{{Short description|Brazilian political and social movement}} {{Expand Portuguese|date=February 2020}} {{Infobox organization |name = Free Lula Movement |native_name = O Comitê de Solidariedade Internacional em Defesa de Lula | professional_title = International Committee of Solidarity in Defence of Lula and Democracy in Brazil |image = |formation = {{Start date|2018|||df=y}} |location = Brazil |key_people = {{unbulleted list |Adolfo Perez Esquivel |José Pepe Mujica |Danny Glover |Alberto Fernández }} | headquarters = São Paulo<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.jeunes-communistes.fr/lula-cest-democratie-quon-veut-emprisonner/|title=Lula : c'est la démocratie qu'on veut emprisonner ! {{!}} MJCF {{!}} Mouvement Jeunes Communistes de France|date=2018-04-05|work=MJCF {{!}} Mouvement Jeunes Communistes de France|access-date=2018-06-12|language=fr-FR|archive-date=2018-06-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612143926/https://www.jeunes-communistes.fr/lula-cest-democratie-quon-veut-emprisonner/|url-status=live}}</ref> |website = {{URL|https://comitelulalivre.org/en/lula-eng/|comitelulalivre.org}} |footnotes= }} The '''International Committee of Solidarity in Defence of Lula and Democracy in Brazil''' ({{langx|pt-BR|Comitê Internacional de Solidariedade a Lula preso no Brasil}}), also known as the '''Free Lula Movement''' ({{langx|pt-BR|Movimento Lula Livre}}), was a political and social movement composed of several Brazilian entities that advocated the release of the ex-President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, known as Lula, from prison. Lula was convicted of money laundering and passive corruption, defined in Brazilian criminal law as the receipt of a bribe by a civil servant or government official. In 2017 he was sentenced to nine years and six months in prison by judge Sergio Moro.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lula é condenado a nove anos de prisão|url=http://veja.abril.com.br/politica/urgente-lula-e-condenado-a-nove-anos-e-meio-de-cadeia|work=Veja|publisher=Grupo Abril|date=12 July 2017|accessdate=12 July 2017|language=pt-br|archive-date=8 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308073835/https://veja.abril.com.br/politica/urgente-lula-e-condenado-a-nove-anos-e-meio-de-cadeia/|url-status=live}}</ref> On February 6, 2019, in another trial he was sentenced to 12 years and 11 months of imprisonment for the crimes of passive corruption and money laundering in the process that deals with the receipt of undue advantages through reforms made at a site in Atibaia and paid by Odebrecht and Schahin as counterpart for the conclusion of overburdened contracts with Petrobras.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Lula é condenado a 12 anos e 11 meses de prisão no caso do sítio de Atibaia|url=https://noticias.uol.com.br/politica/ultimas-noticias/2019/02/06/sitio-de-atibaia-substituta-de-moro-condena-lula-a-12-anos-e-11-meses.htm|work=noticias.uol.com.br|publisher=Uol|date=5 March 2019|accessdate=6 February 2019|language=pt-br|archive-date=4 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210304153838/https://noticias.uol.com.br/politica/ultimas-noticias/2019/02/06/sitio-de-atibaia-substituta-de-moro-condena-lula-a-12-anos-e-11-meses.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> However, leaked cellphone chats published by ''The Intercept'' suggested Sergio Moro, who became a justice minister after the conviction, steered the case against Lula.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/10/brazil-lula-sergio-moro-judge-collaborated-with-prosecutors |title=Brazil reels at claims judge who jailed Lula collaborated with prosecutors |work=The Guardian |first=Dom |last=Phillips |date=10 June 2019 |access-date=6 January 2019 |archive-date=26 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126040418/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/10/brazil-lula-sergio-moro-judge-collaborated-with-prosecutors |url-status=live }}</ref>
