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The International Committee of Solidarity in Defence of Lula and Democracy in Brazil (
Brazilian Portuguese: Comitê Internacional de Solidariedade a Lula preso no Brasil), also known as the Free Lula Movement (
Brazilian Portuguese: 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.[2] 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.[3] However, leaked cellphone chats published by The Intercept suggested Sergio Moro, who became a justice minister after the conviction, steered the case against Lula.[4]
In November 2019, the Supreme Federal Court ruled that incarcerations with pending appeals were unlawful and Lula was released from prison as a result.[5] 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.[6] Fachin's ruling, which was confirmed by other Supreme Court Justices in April 2021, restored Lula's political rights.[7] The Supreme Federal Court ruled later in March 2021 that judge Moro, who oversaw his corruption trial, was biased.[8] All of the cases Moro had brought against Lula were annulled by 24 June 2021.
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).[28]