Brazil’s Supreme Court rejects Jair Bolsonaro’s request for house arrest

Bolsonaro’s latest petition, one in a series, comes after he spent the week in hospital for a hernia and hiccups.

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The Brazilian Federal Supreme Court has again denied a request from the defence team of former President Jair Bolsonaro to move him from prison to house arrest.

Bolsonaro, 70, has been in and out of hospital over the past week, undergoing multiple treatments for aggressive hiccups and a hernia.

Brazil’s Supreme Court rejects Jair Bolsonaro’s request for house arrest

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