# Free Lula movement
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{{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](/source/Brazil)
|key_people = {{unbulleted list
|[Adolfo Perez Esquivel](/source/Adolfo_Perez_Esquivel)
|[José Pepe Mujica](/source/Jos%C3%A9_Pepe_Mujica)
|[Danny Glover](/source/Danny_Glover)
|[Alberto Fernández](/source/Alberto_Fern%C3%A1ndez)
}}
| headquarters = [São Paulo](/source/S%C3%A3o_Paulo)[{{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}}]
|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](/source/Mass_mobilization) composed of several Brazilian entities that advocated the release of the ex-President [Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva](/source/Luiz_In%C3%A1cio_Lula_da_Silva), known as Lula, from [prison](/source/Imprisonment_of_Luiz_In%C3%A1cio_Lula_da_Silva). Lula was convicted of [money laundering](/source/money_laundering) and passive corruption, defined in [Brazilian criminal law](/source/Brazilian_criminal_law) as the receipt of a [bribe](/source/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](/source/Sergio_Moro).[{{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](/source/Veja_(magazine))|publisher=[Grupo Abril](/source/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}}] On February 6, 2019, in another trial he was sentenced to 12 years and 11 months of imprisonment for the crimes of passive [corruption](/source/corruption) and [money laundering](/source/money_laundering) in the process that deals with the receipt of undue advantages through reforms made at a site in [Atibaia](/source/Atibaia) and paid by [Odebrecht](/source/Odebrecht) and Schahin as counterpart for the conclusion of overburdened contracts with [Petrobras](/source/Petrobras).[{{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}}] However, leaked cellphone chats published by ''[The Intercept](/source/The_Intercept)'' suggested Sergio Moro, who became a justice minister after the conviction, steered the case against Lula.[{{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 }}]
In November 2019, the Supreme Federal Court ruled that incarcerations with pending appeals were unlawful and Lula was released from prison as a result.[{{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](/source/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}}] In March 2021, Supreme Court Justice [Edson Fachin](/source/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.[{{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}}] Fachin's ruling, which was confirmed by other Supreme Court Justices in April 2021, restored Lula's political rights.[{{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}}] The Supreme Federal Court ruled later in March 2021 that judge Moro, who oversaw his corruption trial, was 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}}] All of the cases Moro had brought against Lula were annulled by 24 June 2021.
The movement included [trade union](/source/trade_union) leaders from more than 50 countries.[{{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}}] The support has also came from [Adolfo Pérez Esquivel](/source/Adolfo_P%C3%A9rez_Esquivel), the [Nobel laureate](/source/Nobel_laureate) of [Argentina](/source/Argentina),[{{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}}] [José Pepe Mujica](/source/Jos%C3%A9_Pepe_Mujica), the former president of [Uruguay](/source/Uruguay),{{Citation needed|date=November 2020}} [Danny Glover](/source/Danny_Glover), a [UN](/source/United_Nations) [goodwill Ambassador](/source/goodwill_Ambassador),[{{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}}] [Noam Chomsky](/source/Noam_Chomsky),[{{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}}][{{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}}][{{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}}][{{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}}] in addition to foreign leftist leaders, such as [Michelle Bachelet](/source/Michelle_Bachelet) from [Chile](/source/Chile) and Bolivian leader [Evo Morales](/source/Evo_Morales).[{{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}}]
==Supporters==
{{Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva sidebar}}
*[Vagner Freitas](/source/Vagner_Freitas), president of [CUT](/source/Central_%C3%9Anica_dos_Trabalhadores)[{{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}}]
*[João Pedro Stédile](/source/Jo%C3%A3o_Pedro_St%C3%A9dile), president of the [MST](/source/Landless_Workers'_Movement)[{{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}}]
*[Jörg Hofmann](/source/J%C3%B6rg_Hofmann_(trade_unionist)), president of the [IndustriALL Global Union](/source/IndustriALL_Global_Union)[{{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}}]
*{{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](/source/Communist_Party_of_Brazil)[{{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}}]
*[Philip Jennings](/source/Philip_J._Jennings), Ex-General Secretary of [UNI Global Union](/source/UNI_Global_Union)[{{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}}]
*[Jocélio Henrique Drummond](/source/Joc%C3%A9lio_Henrique_Drummond), Interamericas Regional Secretary of [Public Services International](/source/Public_Services_International)[{{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 }}]
*União Brasileira de Mulheres (UBM)[{{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}}]
*[Victor Báez Mosqueira](/source/Victor_B%C3%A1ez_Mosqueira), General Secretary of the [La Confederación Sindical de Trabajadores y Trabajadoras de las Americas](/source/Trade_Union_Confederation_of_the_Americas)[{{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}}]
*[Adolfo Perez Esquivel](/source/Adolfo_Perez_Esquivel), the [Argentinian Nobel Prize laureate](/source/List_of_Nobel_Peace_Prize_laureates)[{{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}}]
*[José Pepe Mujica](/source/Jos%C3%A9_Pepe_Mujica), the [former president of Uruguay](/source/List_of_Presidents_of_Uruguay){{Citation needed|date=November 2020}}
*[Danny Glover](/source/Danny_Glover), the UN Goodwill Ambassador[{{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}}]
*[Jeremy Corbyn](/source/Jeremy_Corbyn), [Leader of the UK Labour Party](/source/Leader_of_the_Labour_Party_(UK)) 2015–2020 and Member of Parliament[{{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](/source/Jacobin_(magazine)) |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 }}]
*[Jean-Luc Mélenchon](/source/Jean-Luc_M%C3%A9lenchon), member of the [French National Assembly](/source/National_Assembly_(France)) and candidate in the [2012](/source/2012_French_presidential_election) and [2017 French presidential election](/source/2017_French_presidential_election)s[{{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}}]
==See also==
* [Brazilian criminal justice](/source/Brazilian_criminal_justice)
==References==
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