Lula's defense will entail a restriction of visits imposed by the judge at the United Nations – Brazil Current Network

São Paulo – The defense of former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, arrested at the headquarters of the Federal Police in Curitiba since April 7, 2018, issued Saturday (26) a note in which he states that He will bring to the Human Rights Committee. of the ruling imposed by Judge Carolina Lebbos, executor of the former president, that Lula is no longer visited by Fernando Haddad any day of the week, what he did as a that & # 39; lawyer.

until then released from Monday to Friday, except holidays. Now, with the decision of the judge, only social visits will be allowed, once a week, Thursdays, between 16h and 17h. The visits of religious leaders that Lula received every Monday were also forbidden. Now, according to Lebbos' determination, meetings with religious leaders can only be held once a month.

The arrest of Lula is an affront to the constitutional guarantee of the presumption of innocence (CF / 88, Article 5, LVII) and in the art.

The decision rendered yesterday (25/01) by the president of the court of first instance, the court of enforcement aggravates the state of exception imposed on Lula and the violation of its fundamental safeguards by preventing any contact of the former president with the outside world, prevents religious visits carried out in the exact terms defined by the police authority responsible for the police. in addition to promoting the perception of a fine without the existence of a final decision without appeal, contrary to what is expressly provided for by law (Penal Code, Article 51), and d. revoke the proxies granted to the attorneys duly registered in the register

We will bring this decision to the attention of the United Nations Human Rights Committee in the statement in progress before this body since July 2016, as it also violates the Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners, also known as the "Mandela Rules" (http://www.cnj.jus.br/…/39ae8bd2085fdbc4a1b02fa6e3944ba2) .