http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20210519-174853-0 https://verfassungsblog.de/academic-freedom-under-attack-in-brazil/ Academic Freedom Under Attack in Brazil - Once Again, Constitutional Institutions Are Being Subverted Peluso Neder Meyer, Emilio Bustamante, Thomas eng 2021-05-19 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Academic Freedom Bolsonaro state capture Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 Can the chief of a constitutional organization akin to an ombudsman prosecute a law professor who criticized him in a newspaper article? Apparently, because Brazilian Prosecutor General just filed a complaint against Constitutional Law Professor Conrado Hübner Mendes. This attack follows a wave of democratic erosion that includes attacks on universities, intellectualism, and the diversity of ideas.