nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20210623-193104-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 210623s2021||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20210623-193104-0 doi eng 342 23 Levy Silvério dos Reis, Ulisses Author aut Military Justice, Journalism and Free Speech in Brazil Levy Silvério dos Reis, Ulisses Verfassungsblog 2021-06-23 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier On 17 June, 2021, the Attorney-General of the Brazilian Federal Supreme Court affirmed that, in the government's view, the Military Justice has competence to try civilians accused of criminal offences against the honor of military institutions. He proposed that crimes related to the freedom of speech should be tried by a special military branch of the judiciary. The attacks on free speech by the government through the Attorney-General is another sign of the democratic erosion process. CC BY-SA 4.0 Bolsonaro Brazil Freedom of Speech military justice Lamera Giesta Cabral, Rafael Author aut Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/military-justice-journalism-and-free-speech-in-brazil/ raw object