Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro gestures from his residence in Brasília on September 3, 2025. SERGIO LIMA / AFP
A Brazilian Supreme Court justice on Tuesday, March 24, granted a request by former president Jair Bolsonaro to temporarily serve his sentence under house arrest after his discharge from a hospital for treatment of bronchopneumonia.
"I authorize temporary humanitarian house arrest... for an initial period of 90 days," Justice Alexandre de Moraes said in a court document obtained by AFP, adding that the period could be renewed in case of medical necessity.
The 71-year-old former far-right president was sentenced to 27 years in prison last September for an attempted coup in 2022.
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