconstruct Lula? Alternative media?