In November 2019, the Supreme Federal Court ruled that incarcerations with pending appeals were unlawful and Lula was released from prison as a result.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/08/lula-brazil-released-prison-supreme-court-ruling|title=Brazil's former president Lula walks free from prison after supreme court ruling|work=The Guardian|date=8 November 2019|access-date=8 November 2019|archive-date=8 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191108210539/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/08/lula-brazil-released-prison-supreme-court-ruling|url-status=live}}</ref> In March 2021, Supreme Court Justice Edson Fachin ruled that all of Lula's convictions must be nullified, because he was tried by a court that did not have proper jurisdiction over his case.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://g1.globo.com/politica/noticia/2021/03/08/fachin-anula-condenacoes-de-lula-relacionadas-a-operacao-lava-jato.ghtml|title=Fachin anula condenações de Lula relacionadas à Lava Jato; ex-presidente volta a ser elegível|website=G1|language=pt|date=8 March 2021|access-date=8 March 2021|archive-date=8 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308184130/https://g1.globo.com/politica/noticia/2021/03/08/fachin-anula-condenacoes-de-lula-relacionadas-a-operacao-lava-jato.ghtml|url-status=live}}</ref> Fachin's ruling, which was confirmed by other Supreme Court Justices in April 2021, restored Lula's political rights.<ref>{{Cite news|date=8 March 2021|title=Lula: Brazil's ex-president cleared by Supreme Court|language=en-GB|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/brazils-supreme-court-confirms-decision-annul-lula-convictions-2021-04-15/|access-date=16 April 2021|archive-date=16 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210416043741/https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/brazils-supreme-court-confirms-decision-annul-lula-convictions-2021-04-15/|url-status=live}}</ref> The Supreme Federal Court ruled later in March 2021 that judge Moro, who oversaw his corruption trial, was biased.<ref name="biased">{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/mar/24/lula-judge-was-biased-brazil-supreme-court-rules-paving-way-to-challenge-bolsonaro|title=Lula judge was biased, Brazil supreme court rules, paving way to challenge Bolsonaro|agency=Associated Press|work=The Guardian|date=24 March 2021|access-date=14 July 2021|language=en-US|archive-date=14 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210714185340/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/mar/24/lula-judge-was-biased-brazil-supreme-court-rules-paving-way-to-challenge-bolsonaro|url-status=live}}</ref> All of the cases Moro had brought against Lula were annulled by 24 June 2021.
The movement included trade union leaders from more than 50 countries.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.industriall-union.org/free-lula|title=Free Lula!|work=IndustriALL|access-date=2018-06-12|language=en|archive-date=2020-09-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200927192543/http://www.industriall-union.org/free-lula|url-status=live}}</ref> The support has also came from Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, the Nobel laureate of Argentina,<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-18/free-lula-campaign-goes-global-as-supporters-try-to-sway-court|title={{-'}}Free Lula' Campaign Goes Global As Supporters Try to Sway Court|newspaper=Bloomberg |date=18 April 2018 |access-date=2018-06-12|archive-date=2018-06-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613000050/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-18/free-lula-campaign-goes-global-as-supporters-try-to-sway-court|url-status=live}}</ref> José Pepe Mujica, the former president of Uruguay,{{Citation needed|date=November 2020}} Danny Glover, a UN goodwill Ambassador,<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://ibw21.org/news/actor-danny-glover-joins-free-lula-occupiers-in-brazil/|title=Actor Danny Glover Joins Free Lula Occupiers in Brazil|date=2 June 2018 |access-date=2018-06-12|archive-date=2018-06-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612142157/https://ibw21.org/news/actor-danny-glover-joins-free-lula-occupiers-in-brazil/|url-status=live}}</ref> Noam Chomsky,<ref>{{cite web|title=Chomsky: Lula Is the Most Important Political Prisoner in the World|url=http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=40939&SEO=chomsky-lula-is-the-most-important-political-prisoner-in-the-world|work=prensa-latina.cu|accessdate=2019-04-29|language=en-gb|archive-date=2019-04-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190416053155/https://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=40939&SEO=chomsky-lula-is-the-most-important-political-prisoner-in-the-world|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Chomsky: 'eu recém visitei Lula, o mais proeminente preso político da atualidade{{'-}}|url=https://theintercept.com/2018/10/02/noam-chomsky-visita-lula/|work=The Intercept|date=2018-10-02|accessdate=2019-01-25|language=en-US|first=Noam|last=Chomsky|archive-date=2019-01-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190106115810/https://theintercept.com/2018/10/02/noam-chomsky-visita-lula/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Noam Chomsky Visits Brazil's Former President Lula in Prison|url=https://www.democracynow.org/2018/9/21/headlines/noam_chomsky_visits_brazils_former_president_lula_in_prison|work=Democracy Now!