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@ Reclaim The Net
2025-03-08 18:25:51
Brazil’s Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes is escalating his war on speech; this time, by issuing an arrest warrant for a US citizen over political speech made on US soil.
Flavia Cordeiro Magalhaes, a Florida resident for 20+ years, was targeted because of a 2022 post on X. Moraes had her account secretly blocked in Brazil, but since she didn’t know, she kept posting. That, according to him, was "contempt of court" — leading to an arrest order.
When she legally traveled to Brazil in 2023, she used her US passport; but Moraes claimed it was a “false document” and ordered pre-trial detention. Even Brazil’s federal police confirmed she traveled legally.
Her lawyer has been denied access to case files. The judiciary ignored the fact that Magalhaes was never served with any judicial order. Meanwhile, Brazil’s opposition calls this what it is: censorship and persecution.
Moraes seems to think his authority extends beyond his country’s borders—silencing dissent even abroad. And this isn’t his first move against free speech: he’s also used Brazil’s courts to strong-arm US social media companies.
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