Brazil s Supreme Federal Court (STF) decided in a virtual gathering Friday to pass judgment on the decriminalization of abortion up to the 12th week of pregnancy during an on-site plenary session at a date yet to be determined, Agência Brasil reported.
Brazil’s Supreme Court voted against the highly controversial time frame proposal, a legal challenge that would have stripped Indigenous rights and opened up traditional territories to mining and agribusiness.
The move invalidates the proposal defended by landowners. Before the result, court rulings could establish that indigenous people only had the right to land that was in their possession on October 5, 1988, when the current Constitution was promulgated.
Brazil s Supreme Federal Court (STF) Thursday handed down prison sentences to three defendants involved in the Jan. 8 riots in Brasilia during which the headquarters of the country s three branches of government were ransacked, Agencia Brasil reported
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