|accessdate=2019-04-29|language=en|archive-date=2019-04-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190430032350/https://www.democracynow.org/2018/9/21/headlines/noam_chomsky_visits_brazils_former_president_lula_in_prison|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Noam Chomsky Blasts Julian Assange's 'Scandalous' Arrest, Calls It Deeply Disturbing On Many Levels|url=https://www.inquisitr.com/5390472/noam-chomsky-blasts-julian-assanges-scandalous-arrest-calls-it-deeply-disturbing-on-many-levels/|work=The Inquisitr|date=2019-04-13|accessdate=2019-04-29|language=en-US|archive-date=2019-04-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190430032351/https://www.inquisitr.com/5390472/noam-chomsky-blasts-julian-assanges-scandalous-arrest-calls-it-deeply-disturbing-on-many-levels/|url-status=live}}</ref> in addition to foreign leftist leaders, such as Michelle Bachelet from Chile and Bolivian leader Evo Morales.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Darlington|first=Shasta|date=2018-08-05|title=As 'Lula' Sits in Brazil Jail, Party Nominates Him for President|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/05/world/americas/lula-brazil-election-luiz-inacio-lula-da-silva.html|journal=The New York Times|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|access-date=2018-12-12|archive-date=2021-03-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210310123620/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/05/world/americas/lula-brazil-election-luiz-inacio-lula-da-silva.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Supporters== {{Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva sidebar}} *Vagner Freitas, president of CUT<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thenation.com/article/lula-may-be-in-jail-but-brazils-occupy-movement-wont-let-hope-die/|title=Lula May Be in Jail, but Brazil's Occupy Movement Won't Let Hope Die|last=Fox|first=Michael|date=2018-04-19|work=The Nation|access-date=2018-06-12|language=en-US|issn=0027-8378|archive-date=2018-06-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612150607/https://www.thenation.com/article/lula-may-be-in-jail-but-brazils-occupy-movement-wont-let-hope-die/|url-status=dead}}</ref> *João Pedro Stédile, president of the MST<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mstbrazil.org/news/friends-mst-raises-funds-free-lula-encampment|title=Friends of the MST raises funds for the Free Lula Encampment {{!}} Friends of the MST|website=www.mstbrazil.org|language=en|access-date=2018-06-12|archive-date=2018-06-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612142056/http://www.mstbrazil.org/news/friends-mst-raises-funds-free-lula-encampment|url-status=live}}</ref> *Jörg Hofmann, president of the IndustriALL Global Union<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.uniglobalunion.org/news/protestors-across-world-demand-freedom-lula|title=Protestors across the world demand freedom for Lula|work=UNI Global Union|access-date=2018-06-12|language=en|archive-date=2018-06-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612143450/http://www.uniglobalunion.org/news/protestors-across-world-demand-freedom-lula|url-status=dead}}</ref> *{{illm|Luciana de Oliveira Santos|ast|Luciana Barbosa de Oliveira Santos|es|Luciana Barbosa de Oliveira Santos|pt|Luciana Santos}}, president of the PC do B<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ptnacamara.org.br/portal/2018/05/16/bulletin-79-peoples-committee-for-the-defense-of-lula-and-democracy/|title=Bulletin 79 – People's Committee for the Defense of Lula and Democracy – PT na Câmara|website=ptnacamara.org.br|language=pt-BR|access-date=2018-06-12|archive-date=2018-06-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612140225/https://ptnacamara.org.br/portal/2018/05/16/bulletin-79-peoples-committee-for-the-defense-of-lula-and-democracy/|url-status=live}}</ref> *Philip Jennings, Ex-General Secretary of UNI Global Union<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.uniglobalunion.org/news/uni-stands-support-democracy-and-former-president-lula-brazil|title=UNI stands in support of democracy and former President Lula in Brazil|work=UNI Global Union|access-date=2018-06-12|language=en|archive-date=2018-06-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612140238/http://www.uniglobalunion.org/news/uni-stands-support-democracy-and-former-president-lula-brazil|url-status=live}}</ref> *Jocélio Henrique Drummond, Interamericas Regional Secretary of Public Services International<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.world-psi.org/pt/node/11145 |title=Brazilian trade union movement repudiates order of imprisonment against Lula |website=PSI Public Services International |date=6 April 2018 |language=en |access-date=2019-02-11 |archive-date=2019-02-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190212011246/http://www.world-psi.org/pt/node/11145 |url-status=live }}</ref> *União Brasileira de Mulheres (UBM)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://portalctb.org.br/site/component/tags/tag/uniao-brasileira-de-mulheres|title=União Brasileira de Mulheres|website=portalctb.org.br|language=pt-br|access-date=2018-06-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612143251/https://portalctb.org.br/site/component/tags/tag/uniao-brasileira-de-mulheres|archive-date=2018-06-12|url-status=dead}} {{in lang|pt}}</ref> *Victor Báez Mosqueira, General Secretary of the La Confederación Sindical de Trabajadores y Trabajadoras de las Americas<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://forodesaopaulo.org/cut-csa-y-csi-lanzan-manifiesto-en-defensa-de-lula/|title=Foro de São Paulo CUT, CSA y CSI lanzan manifiesto en defensa de Lula|website=forodesaopaulo.org|date=7 March 2016 |language=pt-BR|access-date=2018-06-12|archive-date=2018-06-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612143742/http://forodesaopaulo.org/cut-csa-y-csi-lanzan-manifiesto-en-defensa-de-lula/|url-status=live}}</ref> *Adolfo Perez Esquivel, the Argentinian Nobel Prize laureate<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-18/free-lula-campaign-goes-global-as-supporters-try-to-sway-court|title='Free Lula' Campaign Goes Global As Supporters Try to Sway Court|date=2018-04-18|work=Bloomberg.com|access-date=2018-06-12|language=en|archive-date=2018-06-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613000050/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-18/free-lula-campaign-goes-global-as-supporters-try-to-sway-court|url-status=live}}</ref> *José Pepe Mujica, the former president of Uruguay{{Citation needed|date=November 2020}} *Danny Glover, the UN Goodwill Ambassador<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://ibw21.org/news/actor-danny-glover-joins-free-lula-occupiers-in-brazil/|title=Actor Danny Glover Joins Free Lula Occupiers in Brazil|date=2018-06-02|work=Institute of the Black World 21st Century|access-date=2018-06-08|language=en-US|archive-date=2018-06-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612142157/https://ibw21.org/news/actor-danny-glover-joins-free-lula-occupiers-in-brazil/|url-status=live}}</ref> *Jeremy Corbyn, Leader of the UK Labour Party 2015–2020 and Member of Parliament<ref name="jacobin">{{cite web |url=https://www.jacobinmag.com/2019/11/lula-livre-freed-prison-supreme-court-ruling-brazil |title=Lula Comes Home |last=Pagliarini |first=Andre |date=9 November 2019 |website=Jacobin |access-date=13 May 2021 |archive-date=13 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210513201338/https://www.jacobinmag.com/2019/11/lula-livre-freed-prison-supreme-court-ruling-brazil |url-status=live }}</ref> *Jean-Luc Mélenchon, member of the French National Assembly and candidate in the 2012 and 2017 French presidential elections<ref name="jacobin" /> *Alberto Fernández, President of Argentina<ref name="jacobin" /> *Michael Brooks *Others – União Nacional dos Estudantes (UNE), União Brasileira dos Estudantes Secundaristas (Ubes), Marcha das Mulheres, Central dos Trabalhadores e Trabalhadoras do Brasil (CTB), União da Juventude Socialista (UJS), União dos Negros pela Igualdade (Unegro), União Municipal dos Estudantes Secundaristas (UMES) e União Estadual dos Estudantes do Amazonas (UEE).<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://g1.globo.com/am/amazonas/noticia/2016/03/manifestacoes-de-apoio-e-contra-lula-e-dilma-sao-realizadas-em-manaus.html|title=Manifestações de apoio e contra Lula e Dilma são realizadas em Manaus|date=2016-03-04|work=Amazonas|access-date=2018-06-12|language=pt-BR|archive-date=2018-06-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612140323/http://g1.globo.com/am/amazonas/noticia/2016/03/manifestacoes-de-apoio-e-contra-lula-e-dilma-sao-realizadas-em-manaus.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
==See also== * Brazilian criminal justice
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